JayWood is the enigmatic, artistic outlet for boundary-pushing musician and singer-songwriter Jeremy Haywood-Smith. JayWood fluidly navigates the blurred lines between genres such as Alternative Hip-Hop, Indie, and Neo-Soul—all territory where he feels completely at home. This is evident in his self-produced Polaris Music Prize-nominated album, Slingshot (2022), and the follow-up EP, Grow On (2023), which, combined, garnered praise from KEXP, KCRW, CBC, Paste, FLOOD, Exclaim!, The FADER, among others, and saw him performing at international festivals such as SXSW, The Great Escape, and Reeperbahn. As displayed on the recently released, genre-blending singles "BIG TINGS" featuring Art-pop duo Tune-Yards and "UNTITLED (Swirl)," JayWood can't be pigeonholed, and his upcoming single "ASSUMPTIONS" is no exception to that rule. As trippy and in-your-face as the forthcoming album (September 2025), the hip-hop production here is laced with psychedelic flourishes and braggadocious, neo-soul energy, owing as much to Tyler, the Creator as it does Stereolab and fellow Québécois indie darlings Men I Trust.
