SASAMI‘s new album Blood on the Silver Screen comes out in March, and she’s given us another preview with synth-pop track “In Love with a Memory.” It was co-produced with Rostam, and also features vocals from Clairo. “Rostam and I both studied composition, so he wanted to bring out more of my classical side,” SASAMI says, adding, “‘In Love With A Memory’ was actually the first song I wrote that ended up on Blood On the Silver Screen. I grew up going to Japanese or Korean ‘noraebang’ private karaoke rooms with my mom, who was secretly the most incredible singer. Most of her go-to numbers were oooold Japanese and Korean folk songs that low key kind of made me feel like I was in a horror film or David Lynch movie. I can picture my mom in a Julee Cruise-type setting- single, jazz lounge spotlight and cigarette smoke hanging stalely in the air- singing one of those old songs with the most gorgeously haunting vibrato and breathtaking vocal control. That’s the feeling I was tapping into when I started writing ‘In Love With A Memory,’ and there is a very timeless but relevant crooning feeling imbued in the song that I think was perfectly reflected by the production that Rostam and I orchestrated together. Claire has been a longtime, long distance friend and dream collaborator for me, so it was such a magnificent gift for her to lend her voice to the narrative. I really imagine this track as a cinematic duet with a ghost.”
Watch the video, directed by Jaw Swuen, below.
SASAMI also announced a North American tour, which runs through April and May, and includes an NYC show at Music Hall of Williamsburg on May 5. Before those dates begin, she’ll also do some solo in-store performances, starting at NYC’s Rough Trade on March 7. Tickets for all dates go on sale Friday, January 31 at 10 AM local, and all dates are below.
SASAMI: 2025 TOUR DATES
3/7 - New York, NY @ Rough Trade *
3/10 - London, UK @ Rough Trade East *
3/12 - Liverpool, UK @ Rough Trade Liverpool *
3/13 - Nottingham, UK @ Rough Trade Nottingham *
4/19 – Los Angeles, CA @ Lodge Room
4/22 – Phoenix, AZ @ Rebel Lounge
4/23 – Santa Fe, NM @ Launchpad
4/25 – Dallas, TX @ Deep Ellum Art Co
4/26 – Austin, TX @ Psych Fest
4/27 – Houston, TX @ White Oak
4/29 – Nashville, TN @ The Blue Room
4/30 – Atlanta, GA @ The Earl
5/2 – Washington, DC @ The Atlantis
5/3 – Philadelphia, PA @ Underground Arts
5/5 – Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
5/8 – Boston, MA @ Brighton Music Hall
5/9 – Montreal, QC @ Le Ritz PDB
5/10 – Toronto, ON @ Great Hall
5/12 – Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall
5/13 – Minneapolis, MN @ Turf Club
5/15 – Denver, CO @ Larimer Lounge
5/17 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Kilby Block Party
5/18 – Boise, ID @ Shrine Social Club
5/20 – Portland, OR @ Wonder Ballroom
5/21 – Seattle, WA @ Neumos
5/22 – Eugene, OR @ Soreng Theatre
5/24 – Napa, CA @ BottleRock
* solo in-store performance