Sannia

what a special night I’m so thankful / dehydrated 💕💕💕 big love to for capturing it all and for having us yew

Equal parts thrilled and in disbelief that this track is about to make its TV debut on tomorrow night. I’m going to need someone to catch me up on 50 years of lore, but judging by the song choice something traumatic is about to go down 👀 anyway here’s the only photos of me in my camera roll thank you for still being here new music is coming 🤍🤍🤍

best birthday ever 💥💥💥

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your girl loves the colour blue 🦋💙🐬🦕ANYWAY I would love to see you at shotkickers tomorrow nightsupporting certified superstar .halloran.music 💕 this gig is going to be the end of an era in the Sannia chapter, and the end of my 20s too so grab a ticket and come party 🎂🎂🎂

SET YOUR ALARMS ARE SPINNING ‘STUCK IN YOUR ORBIT’ AT 8:20PM TONIGHT!!!! 🪐🪐🪐 REMEMBER TO TEXT 0439757555 TO TELL THEM YOU LOVED IT OR NOT YOU DO YOU

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it’s been a big week for my firstborn child and i am very very grateful 💖💖💖💖

every time I’ve released a song I cross my fingers and hold my breath to see if I’ve made any editorial playlists, and every time I’ve been dreaming of making ’s New Music Friday - until today …!!!!!!

I’M ON THE COVER OF ’s ALT POP NOW 👀 AND MY ALBUM IS IN CHARTS 👀 WHAT IS HAPPENING

My debut album James is yours now.
https://gyro.to/James

I wrote these songs in the car, on the train, in my bedroom, in lockdown, lyrics recorded quietly into my phone or lyrics scribbled on the back of napkins at gigs. It’s consumed my entire life for about five years now, and I’m ready to let go of that time and of that person. The songs as you hear them today started out as demos on my laptop in my childhood bedroom on the Mornington Peninsula before being brought to life in studios across Boonwurrung, Woiwurrung, Gadigal and Darkinjung Land. I would record the vocals, synths, samples and drum loops and create entire worlds around these stories and when I felt brave enough, I’d save up and bring it to a producer to build upon. I’ve been incredibly lucky to work with Colin Leadbetter, Andy Mak, Oscar Dawson, Gab Strum, Toby Dundas, Jackson Barclay and one of my idols Will Cuming, and I’ve learnt so much from each of them, not just in production but in life; in some cases I’ve literally watched their children grow and learn to walk and talk.

In many ways this album is my own first child, it’s been ten years in the making, with entire hard drives of demos and voice memos that didn’t make the cut; I started writing at 14 and never really stopped. Even though I’d always had the goal of releasing my own body of work, I didn’t set out to write THIS album. I actually resisted writing about my personal life out of fear and honestly probably a bit of shame too. But I have always incidentally turned to writing to cope with situations and express myself in a space without confrontation, and as it turned out I had a lot to say about this period of my life and this person.

‘James’ is an album bound by the common thread that ties together some of my most powerful songs; an on-again-off-again relationship that spanned from my late teens into my early twenties and as with most relationships at that age, had a really profound impact on how I saw myself, how I saw others, how I treated myself, and led to me re-examining all my pieces in entirety, and putting myself back together in the aftermath. This was a time that slowly broke down every part of me that I once loved or even identified myself with, the last of which being my voice I was repeatedly told my voice was unlikeable, my music and writing was amateur, I was so convinced that this was the truth that I didn’t even want to sing, I barely did for a long time. In the end I just wrote about how I felt, I felt like more of an author than musician by the end. The journey to where I am now lasted longer than that relationship, it look longer for me to rebuild my faith in myself, and my music, than I could’ve ever guessed, much to the frustration of everyone on my team, my friends, my family, and the incredible listeners who have waited patiently for a body of work since my time on television as a teenager. To everyone I would just like to say thank you for your patience and your faith while I put myself back together. And I hope if this record is in any way relatable that these songs can be what you need, and make you feel less alone, as you have done for me. Thank you.