I’m Katie McBride (also known as bloodsugar and Blue Water). I am an artist - composer, producer, singer, and creator of many things. My work comes from a deep fascination with both inner life and the mysteries of existence. I make music that lives in the in-between spaces - between genres, between emotions, between waking and dreaming. Electronic and ambient at its core, my sound sometimes leans toward pop and sometimes away from it.
I began as a trumpet player and studied jazz and composition at Humber College in Toronto. After school, I was drawn to digital music - to the openness of it, the way a song can expand into a world. Ableton became my primary instrument, and my practice naturally grew to include visual art, video creation and direction, and scoring for film and television.
I’ve released several EPs and three albums, composed scores for film and television, and created a presence on social media where I ponder questions about modern life, morality, philosophy and art. I approach every project with the same philosophical question that guides all my work: what does it feel like to be here, and how can we express the inexpressible?
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Selected work & features
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• Over 2 million streams across music streaming platforms
• Over 3 million streams across social media platforms (TikTok and IG reels)
• Original song placement in The Sex Lives of College Girls (HBO)
• Founder of Blue Water, an independent electronic/alt label
• Featured vocalist on several releases of prominent dance music producers (DJ Planet Express, Edapollo)
• Original song placement in GIRL (starring Bella Thorne, dir. Chad Faust)
• Composer for Loathe Thy Neighbor (dir. Sergio Navarretta – TIFF 2024)
• Composer for Lolo (dir. Owen Campbell – New/Next Film Festival 2024)
• Recipient of major funding from FACTOR, Ontario Arts Council, and Canada Council for the Arts
• Praised by The FADER, Clash Magazine, Complex, KEXP, and Line of Best Fit
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Releases
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Albums
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RHODO (2025)
THE ANGELS ARE CALLING (2024)
As Real As Anything Else (2022) 
The Longer I Look The More I See (mixtape, 2023)
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EPs
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murmurations (2022)
i!i! (2021)
World of Dreams (2018)
08215 (2016)