ABOUT

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She’s a skilled and sought-after collaborator at her core, sharing countless stages and recording credits with some of Canada’s best-known artists since her teens; now, PEI indie pop powerhouse KINLEY has adapted that approach into her solo work – and is delivering the most compelling material of her decorated career as a result.

On August 21, 2026, East Coast pop artist KINLEY released Reflecting Light, a five-song EP built on strong pop instincts, lyrics that turn small moments into whole stories, and production that moves easily between dreamy, synth-bright and infectious.

Across her fourth solo record, KINLEY writes in scenes. A relationship can feel like a natural disaster or a happily ever after. A stranger can become a love interest and a big break before the conversation is even over. Certainty can turn into doubt and back again. The songs live in those in-between moments where attraction, intuition, history and possibility all collide.

At its heart, Reflecting Light is about love, instinct, contradiction and finding your footing, but never in a way that feels too polished or precious.

“These songs are about all the things we’re constantly trying to make sense of: love, timing, doubt, the people we hold onto and the ones we probably shouldn’t,” says KINLEY. “I wanted it to feel hopeful and light, without pretending life is tidy. Oh, and one diss track because… balance.”

Produced by Jake Charron, Kinley Dowling, Adam Gallant and Colin Buchanan, Reflecting Light feels cohesive without every song living in the same place. It is the kind of record you reach for when you’re listening loud in the car or dancing in the living room, and then leave on because there’s more to hear. The album works immediately as pop, and then the writing sneaks up on you. Beneath the bright production and immediate melodies are songs about attraction, history, uncertainty, instinct and the complicated space between.

The release follows KINLEY’s August 2026 single “The Director,” a playful, synth-bright pop daydream about meeting a stranger at a film festival and letting one tiny piece of information spark an entire imagined future of romance, movie sets and a very convenient big break.

A former member of Hey Rosetta!, KINLEY is an award-winning solo artist and sought-after multi-instrumentalist, with four solo albums, two collaboration albums, over 550 recorded tracks as a session musician and multiple East Coast Music Awards.

“I really embrace the title of ‘recording artist.’ I love writing songs and being in the studio, then marrying music and visuals,” she explains. “The live part isn’t as important to me.” As a result, KINLEY is focused more on choreography, content creation, and sync opportunities in movies and media than touring her solo material.

After all, she put in her time as a member of beloved East Coast collective Hey Rosetta!, her later pairing with cousin Liam Corcoran of Two Hours Traffic as The Express, plus stints and studio sessions with the likes of Kathleen Edwards, Rita MacNeil, Fortunate Ones, Rose Cousins, Jenn Grant, Laurent Bourque, Madison Violet, David Myles, and Matt Mays, to name a few.

Since her solo breakout, she’s earned multiple ECMA and Music PEI Awards and had songs propel major ad campaigns and placed in movies and national TV shows. KINLEY has used her growing popularity and platform to draw international awareness to causes close to her heart – particularly those focused on women’s rights and prosperity, becoming a community leader and revered public voice in the process.

“Advocacy is a big and important part of my life,” says KINLEY. “I’m someone that can speak out. I’m my own boss, and if I can use my music or words to amplify a message and be a voice for someone that needs it, then I feel like I have to.”

AWARDS
2026 Music PEI Awards: Pop/Dance Recording of the Year for “Marrying Me”.
2023 Music PEI Awards: Pop Recording of the Year for “Daylight”.
2022 Music PEI Awards: Community Contributor of the Year, Electronic Recording of the Year for “Run With You (Lee Rosevere Remix)”.
2021 Music PEI Awards: Digital Achievement Award, Video of the Year Award for “Run with You”.
2020 Music PEI Award: Digital Achievement of the Year.
2019 First International Womens’ Freedom Song Contest - 1st place for “Washington”.
2018 ECMA Awards: Rising Star Recording of the Year (“Letters Never Sent”), Fans’ Choice Video of the Year for “Microphone”.
2017 Music PEI Awards: Female Solo Recording of the Year, New Artist of the Year and Songwriter of the Year.

NOMINATIONS
2026 Music PEI Awards: Music Video of the Year for “Marrying Me”.
2025 Canadian Sync Awards - Sync Artist or Songwriter of the Year.
2024 ECMA Awards: Songwriter of the Year and Pop Recording of the Year.
2024 Music PEI Awards: Album of the Year, Music Video of the Year and Single of the Year.
2023 Music PEI Awards: SOCAN Songwriter of the Year and Live Event of the Year for “Open Mic with KINLEY”.
2022 ECMA Awards: Dance Recording of the Year for “Run With You (Lee Rosevere Remix)”.
2021 ECMA Awards: Pop Recording of the Year Award for the “KINLEY” album.
2020 Music PEI Awards: Song of the Year for “Lightworkers”.
2019 ECMA Awards: Video of the Year and Fan’s Choice Video of the Year for “Golden Days”.
2018 ECMA Awards: Pop Recording of the Year and Song of the Year for “Microphone”.
2017 Music PEI Awards: Album of the Year, Pop Recording of the Year and Video of the Year with Lonely Kid for “Blackbird 2.0”.