I don’t know what it is about Canadian Charlottes, but they really speak—or should I say sing?—to me.

There’s Charlotte Cardin, the French-Canadian pop beauty who swept the Junos this year. And then there’s Charlotte Day Wilson, the sultry singer-songwriter stunner from Toronto who I was lucky enough to see play the Vogue last week.

It was a great venue for the show, with plenty of floor space for people to squish up close, which they eagerly did. The crowd was understandably amped, even giving rapturous yells for opening act Ouri (who doubles as a member of Wilson’s band).

When it was go time, Wilson sauntered onto the stage dressed in all black, with her hair pulled back in a simple ponytail, and sat down at her keyboard. For the next hour and a half, it was hard for anyone to take their eyes off of her.

Beginning with beloved tracks including “Mountains” and “My Way”, Wilson immediately had the crowd in the palm of her hands. Her music took on another life when played live—it had more of a rock edge, and it was sexier, too. Her voice, though, sounded exactly like the recordings: haunting, romantic, almost operatic. Transportative.

Performing a mix of older favourites and tracks from her newest album, Cyan Blue (which debuted earlier this month), Wilson commanded the stage with her quiet confidence. She did a little talking (“I love it here,” she said at one point, referring to Vancouver. “I tried to live here for like two months; I didn’t last very long. It wasn’t you, it was me,”)—but not too much. She was there to sing. And, at one point, to play the saxophone. Because she’s just that fucking cool.

From Cyan Blue instant classic “Canopy” and breakout hit “Work” to the danceable “In Your Eyes” and the tender “Take Care of You”, Wilson gave us what we wanted: her music, her way. And in a deeply classy move, her encore was just one song: an unreleased track that she played solo, without her backing band.

I left with a smile plastered to my face. The next morning, I woke up with her voice still floating around my head.