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Globe and Mail
22-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Globe and Mail
The music of the Netflix comedy series North of North is getting exposure
One of the hottest new television shows of the year is North of North, which just got renewed for its second season on CBC, APTN and Netflix. The Nunavut-set comedy stars Anna Lambe as Siaja, a plucky, young Inuk mother. In a supporting role is the show's soundtrack, which mixes originals songs and Inuktitut covers by Inuk artists with classic pop recorded by Britney Spears, Stevie Nicks, Alanis Morissette and more. North of North music supervisor Michael Perlmutter, who just won a Canadian Sync Award for best soundtrack in a comedy series, spoke to The Globe and Mail about the unique role the music plays in connecting north and south. You collaborated with North of North show runners Stacey Aglok MacDonald and Alethea Arnaquq-Baril on the show's music concept. Can you talk about those early discussions? Early on, it felt like music was going to be a character. It wasn't an afterthought. They wanted to work with Inuk artists, and show the Inuit music world to the rest of the world. We also wanted to show that an Inuit community was still connected with the rest of world. So, we used songs by Britney Spears, Caroline Polachek, Alanis Morissette, the list goes on. What about using music to support characters, such as the lead, Siaja? The idea was to create a fun, upbeat, female-centric mix. Siaja is an independent Inuk woman, super fun and super driven. We were connecting a lot of dots through her character. So we have Riit's cover of Dua Lipa's Levitating and Angela Amarualik's cover of Kelis's Milkshake. And you're probably familiar with Elisapie, who covers Stevie Nicks's Dreams. I did notice a character wearing an Elisapie T-shirt. Her Inuktitut version of Dreams was previously recorded, but, elsewhere, you had Inuk musicians recording covers specifically for the show. How common is that? I don't know if it's standard in the business, but in the last five or ten years I think you're seeing it a bit more. For each one, we find the right artist, we find a producer and we have a creative conversation on how we want it to sound. Riit's Levitating turned out to be super cool. There are time constraints as well, right? It's a creative choice, if you have the time. And we had it. That's the key. But it all depends on the project. With this show, it was hand in glove Using a song is one thing, covering it in a different language is another. How hard was it to secure the rights for the songs? We wrote the rightsholders long letters about what we were doing and what the show is about. We also sent lyrics in Inuktitut that had been translated. In the case of Levitating, we had to get Dua Lipa's approval and also the approval of the other songwriters. They were really excited about the idea. Did the Netflix money allow you to afford all these songs? How big was the song licensing budget? That's a state secret. I would say that there was a budget. Because we had incredible support from all three networks involved, we were able to afford these songs. The cost is not as astronomical as you may think. We let them know we have X amount of dollars. We negotiate with them. We explain what the show is about. This was a project people could get behind. You say people. Do you think the Dua Lipas and Alanis Morisettes are involved in the process, or is it their managers, labels and publishers? We know Dua Lipa saw the request. We think Alanis knew about it. Caroline Polachek's camp seemed excited by it. Now that the show is a hit and has been renewed for a second season, does the dynamic shift? Are you getting pitched by publishers now? Publishers, labels, mothers, daughters, dog walkers, friends, cousins, they all want to be on a successful show. I've had emails already, suggesting a playlist for the second season. I'm not really responding to those just yet. Let's discuss the creative thinking behind a couple of the songs, starting with Levitating, in the first episode. You're coming into the show. You're seeing the North for the first time and it's beautiful. We wanted something that reflected Siaja's state of mind. She's full of hope and full of love. She wants to celebrate life. How about the string quartet cover of Keane's Somewhere Only We Know? Siaja has what might be a fever dream. She's running toward a man, and we have this beautiful, romantic piece supporting that scene. We're having a little fun with it, but it's not necessarily ironic. The show's use of music reminds me of Northern Exposure. But where that show had a theme song, yours doesn't. Why not? What Stacey and Alethea wanted to do was use a different theme song every episode, whether it plays for five seconds at the beginning or whether it rolls into the next scene for another 15 seconds. It's all to give it a different flavour and a different feel. Not that there's anything wrong with the same 30-second song every episode. We just wanted a surprise of some kind. You don't know what you're going to get. This interview was edited and condensed.
