Singer/songwriter Goldie Boutilier unpacks the heartbreak, grit, and glamour that define her long-awaited debut album, ‘Goldie Boutilier Presents Goldie Montana.’ Her cinematic, golden-hued opus reveals a voice both timeless and fresh – sultry, spellbinding, and unafraid to turn survival into starlight.
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Goldie Boutilier shimmers like starlight in “Goldie Montana,” the dazzling, golden-hued title track to her long-awaited debut album.
A dreamy, seductive, sweltering reverie – cinematic in scope, sultry in delivery – it reintroduces the world to an artist who has worn many names, but has never shone so brightly as she does now. The guitars drip in reverb, her voice is crisp, charming, and emotionally charged, glowing with grit, glitter, and stardust. In a single breath she’s a femme fatale, a starlet, and a survivor, casting her own mythos in radiant, golden hues.
“This album is my manifesto,” Boutilier tells Atwood Magazine. “Goldie Montana is a concept I created about the alter ego I had to become in order to survive my past, and then, in fact, now thrive in this chapter of my life. A gangster in a gown, Goldie Montana is that outlaw version of yourself, the person you become to feel your inner strength and empowerment and that is what I hope people will take away from my music – that feeling that you are in charge of your destiny.”
That duality – grit wrapped in glamour, survival steeped in allure – pulses at the very heart of Goldie Boutilier Presents Goldie Montana, which arrives September 5th via ONErpm. Each song is a chapter in her self-made mythos: A widescreen story of scars, strength, and self-possession.
Serotonin, melatonin
Across the hallway, I can hear them moaning
Don’t interrupt, he’s in a zone
It’s been a long time since he has gone home
He has gone home
Pills to feel calm, pills to get high
It’s a little too late to be on time
Gin that smells of turpentine
All I wanna do is have a good time
All I wanna do is roll the dice
Wheels touch down in a gold dust town
Money grows on trees, sex is in the breeze
I’m the king, king of possibilities
– “King of Possibilities,” Goldie Boutilier
Boutilier kicked off the year with “King of Possibilities,” a gritty, sun-soaked, smoldering song of liberation and indulgence inspired by her cousin Jimmy, “the kind of man who doesn’t apologize.” A bluesy burner and the album’s opening track, it sets the tone for everything that follows: “Wheels touch down in a gold dust town / Money grows on trees, sex is in the breeze / I’m the king, king of possibilities,” she declares, her voice glowing with grit and swagger. Both spellbinding and surreal, the track rolls like a fever dream of vice, freedom, and defiance.
She followed it with “Neon Nuptials,” a vivid, tender tale of love on the run – “about the kind of love I’m hoping for,” she says, “and of course I had to make the main characters a little bit rebellious.” A gentle, glistening reverie, the song drifts like a daydream dusted in hazy golden light and sweat – capturing the heat of the moment with starry-eyed abandon. “There’s no stars in the sky, they’re all in our eyes,” she croons, before confessing, “The whole world feels right when you’re by my side… neon nuptials.” Her voice aches with intimacy and longing, turning fleeting moments of passion into something timeless and cinematic.
Then came “I Can’t,” a white-hot, brooding ballad born from heartache and grief paralysis. “When you’re so heartbroken you can’t eat, sleep, move on. When the person who broke your heart could still knock on your door and you’d let them in,” she explains. Over moody guitars, she confesses, “I wanna stop thinking ‘bout you, but I can’t / I wanna start something new, but I can’t,” her voice caught between fury and fragility. It’s as raw as it is relatable, a song that lingers like a wound that refuses to close.
Together, these singles chart the terrain between desire and despair, rebellion and ruin – all building to the cinematic sweep of “Goldie Montana.” The dazzling title track is easily a standout, the record’s crown jewel, radiant and intoxicating, reintroducing Boutilier in her boldest, most unapologetic form. The lyrics read like a screenplay dripping in scandal and allure. “I’m wearing a white dress, I couldn’t look more innocent / I look like a virgin, and you wouldn’t know the difference,” she sings, her words laced with danger and desire. Elsewhere, she toasts champagne laced with MDMA, winks at fathers behind lovers’ backs, and descends in glass elevators like a goddess-turned-grifter.
Every line blurs fantasy and reality, painting Goldie Montana as both a character and a confession – an alter ego born of necessity, but also a mirror of Boutilier’s own reinvention. Equal parts dreamy, defiant, and daring, glittering and grounded, the song embodies her vision of being a “gangster in a gown” – glamorous, resilient, and indestructible.
