Mathew van Vooght, known by the stage name Mathew V, is a Canadian pop singer from

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'', November 16, 2017. He is most noted for his 2021 EP ''The Outer Circle'', which was a

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nominee for Adult Contemporary Album of the Year at the

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. Following high school, van Vooght moved to

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to study classical music at the European Institute of Contemporary Music, but dropped out after several months, and instead spent time working on music in the city's live music scene before returning to Vancouver a year later. He signed to

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, and released his debut EP ''Sounds'' in 2016. In 2017 he released the single "Tell Me Smooth", a preview of his 2018 full-length album ''The Fifth''. The song spent 14 weeks on the Canadian

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perform "Tell Me Smooth" as a lipsync number at a Vancouver drag show, he cast Verley in the video for his 2018 single "Broken". He followed up with the album ''Two Faced'' in 2020,Taylor Henderson
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'', March 22, 2021. He is a frequent collaborator with Luca Fogale, a fellow Juno nominee in 2022. He is out as

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