Vivienne Wilder

Vivienne Wilder is a Toronto, Canada based singer/songwriter and bassist whose music channels vulnerability, resilience, and fleeting beauty through an alt-rock lens. Classically trained but forged in the neon glow of dive bars and restless touring circuits, her songs fuse confessional lyricism with a sharp-edged emotional intensity, delivered through a voice that swings between fragile and fierce.

Vivienne’s third full-length album, Terrible Human, sees her working closely with producer/guitarist Ian Docherty (July Talk, Dwayne Gretzky) to craft her most cohesive and emotionally resonant work yet. On the biting “Sex Machine,” gnarly bass and sneering vocals skewer an ex’s inflated self-image with seething wit. The frenetic “Total Mess” confronts personal flaws head-on with haggard self-awareness and indie-rock textures, while “Ten Year Bender” blends swaggering attitude with world-weary storytelling, painting a portrait of excess, regret, and fleeting catharsis.

Vivienne’s music carries the weight of someone who’s lived through the stories she tells—her voice a blend of knowingness and quiet strength, wrapped in arrangements that pull from alt rock, folk, and post-punk influences.  With Terrible Human, Vivienne solidifies herself not only as a capable songwriter but as a compelling storyteller, navigating the messy intersections of love, pain, and self-discovery with equal measures of grace and grit.