Crissi Cochrane – Black Wasp

Today, East Coast singer‐songwriter Crissi Cochrane releases the video for her single “Black Wasp.”

“Black Wasp” is an intense, sweeping, and deeply atmospheric track that roils like a coming storm. Rattling percussion, insistent bass, and soaring guitars conjure a sense of controlled chaos, while the vocals cut through the heat like a clear, unwavering beacon. Rooted in themes of resilience, scarcity, female rage, and survival in harsh conditions, the song draws on lessons from the natural world — stubborn vines and hardy weeds, cycles of birth, death, and renewal — and embraces the tension between fragility and ferocity. At once fierce and introspective, it channels the feeling of standing your ground as the earth shakes beneath you, finding strength, tenderness, and unexpected beauty in the struggle to grow.

Crissi Cochrane delivers honest, soulful songs that blend her East Coast singer‐songwriter heart with a love of jazz, retro pop, and classic soul. Originally from the Acadian forests of Nova Scotia and now based in the Windsor/Detroit area, she has built a reputation as an artist to watch, beloved for her silky, velveteen vocals, and earning over 13 million streams on Spotify. Her music has been featured on the TV series Nashville and a collaboration with Bono’s ONE Campaign. Over a two-decade career, she has performed more than 600 shows alongside artists including Sarah Harmer, Jesse Cook, and Walk Off the Earth, and at festivals including Canadian Music Week and the Junos. Crissi is also the co‐founder of the Windsor music label Soul City Music Co-op, and a graduate of Music Business at NSCC (2009). Alongside her work as a musician and mother of two little girls, she is devoted to a rich inner life rooted in poetry, creativity, and the symbolic language of myth and dreams — threads that subtly inform the depth and texture of her art.

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