About

Born in northern Saskatchewan, Canada, Joanna Borne turns her life experiences into emotionally charged alt-pop. After debuting under a previous alias in 2014, she quickly gained traction on Canadian radio by 2015 and built a following drawn to her honest storytelling.

Relocating to Nashville marked a turning point. Through a creative rebrand and years of refining her craft, Joanna introduced a darker, more atmospheric sound that defines her music today. With nearly a decade of experience working as a psychiatric nurse, her writing carries emotional depth and explores vulnerability, strength, and the tension between chaos and calm. Joanna’s songs have received acclaim from the likes of VENTS, Mystic Sons, Backseat Mafia, Music Crowns, and major DSPs, including ALT on Apple Music. 

Her latest single, ‘Wolves’ captures that balance through haunting production and introspective lyricism. Emerging as a distinctive voice in alt pop, Joanna Borne continues to craft music that resonates with empathy, resilience, and the instinct to find light within the dark.

WOLVES - NOV 28th

Nashville-based alt pop artist Joanna Borne is about to deliver her most cinematic moment yet with ‘Wolves’, a dark and atmospheric single inspired by her rare upbringing alongside wolves and wolf dogs. The track channels the wild tension of instinct and empathy, exploring how beauty and danger often exist together.

Raised in rural Saskatchewan, Joanna’s connection with wolves shaped her understanding of loyalty, caution, and intuition, traits that mirror the unpredictability of human nature. Working with producers David Lehr and Jesse Brock, plus mix and master engineers Sean Moffitt (Tommee Profitt, Keith Urban, Josh Groban) and John Greenham (Billie Eilish, FINNEAS), she built an immersive soundscape of growling bass, textured guitars, haunting synths, and affected wolf howls woven throughout.

“The wolves taught me discernment, how something can be loving and unpredictable at once,” Joanna says. “It’s the same lesson I apply to people.”

‘Wolves’ also reflects the duality of Joanna’s upbringing in a small, divided city where connection and conflict often overlapped. The song captures that push and pull between community and isolation, echoing the fractures found in today’s world. For the visuals, Joanna joined photographer Teigan Uhlik and longtime friend Sky Phoenix at A Wolf Adventure Outreach in Saskatchewan, capturing powerful imagery that blurs the line between human and wild while grounding the song in real experience.