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Sasha M and Miss Lou Create Pop Duet on Mental Health

February 20, 2021 by Admin

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Dance pop artist Sasha M has teamed up with glamour vintage songbird Miss Lou to create a beautifully crafted pop duet, titled ‘Beneath The Surface’.

The song was written in secret music venue The Kave, now defunct. Its lyrics speak on issues surrounding mental health, and bear a message of encouragement and empowerment to individuals dealing with their own personal struggles.

Since its release, ‘Beneath The Surface’ has been featured on several editorial playlists on Spotify, Apple Music, and YouTube Music. The full list is as follows:

Apple Music Rising From Singapore
Spotify New Music Friday India
Spotify New Music Friday Singapore
Spotify Women of Singapore
Spotify Rising 65
YouTube Music RELEASED
YouTube Music SEA Fresh

The pop duet was written during a filmed studio session as part of the songwriting series, A Song A Day. It was written by Sasha M and Miss Lou, and produced by Shane Heng.

The YouTube series contains 7 episodes, with Sasha’s episode being the third. Other notable fellow Singaporean artists on the series include Haneri, Tim De Cotta, and Alemay Fernandez.

The songwriters note their motivation for pursuing the theme of the song as a desire to normalise deep conversations with the people around them. They believe that talking about their fears and problems, even just to acknowledge them without having to go into detail, can bring a world of good to one’s mental health.

While Sasha M and Miss Lou may come from very different musical backgrounds, their respective talents fused perfectly together on this universally enjoyable, easy to listen to pop track.

Watch the songwriting process here:

For enquiries and bookings, contact Sasha M.

‘Glass Shard’ Virtual Release Party

January 25, 2021 by Admin

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On 22 Jan 2021, the ‘Glass Shard’ music video was released via a livestream virtual event.

During the event, Sasha and Zaleia shared some of the crazy things that happened during production, showed some exciting behind-the-scenes clips, and more. Watch clips from the livestream on YouTube.

Replay the livestream here: https://fb.watch/3kH0xVUBnN/
Listen to Glass Shard on Spotify now: bit.ly/SashaMSpotify

Watch the cinematic music video for Glass Shard:

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After charting on 4 Spotify editorial playlists, the music video for Glass Shard is finally here. A cinematic short film inspired by Sasha and Zaleia’s personal stories, this ambitious project combines music, performance, and cinema magic to present to you a story of transformation and self-discovery. Join Sasha and Zaleia LIVE in their music video release party to learn more about the process, catch some exclusive Behind-The-Scenes footage, and watch the video together.

‘Friends’ Music Video Launch Party

March 28, 2020 by Admin

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On 25 March 2020, the ‘Friends’ music video was released at a launch party held at Metta Bar in Tanglin Mall.

Five films were screened at the event: the ‘Friends’ music video co-starring actor Jeremy Ward, a short film called ‘Gaia’, another short film called ‘Approved’, a music video for ‘Tryin” by Jack & Rai, and a video for the remix of ‘Friends’ featuring rapper AngelK.

The music video was made in collaboration with Deepesh Vasudev & Tejas Ewing, collectively known as DVET. Their short films have previously won awards such as the international #Nucleus Short Film Competition organised by Goethe Institute.

Watch the ‘Friends’ storyline-based music video below (and look out for the twist at the end):

Interview with Tawfik Daud

November 7, 2019 by Admin

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On 5 Nov 2019, Sasha was invited alongside local rapper Anand “AK” to be guests on the podcast, “With Tawfik Daud”, where they shared personal stories about their journeys as artists. Listen to the podcast below.

00:00 – opening rap
3:45 – declaration of singlehood (and how you gotta be married to the music)
5:30 – writing songs in the shower (aka Loaded)
8:43 – AK: “f**k it I’ll do it myself” (aka making beats)
10:58 – Sasha: then diaries, now songs (mentions unreleased music)
12:57 – inspiration from real life experiences (aka Friends)
15:27 – budgeting as an indie artist (e.g. for music video)
18:23 – “I like both ways” – AK, 2019
20:06 – Sasha speculates on Dua Lipa’s writing process
21:10 – The Story of LA (with all the tea!)
24:28 – struggles as an artist + how to break free
31:01 – How To Stop Your Parents Asking When You’ll Get Married, by AK
31:54 – hard thoughts re: family vs your career
35:48 – comments by the haters (for a good laugh)
38:15 – “Someone offered me $30 to sing two sets?”
42:55 – the RIHANNA bomb
45:14 – declaration of love for Camila Cabello
48:18 – labels, y/n?
49:02 – Sasha’s advice to young artists
49:55 – AK’s advice to young artists
51:25 – pfleth
52:30 – singing Friends (with vocal percussion, and side digs at the drummer)

Loaded: RELOADED out now

May 3, 2019 by Admin

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The remix EP for ‘Loaded’ with Hasso and Sasha M is available for digital download today.

