Issue No.22 - International Edition Polo De’Marco Magazine - International Edition | Page 144

SASHA SIEM
BYLINE: By Bailey Beckett
Preface: She’s been compared to Bjork, Fiona
Apple and Joanna Newsom all at once, but her
voice is truly unique. Sasha Siem combines
pop and alterative with a Nordic twist, infusing
her music with a propulsive tempo, hypnotic
arrangements and atmospheric ambiance.
Anticipating her new album, Holy, coming out
this year, the artist sat down with Polo De Marco
to discuss the new twist in her burgeoning
career.
Q: What would you say is the
genre of Holy?
Sasha: I’ve given up trying to categorize it and
am going to just say pop. I love this particular
genre because it embraces the possibility that
anyone can enjoy. I come from a classical
background and my last two albums, Most of the
Boys and Bird Burning, were considered “niche”
and “alternative” albums. But Holy is an arms-
wide-open embrace all pop album. I want people
to sing their hearts out and dance, dance, dance
as they listen.”
Q: What is your inspiration
when you perform and write?
Sasha: My vision for a healed world. There is
such mess around us, and I’m not OK with letting
it be or accepting it. We have to change the world
by changing ourselves. So, my songs start with
my experience - fear, anger, challenges. By
entering deep into my darkness and transmitting
it through song and sound, I hope that it can be
mirrored in the macrocosm. I wish my songs
will inspire people to hope, feel supported in
their desire to make a difference and remember
that we really can with every action, thought
and word. I really believe that together we can
manifest a world that is harmonious and loving
and respectful.
Q: Where do you draw your
creativity from?
Sasha: Very much from my spiritual practice. I
meditate and study the esoteric, kabbalah and
metaphysics. This is where the energy to create
comes from. The specifics of the content can
come from anything: a touch, look, something
someone says to me, feeling or a longing for
someone, politics, nature and its sublime wild
power.