Though Nashville remains the cradle of country, Canada has a pretty long history with it too, taking the styles and sounds of its Southern neighbors and applying its own rustic, regional spin. Honky-tonk, outlaw ballads, beat-driven pop crossovers—these songs represent a cross-section of Canada’s best modern country. This week, Noah Brigden revisits a tender age on the aching “Seventeen,” a new song from the Northern Ontario-based singer-songwriter. Brigden tells Apple Music that he wrote the song—which he also produced—while reflecting on his youth as a “degenerate kid,” saying, “It’s kind of my early high school experience as a whole. I grew up in a town called Innisfil, Ontario, where I shared a lot of memories with important people and, of course, did some rebellious things.” The country up-and-comer packaged “Seventeen” with another new tune, “Hurt Like Hell,” with the two-pack serving as the latest release in a string of 2025 drops from Brigden. Listen to it now and add Canada’s Country to your library to stay up on the songs shaping the future of country music.