Bonjay is a
CanadianR&B musical group from
Toronto,
Ontario,[1] consisting of vocalist Alanna Stuart and instrumentalist Ian Swain.[2][3]
History
Stuart, who also performs with the
Queer Songbook Orchestra[4] and was formerly a host on
CBC Radio 3, met Swain in Ottawa, where he was working as a disk jockey.[5] The pair released their debut
EPBroughtupsy in 2010,[6] and toured in support of the release, including at the
Winnipeg International Jazz Festival, before taking an extended hiatus.
Stuart and Swain reunited in 2015 with the single "Ingenue".[7] The full-length album Lush Life followed in 2018,[8] and was a long-listed nominee for the
2018 Polaris Music Prize.[9] The duo supported the album with a short tour in conjunction with
Vivek Shraya's Too Attached project.[4] That year they performed as part of the 2018 Hamilton
Supercrawl.[5]