Prolific songwriter and lush indie balladeer Sean Nicholas Savage came up as part of a thriving Montreal underground scene, exploring warped takes on new romantic pop with a prolific series of releases. His songwriting incorporated a plethora of influences and styles as it developed, with his different albums tying in elements of wistful sophisti-pop, breezy disco, and dabbling in folk balladry and city pop on his 2022 Mac DeMarco-produced effort Shine.