Toronto singer-songwriter Elina Filice just dropped "Bury Me," a punk-pop anthem with one of the best origin stories of the year: it started with a Molson Canadian t-shirt, a years-long argument with her partner about who it belongs to, and the moment her partner settled it with a line that stopped everything — "If I die tonight, they'll have to bury me in this shirt, and then you're never gonna get it back."
That conversation became a song, and what a song it is. Co-produced by Filice and Kevin Brennan and released on her own Red Vine Records, "Bury Me" moves with the energy of a Pride anthem and the tenderness of something far more private. The chorus hits like a gut punch in the best way:
"Bury me in this / Shirt that you got from The Beer Store / If I die tonight, you're never gonna get it back."
By the second chorus the joke has become a vow. "I never thought I'd love with my eyes so open wide," Filice sings, landing on the line that gives the whole thing its real weight: "'Cuz I gotta see what she looks like at 65." Canadiana singalong, queer love letter, and absolutely a contender for the gay song of the summer.
Filice has built a reputation across multiple continents — from Singapore to Dublin to Toronto — and this is her most fully realized single yet.
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