Leith is Jessie Leith Munro, a Canadian singer-songwriter recording for Akira Records. "The Messenger" — written with Will Bloomfield and produced by Jonah Summerfield and Bloomfield — was in her live set through 2025, played in Paris and London, before the single and its video (directed by Natasha Pheko) arrived in February 2026. You can find her on Spotify.
The song is written from the worst seat in a friendship: the 3 a.m. phone call. She has watched her friend's relationship burn out from the sidelines — "he doesn't make you smile" — and taken the anger that isn't really meant for her. The chorus turns on one line: "It's too late to say I told you so / But not too late to say I love you though."
That is where the title lands. Don't waste the shot on me, she sings — I'm just the messenger. It is a love song aimed sideways: not at a lover, but at a friend who isn't ready to hear the truth yet, from the one person who will still be waiting in the wings to build her up again.
— Red Hector
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