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Prism Prize Video: Dear Rouge - Chains

The 2019 Prism Prize for Best Canadian Music Video was awarded to Kevan Funk, for his clip for Belle Game’s Low. We will continue to profile noteworthy Canadian videos, including this one from a Juno-winning electro-rock duo.

Prism Prize Video: Dear Rouge - Chains

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The 2019 Prism Prize for Best Canadian Music Video was awarded to Kevan Funk, for his clip for Belle Game’s Low. We will continue to profile noteworthy Canadian videos, including this one from a Juno-winning electro-rock duo.


Dear Rouge - Chains

Dear Rouge is a Juno award-winning electronic rock band based in Vancouver, BC. The duo comprises Drew and Danielle McTaggart. 

The song Chains, taken from the album Phases, symbolized the lengths someone will go when they are in love. You would go to the ends of the earth to help them and be there when they need you. The chorus’ lyrics “I’ll break the chains for you” means that you don’t run away from love, you run towards it. 

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The video itself illustrates how pain and love can be one and the same. Danielle says the use of wolves in the video is because they embody everything opposite of love, which is the central theme of the clip.  

 

Director: Martin Glegg. Production Co: BOLDLY Creative

Director of Photography: Cole Graham

Focus Puller: Cedric Yu

Gaffer: Chase Fletcher

Grip: Brayden Cameron

Gear: Brightside Cinema

Makeup: Lizzy Houston

Locations: Arnie & Margaret

Editor: Martin Glegg

Graphics: Kevin McCarthy

Colour: David Tomiak

VFX: Isaac Miranda

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CNE 2026 Bell SOUNDSTAGE Lineup: Charlotte Day Wilson, JoJo, Finger Eleven and More

As part of its partnership with NXNE and a renewed focus on live music, CNE will also welcome a special soon-to-be revealed global headliner presented by Billboard Canada on Aug. 28.

The Canadian National Exhibition (CNE) is embracing its musical roots with a high-profile lineup for 2026.

The beloved long-running fair, baptized The Ex by Torontonians, has unveiled the full list of artists who will be headlining the newly-named Bell SOUNDSTAGE at the Bandshell to celebrate the event's 147th edition. Canadian stars like Charlotte Day Wilson and Finger Eleven as well as international pop star JoJo have been added to this year's programming, which reflects a diverse mix of renowned names and rising stars across a multitude of genres including pop, hip-hop, Punjabi music and soca, among others. They join previously announced acts like Lights, Lupe Fiasco, Shaggy and more.

This year, the exhibition is partnering with Toronto music festival NXNE, to modernize its musical programming with chart-topping artists and newer acts, and revamping the Bandshell as the Bell SOUNDSTAGE. “Music is such a massive part of who we are,” Mark Holland, CEO of the CNE, told Billboard Canada in April during his Executive of the Week interview. "Connecting everybody to that is a democratic mission that we are really invested in."

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