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Prism Prize Eligible Video: Scott Hardware - Millionaire

The 2020 Prism Prize for Best Canadian Music Video was awarded to Peter Huang, for his clip for Jessie Reyez's Far Away. We will continue to profile noteworthy Canadian videos, including this one featuring a Toronto-based experimental songwriter.

Prism Prize Eligible Video: Scott Hardware - Millionaire

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The 2020 Prism Prize for Best Canadian Music Video was awarded to Peter Huang, for his clip for Jessie Reyez's Far Away. We will continue to profile noteworthy Canadian videos, including this one featuring a Toronto-based experimental songwriter.


Scott Hardware - Millionaire

Toronto-based experimental songwriter, Scott Harword, under the alias Scott Hardware, creates a variety of melancholic sounds with roots in celebratory dance and pop music. Hardware has been producing and creating music for many years, and under a collection of different names. Before taking form as Scott Hardware, he made sounds under the name Ken Park, playing in bands like Hooded Fang and Ostrich Tuning.

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His latest single, Millionaire, off his album Engel, is an incredibly delicate song with guitars gliding over the sounds of soft harps, accompanied by Deidre Nox’s beautiful vocals. The video, directed by Scott and Monica Moraru, brings to life the dreamy nature of the song, with a story that follows a mournful and repetitive memory of a one-night stand that occurred years ago between Scott and another character. It shows exactly that one encounter can live with you forever in the most beautiful way.

Director: Monica Moraru & Scott Hardware

Art Direction: Clara May Puton

Director of Photography and Editing: Johan Arthurs

Make-up: Halloway Jones & AJ Lauren

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Music News Digest: NBA Star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Is Now Part-Owner of Hamilton's TD Coliseum

Also this week: The Canadian Country Music Association announces a new board of directors, the beloved Steve's Music Store closes all of its stores except one.

Canadian basketball star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has now heavily invested in his hometown of Hamilton, purchasing an ownership stake in that city's downtown arena, the recently rejuvenated TD Coliseum. The facility's developer, U.S. company Oak View Group (OVG), announced the investment Monday (Feb. 9) but did not reveal any financial terms. The 18,000-seat TD Coliseum, originally Copps Coliseum and FirstOntario Centre, was renamed last year after a $300-million renovation and reopened as a music-first venue. Next month it will host the 2026 Juno Awards.

The NBA's reigning most valuable player and this week's Billboard Sports Issue cover star, the 27-year-old Gilgeous-Alexander plays for the NBA champion Oklahoma City Thunder. His investment is made through his charitable organization, the SGA Foundation, and the partnership includes naming the Ares Atrium inside the venue, as a tribute to his son.

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