Music

Watch Sophie Gregoire-Trudeau awkwardly burst into song

by Jeremy Mersereau

Spontaneously bursting into song at a gathering is generally an ill-advised move, unless you’ve got the pipes of an angel and/or are drunk on the subway. Even more ill-advised: awkwardly forcing a self-penned anthem called “Smile Back At Me” on a roomful of attendees at Ottawa City Hall expecting to see Joe Clark on MLK Day.

But hey, that’s just how Sophie Grégoire-Trudeau rolls: cringe-inducingly.

“It’s not planned, trust me,” she said. “I’m going to step up. I am going to sing you a song that I wrote for my daughter Ella-Grace at a moment where I was going through a difficult time, and where I remind myself of all the hope that there is in one’s life and all the hope that there is in life.” Reminder: this was at a Martin Luther King, Jr. Day event.

Pictured: Justin Trudeau during the proceedings. I would pay any amount of money to hear Sophie’s internal monologue as she takes the plunge, Peep Show-style.

Grégoire-Trudeau was apparently inspired by singers earlier in the evening and felt the need to show she can sing with the best, which she absolutely cannot. Also: what the hell? The standing ovation has undergone a more drastic devaluation than the CAD, apparently.