Staying true to the original track’s roots as an international collaboration, this EP, titled ‘Loaded: RELOADED’, contains three remixes by different producers from around the world: Clectica from Finland, RIKI from Italy, and Wariner from USA.

The release features album artwork by Nikkaroo Art from Singapore, with photography by Daniel Alejandro Gonzalez from USA.

Stream the EP on Spotify or purchase it on Amazon and iTunes.

Loaded (Acoustic) music video

April 22, 2019 by Admin

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Sasha’s first official music video is out now. Inspired by film noir and old spy movies, it shows Sasha emerging from a time of darkness and confusion to her finally calling the shots.

Watch the video:

Originals Showcase at the Esplanade

November 8, 2018 by Admin

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Sasha is happy to have been invited back to perform at Voices – A Festival of Song at the Esplanade, this time as a solo act. She will be performing several of her original songs for the very first time.

Watch her video interview with the Esplanade below:

Details as follows:

8 Dec 2018, Saturday
6:30pm & 7:30pm
(each set is 25 mins long)
Esplanade Forecourt Garden

Don’t miss this intimate acoustic sharing of Sasha’s music as she reveals the songs and stories that she has been working on until now.

Get connected via the Facebook event page or on Sasha’s Instagram.

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Sasha M may be a newcomer to the original music scene, but her first collaboration released in April this year peaked on the Spotify Germany Viral 50 charts, coming second only to the winner of Eurovision. Sasha enjoys writing and performing music that is pop, rock, and dance influenced. No stranger to the Esplanade stages and particularly Voices – A Festival of Song, her last performance was in 2015 singing popular songs with vocal harmonies, in homage to her a cappella roots.

A former member of award-winning a cappella group NUS Resonance and the female trio SASS, Sasha is very happy and honoured to be back this year to perform on a special new stage at Voices, this time as a solo artist and armed with her own songs! She premieres her original music and acoustic versions of what will become the music she wants to make—pop tracks that people can dance to.

‘Loaded’ Hits #2 on Spotify Germany Viral 50 Charts!

May 17, 2018 by Sasha M

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As most of the people following my social media know by now, it’s been a mega exciting week. My first ever single, ‘Loaded’, which I released on 13 April in collaboration with producer/DJ Hasso and under a German EDM label Weeolino Music, got on the Spotify Germany Viral 50 charts last week.

It entered the charts way high up at #5. And then it went all the way up to #2, right below the just-announced winner of Eurovision!

It’s an absolutely insane result for a song that was released relatively quietly, with no advertisements, no paid promotion or anything of the sort. Just purely organic plays and streams by people who liked the track. Enough, it seems, to put us right next to an artist who was on the biggest Europe-wide music show ever, that hosted bands as awesome as ABBA!

Some people have been asking, “Who is Hasso?” Well, I mentioned him in a post I wrote previously. He’s a super talented producer from Germany who’s also a really great person and friend, and I’m so happy to be able to have a chart-topping (almost?? haha) song with him.

Aside from Hasso, another person I would like to thank is my dear friend Nik who did (my version of) the album art for me. She took my concept and totally gave it life, it turned out better than I could have imagined.

Look at all these glitches and stuff they look so good!!!

And of course, thank you to Daniel for taking this photo of me during our music video shoot for Dangerous Woman. (That’s still my most professionally done video on my channel, haha.) Who would’ve guessed that this photo would go so far!

The support for this song has been tremendous. So many people were listening to the song and sharing it with their friends. I’ve been beyond touched to receive messages, screenshots and tags in posts about Loaded. Some of you guys are using it as your ringtone too, that’s incredible!

On top of that, Bandwagon wrote a really lovely article about the song and I’m so happy:

I’m immensely grateful especially for all the support from listeners in Germany. If I could reach them, I would say thank you in a video and put it in targeted ads all over Germany! Haha, of course I can’t. But I can and will say thank you here on my blog, and put it on the internet, so that hopefully some of these people will be able to see it.

For you who are reading this, thank you also for supporting me and being interested in my work. It means the absolute world to me that you guys care about what I’m doing. I really hope you like the song as well, that I made with Hasso.

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If you haven’t heard the track, or just want to listen to it again, here it is! Do save it, share it, and put it on your playlists!