Toronto Star
11-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Toronto Star
Meet Anna Lambe, the Iqaluit-raised breakout star of the Netflix hit show ‘North of North'
The week we spoke with 'North of North' star Anna Lambe, the Iqaluit-set show cracked the Netflix global top 10. 'I get messages from Poland, from Australia, from Brazil,' said Lambe. 'It all feels like, wow, look at our little show go.' It's going: The international breakout hit co-produced by APTN, CBC and Netflix, which happens to be Netflix's first original Canadian series, has just been renewed for a second season.
Forbes
30-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Forbes
Netflix Renews Its Best New 100% Scored Comedy Show
North of North Sometimes Netflix does the right thing when it comes to what it renews instead of cancels, and now a great new comedy series has been rewarded for being, well, great. That would be North of North, the indigenous comedy series focused on life in the Arctic. The series arrived in the middle of the Netflix top 10 list, but quickly dropped off, raising some questions about its season 2 renewal. But just a few weeks after release, North of North has officially been renewed by Netflix in a rather quick pickup. In the press release, Netflix extols the fact that it got a rare 100% on Rotten Tomatoes, something you don't see every day on this service especially. The show was Netflix's first series commissioned from Canada and clearly that worked out quite well. They published a quote from star Anna Lambe regarding the news: North of North And here's the official synopsis of the series from Netflix's Tudum if you don't already know what it's about, as many of you may not: Even if viewership was not exactly tearing up the charts, a renewal of the show seemed like a sure thing based on A) those critic scores and B) a much lower cost than probably almost all of Netflix's original productions with an unknown (but talented) cast and no need for elaborate VFX like other series. As for when season 2 may arrive, we don't have any clues about that. Given the nature of production and how quickly it has been renewed, it could return in a year like TV shows used to. But it also may be pushed closer to a year and a half which is more or less the new baseline for series like this. We'll see. Follow me on Twitter, YouTube, Bluesky and Instagram. Pick up my sci-fi novels the Herokiller series and The Earthborn Trilogy.
Yahoo
22-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
‘Everybody Sees What I See Now;' North Of North's Anna Lambe Get Honest About Bringing Inuk Representation To Audiences
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. There are a number great television shows out there that have helped TV audiences learning and relate to cultures other than their own. One show in particular that premiered on the 2025 Netflix schedule – North of North – has stepped into that ring. And the star Anna Lambe spoke to CinemaBlend about what a joy it is to share the Inuk culture with the world. Lambe, who grew up in the same place that the series was filmed, spoke with me regarding the surprising success of North of North. The actress spoke that it's 'special' to share her home with viewers, and has loved seeing people 'fall in love' with the north that she knows, saying the public can appreciate what she always has. In her words: So I'm from Iqaluit, Nunavut, which is the place that we shot the show in. It's been so special getting to share a place that is so close to my heart. And the place that formed me as a person and who I am now, is because I grew up here. For people to be able to experience the north as I've always known it, with the real sense of community, the warmth, the laughter, the silliness, and you know, definitely the very real trauma that does exist within our communities. But how we navigate that with laughter and with love – for people to see the north and fall in love with it – It just kind of is like, 'Oh, everybody sees what I see. Everybody sees what I see now.' It's not the first time that a television series on Netflix has taught some valuable lessons regarding culture. I could point out the teen romance series Never Have I Ever for its Indian-American representation. Or we could talk about The Most Beautiful Flower, a show that hails from Mexico and offers a genuine look at the culture. But North of North is one of the first shows to really explore Inuk culture, an Indigenous group that traditionally inhabited the Arctic and subregions. We don't really get a lot of shows that dive deep into that and this is the first series that offers us an idea of what it's like. While it is a sitcom with plenty of twists and turns that are akin to a rollercoaster rather than everyday life, the love and laughter that Lambe speaks about from her culture is certainly there. The fact that it was filmed in Lambe's hometown in the first place is something that I'm sure made this experience that much better for her. There hasn't been confirmation of a Season 2 yet – and honestly, with Netflix, that can be up in the air with how often they tend to cancel their television shows. But here's hoping that its surprising success on Netflix will bring them to another season because there is still so much left to the story that we could learn. Maybe we'll get to see it on another TV schedule soon enough. If you haven't had the chance to watch North of North yet, be sure to check it out with a Netflix subscription.
