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The Great Canadian Road Trip….Song #84/250: Confetti by Charlotte Cardin

In 1971, a young woman named Lori Lieberman attended a concert given by famous American singer Don McLean (of “American Pie” fame). During this concert, McLean sang another song of his entitled “Empty Chairs”. Unbeknownst to him, Lori Lieberman was listening to this song and the manner in which McLean was singing it and was having her whole world turn upside down. Lieberman was an aspiring songwriter at the time. As she listened to “Empty Chairs”, she felt McLean’s words connecting to her on a very deep and personal level. Writing on napkins, Lieberman wrote down her thoughts and feelings. A day or so later, she showed them to members of her record management team. Those words ended up forming the basis of the famous song “Killing Me Softly (With His Song)”. You can read more about Lori Lieberman and the story behind “Killing Me Softly (With His Song)” here. The essence of this story is that feeling seen by others is an important part of validating our own life story. It doesn’t always happen but when it does, it is reassuring and it can also be unnerving. If you have ever had the same experience that Lori Lieberman had, where someone’s song makes you feel seen and not so alone then this post is for you.   

For the majority of my life I would have described myself as someone who was shy. I am never the life of any party that I attend, preferring to anchor myself to a secure spot and indulge in quiet conversations with those who come to me in the mood for a chat. From the moment that I arrive at a gathering I am plotting my exit. This is true regardless of how friendly everyone is, how tasty the food being served may be or how refreshing the drinks were along the way. Leaving said gathering always comes as a relief. That is not a slight on whoever was acting as host. It is just the way I am. It wasn’t until I was well into adulthood that I first heard the term introvert used to describe forms of shyness like I seemed to possess. Like many who receive a diagnosis and finally understand who they truly are, finding the term introvert helped me to answer a lot of questions about myself and brought me closer to understanding why I act the way I do, especially in social situations. I am an introvert. I am. It is true. There is a reason I use my keyboard to express my thoughts, feelings and ideas, as opposed to doing a podcast or standing on a soapbox in the town square and inviting real time debate. Like many introverts, I can function successfully in this world but I prefer the space between my ears to that of being at a party or almost anywhere that extroverts gather. Generally speaking, I am happy with my life and how it has turned out. But if I ever manage to get my hands on a genie lamp and could indulge myself with three selfish wishes, one of those wishes would be to know what it is like to walk into a crowded room and take it over simply because of my charm and wit and my social presence. A second wish would be to sit behind a piano or to climb on to a stage with an acoustic guitar and sing for an awestruck audience. Both of these scenarios form the basis of today’s song called “Confetti” by Canadian singer Charlotte Cardin. Turns out, she is an introvert, too. 

Charlotte Cardin was born in Montreal in 1994. Cardin is a six-time Juno Award winner. While she has many hit songs, “Confetti” is her most well known song to date. I hear it played often on our local Top 40 radio stations, for what that is worth. Charlotte Cardin first came to public prominence when she was a teenager. She began to gain attention by being a model. Not long after that, Cardin was a finalist on a French language music-based reality show in Quebec. Fuelled by her success on the show La Voix, Cardin released an EP called Big Boy that earned her a nomination for the SOCAN Songwriting Prize. She was barely in her twenties at the time. Big things were predicted for Charlotte Cardin. In truth, she is a beautiful young woman. She is a singer who possesses a distinctive, smoky voice that is a pleasure to listen to. She writes with a sense of maturity that she uses to tell stories that go beyond most of what passes for popular music on today’s charts. While Charlotte Cardin’s career certainly has been successful, as proven by her enormous success at the 2022 Juno Awards where she won four awards including Artist of the Year, Single of the Year, Pop Album of the Year and Album of the Year, she has accomplished it all without playing the usual celebrity game. Charlotte Cardin is a very private person. She does not appear in scantily clad photo shoots. She has steered clear of celebrity gossip and scandals that have plagued so many other young artists. She hasn’t sold the rights to her name to be used for cheesy endorsements simply to cash in on her fame. Instead, Charlotte Cardin has remained focussed on her art. She writes and sings songs in both English and in French. She records and performs mainly in Montreal but also quite frequently in Paris, France. She is our country’s quiet superstar. 

I have never met Charlotte Cardin in person but I suspect that she is an introvert like me. I base this claim on her hit song “Confetti” which has become known as the introvert’s anthem. Much in the same way that Lori Liebermen felt seen while listening to Don McLean sing that night back in 1971, I feel seen every time I listen to the words of “Confetti” by Charlotte Cardin. This is a song that speaks of being a quiet presence in a loud world. It paints a picture of someone who wishes to be anywhere other than in the middle of the party they find themselves in, wishing and praying for someone to whisk them away from it all. The song’s chorus centres on the vivid imagery of Cardin collapsing at the party and having it all go unnoticed by others due to Cardin’s feeling of complete social invisibility, as her body lay on the floor, slowly being buried in confetti.

“Always been loud in a quiet way. I always feel alone in a crowded place.

I always wanna stay, wanna go, wanna stay, wanna go

I don’t know. I don’t know.

I get sad on my birthday. I wanna talk back in the worst way.

I always wanna stay, wanna go, wanna stay, wanna go

I don’t know what to say. 

I want to throw it all away.

Chorus:

I feel like a zombie. I’ll die at the party.

Yeah, you’ll find my body fully covered in confetti.

I tried calling someone to tell them come get me

But you’ll find my body fully covered in confetti 

Singing la da da da da.”  

That’s not the whole song but it feels like a fairly accurate description of who I am and how I feel in social situations. I am tempted to say that I can’t believe that someone so beautiful and successful as Charlotte Cardin could be shy at her core but doing so would be selling Cardin and all of my fellow introverts short. To those who know me, I am living a good life, too. I found love. I am helping to raise two beautiful, creative, intelligent daughters. My house is paid for. I enjoyed a respected thirty year career as an educator. And now I write posts like this one that people tell me they enjoy. All is good. I have no complaints. To the untrained eye, it is easy to look at someone like me or like Charlotte Cardin and only see the positives regarding who we are as people. Being an introvert isn’t a death sentence. But it does get in the way sometimes, I have to be honest. I wish that I was freer and easier in social situations but I am just not that sort of guy. I am an introvert. Thanks to “Confetti” by Charlotte Cardin, I know that I am not alone. But then again, I like being alone. I don’t know what to say, I wanna throw it all away. I feel like a zombie. 

***Note for my local peeps: Charlotte Cardin will be appearing at the Base 31 Concert Hall in Picton, Ontario on September 20, 2025. Tickets are still available for this intimate concert and can be purchased here. 

The link to the video for the song “Confetti” by Charlotte Cardin can be found here. ***The lyrics version is here.

The link to the official website for Charlotte Cardin can be found here.

The link to the full Base 31 Summer Concert Series (in Picton, Ontario) website can be found here.

***As always, all original content contained in this post remains the sole property of the author. No portion of this post shall be reblogged, copied or shared in any manner without the express written consent of the author. ©2025 http://www.tommacinneswriter.com

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