Songbird is the canary network for Flare, the blockchain built for universal connectivity. The first new blockchain interoperability primitive, Flare's State Connector, brings better bridging, full cross-chain composability and seamless decentralized integration with Web2 data. It allows Flare to come to consensus on external data, making it possible to trustlessly acquire and use information from both on- and off-chain sources, solving the oracle problem and opening the door to a new era of utility. Fast, decentralized and fully-insured bridges can connect smart contract chains multilaterally, unifying rather than fragmenting liquidity. Non-smart contract assets such as BTC, XRP and DOGE can be brought on to Flare, and put to work earning yield in DeFi. Decentralized applications can use the value, liquidity and information of multiple blockchains and seamlessly connect to Web2 data, all via a single deployment on Flare. Flare is a uniting force for blockchain, scaling Web3 for the next generation with native interoperability protocols that are high throughput, low fee and low carbon. Connect everything.