2023 HYPE REEL
About
In what can only be called one of the year’s most exciting debuts, Canadian singer, songwriter, and pop music breakout Rêve (born Briannah Donolo) is on the cusp of her Saturn Return, a debut album released late last year on Universal Music Canada / Astralwerks. It’s a shimmering, lyrically-driven love letter to dance music’s past, present, and future, paying tribute to the genre’s roots and trailblazers while elevating and foregrounding Rêve herself as a new sonic shapeshifter. Equal parts emotional catharsis and crystalline pop confection, Saturn Return heralds the arrival of a radically truthful artist who knows how to command the dance floor. “I was very washed over by the spirit of Studio 54 and all the dance music that made me tingle,” she says. “But with this album, I made it my task as a writer in the room to pull the truth out.”
Rêve’s debut album, Saturn Return, was released on October 20, 2023 on Universal Music Canada / Astralwerks.
Artist Highlights
- 171 Million Streams and counting
- Debut album, Saturn Return, released Oct. 20, 2023 has earned 156M global streams & nominated for Pop Album of the Year at 2024 Juno Awards
- Debut single “CTRL + ALT + DEL” 108M global streams
- “CTRL + ALT + DEL” won ‘Dance Recording of the Year’ at 2023 Juno Awards
- Label partnerships with Astralwerks (US) and 3Beat (UK), Polydor (France) and Island (Germany)
- Extended version of “Tongue” released with Canadian Drag Queen, Lemon (RuPaul’s Drag Race)
- “Tongue” chosen as UMG Global Priority Track (July 1, 2022)
- Features on Banx & Ranx, Merk & Kremont, Jonasu and Robin M tracks.
- Featured in Complex Magazine, Line Of Best Fit and Wonderland
- Attended writing camps with David Guetta, Galantis Sigala, Joel Corry and Tiesto. More big dance collaborations and looks are on the way in 2024.
- Syncs with Toronto Maple Leafs, Canadian Football League, EA Sports (FIFA 2022 Video Game), Canada’s Drag Race
- 225K+ global social audience
CTRL+ALT+DEL HIGHLIGHTS
- Platinum certified in 8 months. Now certified 2x Platinum.
- Rêve performed “CTRL + ALT + DEL” & “Headphones” alongside Juno award winning collaborators Banx & Ranx and Preston Pablo at the 2023 Juno Awards
- #1 Most Added Canadian Radio Song Overall + Top 40 + Hot AC (“Headphones” with Banx & Ranx)
- Sync inside RuPauls’ Drag Race Lip Sync For Your Life – aired Sept 1
- FIFA 2022 Video Game Sync with inclusion on EA Sports FIFA 2022 Playlists
- #1 spot on TikTok (US) Electronic Playlist.
- Collectively, videos have reached over 75M views on TikTok
- Peaked in the #1 spots on TikTok’s “Emerging Artists” and “Gaming” playlists
- #1 Most Added song overall at Canadian Radio (also #1 Most Added at Top 40 radio)
- Peaked inside Top 10 at Top 40 radio in Canada
- iHeart Radio’s Future Star Artist + Rogers One To Watch Artist in Canada
- Peaked #1 on the Shazam Dance Chart in Canada
- Featured on TikTok Canada’s Recommended Tab on the Sounds page
- BBC Radio 1 Airplay including spins on the “Best New Pop!” with Molly King
- Spins out of Australia on “The Nudge!”
- International radio spins including feature play on France Inter (biggest French radio) during their morning show and Australia’s “The Nudge!”
- Support on Diplo’s Revolution with 50+ spins
Timeline
| APR 19 | “Past Life (ft. Ben Abraham)” single release |
| Q2 | “Flatline” – Rêve x Sigma single release |
| Q3 | “You Should Be Here” – Rêve x Sigala single release |
| OCT 18 | Saturn Return (Deluxe) album release |
Videos
“Release Me” – A Short Film
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Music video by Rêve performing Release Me (Short Film).
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https://vevo.ly/HsCfh9“Contemporary Love” – Official Music Video
“Big Boom” Official Music Video
“Whitney” Official Music Video
“Whitney” (Dance Rehearsal)
“Tongue” Official Video
Rêve – Tongue (Performance in Lower Bay Station)
“Headphones” Official Video
“CTRL + ALT + DEL” Official Video
“SKIN 2 SKIN” Official Video
“Still Dancing” Official Video
“Still Dancing” Overwatch League Live Performance
“SKIN 2 SKIN” Overwatch League Live Performance 2021
Collaborators
BANX & RANX

A music production duo from Montreal, QC, formed in 2014. Members Soké (real name Zacharie Raymond) and KNY Factory (real name Yannick Rastogi) are producers, songwriters and remixers. They have worked on a wide variety of international hits including Dua Lipa, Ella Eyre, Sean Paul, BLACKPINK and Nicky Jam just to name a few. Banx & Ranx are now focussing on developing acts from their hometown, and Reve is their first!


OTHER COLLABORATORS
Jonasu (“All Night & Every Day” Co-Primary)
Kito (“Still Dancing” Remix)
Billen Ted (“SKIN 2 SKIN” Remix)
Slater Manzo (“Still Dancing” Remix)
Lee Vent (“SKIN 2 SKIN” Remix)
KALM (“CTRL + ALT + DEL” Remix)
DES3ETT (“CTRL + ALT + DEL ” Remix)
Robin M. (“Through The Night” Co-Primary)
& many more!

