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The track is peppered with references to cannabis, which his father legalized back in 2017, but the single鈥檚 black-and-white artwork and its gloomy video feel like an attempt by Xav to firmly distance himself from the PM鈥檚 cringey, 鈥溾�� optimism.听

Musically, the song contains a slippery, almost unreal quality, as if it were generated by an A.I. model trained exclusively on the music of PartyNextDoor, The Weeknd and other pioneering R&B artists from Toronto鈥檚 suburbs. It鈥檚 not great, in other words.听

And yet it sparks in me a gentle warmth 鈥� perhaps even a protective urge 鈥� toward young Xavier and his creative endeavours. 鈥淚t鈥檚 not easy putting yourself out there,鈥澨� I thought to myself 鈥渆specially when your father is a historically unpopular prime minister.鈥� Soon, old photos of Xavier and his father began to circulate on social media, and I felt my cynical nature starting to give way to warm fuzzies 鈥� a small sense of pride in Trudeau鈥檚 golden child.

But wait, where is this benevolence coming from? Why am I libbing out when our own country is on the precipice of an economic and environmental death spiral? Why these feelings now, amid a remarkably fraught political moment, spurred on by a trade war that has produced an unexpected resurgence of Canadian patriotism?

And what meaning 鈥� if any 鈥� might we glean from 鈥淭il The Nights Done鈥� [sic闭?听

The answer, inevitably, is rooted in the chaos currently unfurling south of the border.

Like most Canadians, I鈥檝e spent too much of 2025 doom scrolling through the news, wracked with a mixture of bewilderment and fear, as the newly emboldened Trump administration attempts to reshape the country before our very eyes.

It can be hard to keep up 鈥� from the looming threat of tariffs and Trump鈥檚 incessant taunts about making Canada the 鈥�51st state鈥�; to the suite of brazen, often cruel executive orders taking aim at federal workers, the trans community and undocumented migrants; to Trump鈥檚 shocking proposals to annex Greenland and forcibly remove Palestinians from Gaza.听

On Thursday, I scrolled X with a burnt-out detachment as clips emerged from 2025 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), an event that quickly descended into a veritable circus of reactionary politics.听

Look, there鈥檚 Steve Bannon calling on supporters to 鈥渇ight for Trump鈥� before And now the as the Village People鈥檚 鈥淵MCA鈥� blares through the speakers! Uh oh, here comes Elon Musk, wearing dark sunglasses and a gold chain, and he鈥檚 wielding a chainsaw!

鈥淎rrghhh! This is the chainsaw for bureaucracy!鈥� Musk shouts, pumping the power tool in the air like a WWE heel as the far-right president of Argentina grins along. 鈥淐haaainsaww!鈥�

My brain starts to throb. My mind wanders toward . It鈥檚 a lot.听

And then I remember there’s a big hockey game.

Indeed, if there鈥檚 one silver lining to this grim spectacle, it鈥檚 the way that Canadians of various backgrounds and political persuasions have come together in response to Trump鈥檚 threats to our sovereignty. We are a divided country briefly united, radicalized by a common enemy.

鈥淲e look forward to the United States beating our soon to be 51st state, Canada,鈥� Karoline Leavitt,听White House Press Secretary, on Thursday, needling an already agitated nation ahead of the highly anticipated finale of the NHL鈥檚 new 4 Nations Face-Off, a tournament that had transformed from an exhibition into a deadly serious arena of geopolitics.听

Just as the rhetoric reached unbearable levels, Canadians were gifted a splendid moment of reprieve, when Connor McDavid potted the overtime winner against Team USA, securing Canada鈥檚 rightful place at the top of the hockey podium, and uniting Canadians from coast-to-coast in a cathartic moment of national elation.听

鈥淣ickelback鈥檚 鈥楤urn it to the Ground鈥� is blasting from Canada鈥檚 locker room right now,鈥� shortly after the victory, as fans across the country erupted into an orgy of flag-waving and anthem singing.

It鈥檚 hard to overstate how unlikely this all feels 鈥� the full-throated, unironic embrace of mushy Canadiana and once-derided rock bands 鈥� given the very real division and political polarization that has creeped into Canadian politics in the waning years of the Trudeau decade.听

Of course, flag waving will not save us, nor will it fend off the collateral effects of America鈥檚 crumbling empire and the slow dissolution of the neo-liberal global order, but there鈥檚 a genuine comfort, at least right now, in basking in the bland centrism of Canadian culture as the circus south of the border continues.

I woke up on Friday听morning feeling groggy from my patriotic outburst.听

As I scrolled on my phone, I found myself comforted by the news that the prime minister鈥檚 son had released a 鈥渕oody R&B鈥� song; one that sounded like a million other 鈥渕oody R&B鈥� songs created in the bedrooms of Canadian teenagers.

And I found solace in the fact that most Canadians, who are just as capable of cruelty as Americans, were resisting the urge to tease young Xavier, or run him through the mud. Beyond the usual suspects on social media, there were relatively few accusations of nepotism or attempts to denigrate Xavier鈥檚 artistic work over his ties to his father. In fact, .听

No one will remember 鈥淭il The Nights Done鈥� [sic]听next year, or even next week. Musically, it is unremarkable. But as a cultural document it is significant 鈥� a reminder that the drab, ephemerality of Canadian culture can, in fact, be a bulwark against the dizzying extremism of American culture; that the mundane is sometimes better than chaos. Personally, I鈥檓 cheering for lil鈥� Xav.