Montreal singer-songwriter-producer Yves Jarvis has won the 2025 Polaris Music Prize for his album .

"I was just honoured just to be nominated at all," he said while accepting the $30,000 award at Massey Hall in Toronto Tuesday. "I'm shocked."

It's Jarvis's first Polaris prize, an award meant to honour the most artistically significant albums of the year regardless of genre, sales, or popularity.

Jarvis thanked God and his parents. "My parents are so supportive; I recorded most of the record in their spare room. I got a concussion 'cause the ceiling was so low," he said of recording the song . WATCH | Yves Jarvis wins the Polaris Music Prize:

Jarvis had been previously longlisted for the prize twice: made the long list in 2019, and his 2020 album, was longlisted in 2021.

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