Bryan Adams stands up for ‘Lake Ontario’ in new song referencing Epstein files

Bryan Adams, the Kingston-born Canadian rockstar, has released a new single titled "Lake Ontario," which seems to take jabs at U.S. President Donald Trump. In August, Trump signed an executive order instructing federal agencies to refer to Lake Ontario as "Lake America." Adams stated in a statement that his new song is for "all the sane people on both shores who know that the current madness will pass, and that Lake Ontario will always be Lake Ontario."

The mid-tempo rock tune features Adams calling out "a baby tossing the toys from the pram" due to things "not going his way in Iran." The song also refers to the situation as "another distraction" as "the Epstein files were getting traction." Adams is currently working on a new album, "How's It Goin'," described as "his musical love letter to Canada."

It also includes a protest track called "51st State." Adams emphasized that "Empires and regimes, dictators and kings, they all come and go. Lake Ontario is forever" in his statement. He is not the first Canadian artist to stand up for the lake. Blue Rodeo's hit "Hasn't Hit Me Yet" went viral after thousands of fans at their Toronto concert were captured cheering along to the lyric: "Out in the middle of Lake Ontario."

Co-frontman Greg Keelor told The Canadian Press that he was glad to see the song become a "rallying call." Keelor said, "That's a very powerful body of water. Most Canadians, it wasn't really something in your brain, it was just Lake Ontario. But now it's taken on a significance and it's a bit of a line in the sand." This report by The Canadian Press was first published on Oct. 29, 2026.