I’m wearing a white dress
I couldn’t look more innocent
I look like a virgin
And you wouldn’t know the difference
No one sees the grifter
She’s cutting a figure so elegant
Not even a whisper
And that’s how I win your confidence
I look pretty inside a photograph
Don’t you agree, as I wink at your dad
Ya, he’s winking back
Mdma inside my champagne glass
You know that all the best girls are fast
Uh huh it’s like that
– “Goldie Montana,” Goldie Boutilier
“It’s my origin story and my heist movie rolled into one,” Boutilier says of her musical mission statement. “Each song is a scene in my transformation: From underdog, to survival, to chaos, many bad decisions, bad people and danger. The moments I wish you could take back but wouldn’t, because they made you indestructible.”
Goldie Boutilier has lived many lives in music. First signed to Interscope as My Name Is Kay (and later Kay), she scored collaborations with Tiësto and Steve Aoki before reinventing herself in Paris as Goldilox, releasing 2018’s disco-soaked Very Best. In 2020 she reclaimed her birth name and her voice, emerging as Goldie Boutilier – a singer, songwriter, model, and DJ whose music blends tragic romance with glamour, grit, and melancholia. Across each reinvention, one truth has remained constant: Boutilier is an artist unwilling to be confined.
Now, with Goldie Boutilier Presents Goldie Montana, she steps into her most exhilarating era yet. Praised by Elton John and Zane Lowe, booked for festivals from Bonnaroo to ACL, and hand-picked by Orville Peck as a tour opener, she has honed her cinematic sound into something magnetic and unmistakably her own. Whether crooning a lounge ballad or commanding an anthemic chorus, Boutilier embodies characters without hiding behind them – outlaw, seductress, survivor – each one rooted in a raw authenticity. It’s a soulful, retro-tinged vision of artistry that feels both iconically classic and utterly fresh, and it cements Goldie Montana as her boldest work to date.
An undeniable Atwood Magazine artist-to-watch, Goldie Boutilier and her music are intoxicating because both art and artist alike feel timeless and urgent. A love letter to bad decisions, survival, and the women who don’t wait to be saved, Goldie Boutilier Presents Goldie Montana isn’t just an introduction – it’s a fearless statement of intent, and proof that Goldie Boutilier is a force destined to rise – an artist fully stepping into her prime.
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A CONVERSATION WITH GOLDIE BOUTILIER
Atwood Magazine: Goldie, hello! You kicked off the year with the song “King of Possibilities,” a sun-soaked and smoldering song of liberation and indulgence. It honestly feels like a fantastic – and fitting – follow-up to your last EP's final track, with that line, “I'm an angel, but I'm no saint.” What's the story behind “King of Possibilities,” for you?
Goldie Boutilier: I wrote it thinking about my cousin Jimmy, who I thought was just a truck driver. Turns out he was… just moving different cargo. He’s locked up now, but I imagined what it might feel like to be him; wild, free, lawless, the kind of man who doesn’t apologize.
You followed that up with “Neon Nuptials,” which has become a quick favorite for me personally. It's such a vivid, tender story of love “on the run,” as you put it in the song – and just having that one “partner in crime” at your side for all the moments that count. What inspired this song, and what is it about for you?
Goldie Boutilier: “Neon Nuptials” is a song about the kind of love I’m hoping for, and of course I had to make the main characters a little bit rebellious.
“I Can't” is a white-hot brooding song born from heartache, and underpinned by a truly stunning electric guitar solo. It's a reminder, to me, that no matter how liberated we SAY we are, sometimes all it takes is one person to break us and bring us back down to earth. How does this song resonate for you, too?
Goldie Boutilier: This song is about grief paralysis. When you’re so heartbroken you can’t eat, sleep, move on. when the person who broke your heart could still knock on your door and you’d let them in.
All these songs are a part of your upcoming album Goldie Montana, which you've been slowly teasing. What is the album about, and how do all of these tracks – including the latest title track “Goldie Montana” – fit into the overall narrative of Goldie Montana?
Goldie Boutilier: It’s my origin story and my heist movie rolled into one. Goldie Montana is a character I built out of my own scars – part Scarface, part Goldie: Someone who could walk into any room and never flinch.
Each song is a scene in my transformation: From underdog, to survival, to chaos, many bad decisions, bad people and danger. The moments I wish you could take back but wouldn’t, because they made you indestructible.
For those who are just discovering you today through this writeup, what do you want them to know about you and your music?
Goldie Boutilier: My music is a love letter to bad decisions, survival, and the women who don’t wait to be saved.
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