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Sasami
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Sasami performing in 2018
Background information
Birth nameSasami Ashworth
Born (1990-06-23) June 23, 1990 (age 34)
OriginLos Angeles, California
Genres
Occupations
  • Singer-songwriter
  • musician
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • keyboards
  • bass
  • guitar
  • French horn
Years active2012–present
Labels Domino
Formerly of Cherry Glazerr
Website sasamiashworth.com

Sasami Ashworth (born June 23, 1990), known mononymously as Sasami, is an American musician who records music in a variety of styles, from singer-songwriter ballads to heavy metal and industrial. [1] She began her career as a member of Cherry Glazerr but went solo in 2018. Her most recent album, Squeeze , was released in 2022.

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Career

Early life

Sasami Ashworth comes from a Zainichi family. [2] Her father is of German descent and her mother was a Korean born in Japan during the Japanese occupation of Korea. Ashworth spoke Korean and Japanese growing up and was part of the Unification Church. [3] She learned the French horn in middle school and attended the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts alongside members of Haim. [4] After she graduated from the Eastman School of Music in 2012, she scored and made orchestral arrangements for films, commercials and studio albums, and worked as a music teacher in Los Angeles, where she is currently based. [1] In 2015, she joined the American rock band Cherry Glazerr with whom she played synths and toured for two and a half years before announcing her departure in January 2018 to pursue her solo musical career. [5] [6]

Solo career

In April 2018, Sasami shared her first solo track "Callous" on SoundCloud, which Pitchfork awarded with their "Best New Track" label. [7] Later that year Domino Recording Company announced that Sasami had signed to their label, and released the songs "Callous" and "Not the Time". The Fader called Sasami "rock's next big thing." [8] Sasami stated, "I wrote both of these songs on tour on a guitar on my iPad with GarageBand plugins and Moog 15 app sounds and then re-recorded them in the studio onto tape with really great tones. So it's kind of like emotionally scribbling a letter on a tear and snot-stained napkin and then re-writing it on fancy papyrus paper to make it look like you have your shit together." [8] The songs were released on a 7" vinyl in October 2018. [9]

Throughout 2018, Sasami toured with various musicians, including Baths, No Joy, King Tuff, [10] Mitski, Soccer Mommy, Snail Mail and Menace Beach. [8] [11] In early 2019, Sasami announced her eponymous debut studio album, Sasami , and released two more singles. [12] The album was released in March of that year. [13] In February 2022 Sasami released her second album, Squeeze , on Domino. The album received many positive reviews and was named as one of the best albums of the year by Rolling Stone , [14] among others. In 2023, Sasami toured in support of Yeule as a solo performer and guitarist in Yeule’s band. [15]

Discography

Studio albums

TitleDetails
Sasami
  • Released: March 8, 2019
  • Label: Domino
  • Formats: LP, CD, digital download
Squeeze
  • Released: February 25, 2022
  • Label: Domino
  • Formats: LP, CD, digital download
Blood On the Silver Screen
  • Released: March 7, 2025
  • Label: Domino
  • Formats: LP, CD, digital download

Singles

TitleYearAlbum
"Callous"2018 Sasami
"Not the Time"
"Jealousy"2019
"Free"
"The Greatest"2021 Squeeze [16]
"Skin a Rat"
"Say It"2022
"Call Me Home"
"Honeycrash"2024 Blood On the Silver Screen
"Slugger"

Credits

YearAlbumArtistCredit(s)Ref.
2014At Best Cuckold Avi Buffalo Horns [17]
2017 Face Your Fear Curtis Harding String arrangements [18]
2018Indigo Wild Nothing Background vocals [19]

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  2. ↑ "Artist of the Month: Enter SASAMI's World of Fantasy". Consequence. February 21, 2022. Retrieved June 29, 2022.
  3. ↑ Slaughter, Melissa (December 21, 2022). "Sasami Enters Her Nü-Metal Era". JoySauce Network . Retrieved January 30, 2025.
  4. ↑ Ducker, Eric (February 21, 2022). "Sasami Wanted to Appropriate White, Male Music. She Landed on Metal". The New York Times . Retrieved January 30, 2025.
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