Yahoo
31-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
What to watch on Netflix Canada: New TV shows and movies, plus what's being removed in April 2025
It's another month of big changes on Netflix, with Canadians set to see a lot of beloved TV shows and movies leaving the streaming site. While April also marks the return of some favourites for new season, like Black Mirror Season 7 and the final season of You. There are also some brand new shows joining Netflix, like the upcoming medical drama Pulse. And let's not forget the Canadian show North of North, starring True Detective's Anna Lambe. With The Accountant 2 coming to theatres on April 25, Netflix subscribers in Canada hoping to catch up on the original film don't have much time, with The Accountant being removed from Netflix at the beginning of the month. Additionally, The Matrix is being removed on at the same time, along with Edgar Wright's Shaun of the Dead and the 2016 movie Suicide Squad. Two movies starring Tom Hanks are also leaving Netflix, Saving Private Ryan and Sully. If you're more of a comedy fan, Jim Carrey's The Mask is being removed from the streaming site in April, along with Pineapple Express and the Amanda Bynes movie Sydney White. For rom-coms, The Ugly Truth with Katherine Heigl and Gerard Butler won't be on Netflix anymore, in addition to Something's Gotta Give starring Jack Nicholson and Diane Keaton. Watch TV shows, movies on Netflix The medical drama genre has certainly been reinvigorated recently with the immense popularity of the series The Pitt, and the release of the show Doc, but Netflix is taking that momentum and running with it for Pulse. Created by Zoe Robyn, who also serves as co-showrunner with Carlton Cuse, the series is set in Miami's busiest Level 1 Trauma Center during a hurricane. Dr. Danielle 'Danny' Simms (Willa Fitzgerald) is a third-year resident, trying to cope with the stress of the emergency room, and relationships with her coworkers. A Nunavut-set comedy is a particularly highly-anticipated show next month, starring Anna Lambe as young Inuk woman, Siaja, trying to move on from her marriage publicly coming to an end. A difficult task in such a small, close-knit community. 'When we see Siaja in the beginning of the season, she's quite frantic and insecure,' Lambe told Netflix. 'We see her make some large and life-changing decisions that cause her to fall flat on her face in front of her entire community and force her to reevaluate her life and try to make it better.' The fan-favourite anthology series Black Mirror is back for Season 7, with six episodes. The cast includes Peter Capaldi, Paul Giamatti, Rashida Jones, Chris O'Dowd, Tracee Ellis Ross, Jimmi Simpson, Issa Rae, Awkwafina and Will Poulter. 'Fans of the show will recognize the cast of a certain spaceship from one of our episodes reappearing,' Charlie Brooker teased to Netflix's Tudum. 'We've done a sequel for the first time in Black Mirror history. Normally, I kill off all the characters at the end of an episode, [but] I kept some of 'em alive. I'm growing as a human.' We're about to head into the final season of the beloved Netflix show You, putting an end to Joe Goldberg's disturbing tale, picking up three years after Joe and Kate (Charlotte Ritchie) left London for New York City. In this season Joe's (Penn Badgley) past comes back to haunt him in the U.S. city. 'We always said that we would stop after five and [that], in a perfect world, we would bring Joe back home to New York,' co-showrunner and executive producers Michael Foley told Netflix's Tudum. 'We loved the idea of things coming full circle for him. We're excited by the fact that Joe came home as such a different person than [who] we saw in Season 1. At the core of our final story for Joe is this dichotomy of the old and the new.' Watch TV shows, movies on Netflix The Accountant The Art of War Captain Nova Cleveland Abduction Dr. Seuss' The Lorax The Fall of the American Empire Glass Ibrahim a Fate to Define Imposters Inheritance Madeline The Mask The Matrix Pineapple Express Redeeming Love Saving Private Ryan Shaun of the Dead See for Me Smurfs: The Lost Village Something's Gotta Give Suicide Squad Sully Surf's Up: Wave Mania Sydney White Tremors The Ugly Truth Underworld: Blood Wars Yu Yu Hakusho: Ghost Files Zathura: A Space Adventure Barely Lethal Magic Mixies Halloween I Love You, Man Nanny McPhee Coded Bias Fix Us Motu Patlu: Deep Sea Adventure Motu Patlu in Dragon's World Motu Patlu in Wonderland Motu Patlu: Mission Moon Unthinkable Blood Sam & Kate The Predator Forsaken Motu Patlu in Hong Kong: Kung Fu Kings 3 Super Villains from Mars Time Trap I'll Follow You Down Lie With Me Motu Patlu Dino Invasion Motu Patlu in Octopus World Motu Patlu Vs Robo Kids Remember Miriam Margolyes: Almost Australian Chillar Party
