Good Luck

Debby Friday turns a debut into a dare, welding club-floor menace to pop hooks with the confidence of someone who has already decided the risk is worth it.

The title track opens with that gambler's greeting delivered flat and unblinking, so the whole record reads as a bet placed on herself. Nothing here settles into one lane: "HOT LOVE" pushes a distorted low-end until it feels physical, while "WHAT A MAN" lets a melodic ache surface through the grit. The Toronto artist made this the album that took the 2023 Polaris Prize, and the win read less like a coronation than a signal that the country's most interesting pop was coming from its noisiest corners. By "WAKE UP" she has earned the exhale, and the good luck she wished at the top turns out to have been aimed at herself all along.