Watch Alessia Cara’s National TV Debut

Last night, Alessia Cara visited Jimmy Fallon and played “Here” with help from The Roots. The single is an impressive, breezy track—the sentiments are modern, but the beat establishes a lineage with ‘70s soul by flipping an Isaac Hayes classic. The performance marked Cara’s debut on national television; afterwards, Fallon told the singer, “you belong here.” Revisit FADER’s GEN F on Cara, and read about a new wave of shy female pop stars.