My new country track "Get To Heaven" is out now on all major streaming platforms - please do give it a listen (or even a cheeky little share if you're feeling generous!)
This is a song about regret. It was actually based on the father character in one of my YA novels - a one hit wonder who is clinging to past glories and messing up his relationship with his teenage daughter in the process. But also, I guess it's more than a character in a book. It's reflective of this period of my life in general. Getting older, feeling a little wistful, a little lost and like time is simply passing too quickly.
I hope people will connect with it and that if you're also feeling this way, it makes you a little less alone with those feelings.
Thank you so much to Mayfield Records for helping to bring this track to life for me - I can’t wait to hear what people think!
I am soooo excited that K-Pop royalty Red Velvet’s recent stadium tour will be screened in cinemas worldwide this month, and that the movie features my track You Better Know (co-written with the amazing Kanata Okajima and Pontus Persson)!
This is the song that keeps giving and giving and I can’t wait to be able to see it in the Odeon cinema in Kingston next week eeeek! I really hope all the fans across the world will enjoy hearing the song as part of the setlist!
I am excited to announce I am releasing my first solo song for many years - “Misunderstood (Acoustic)” which I recorded earlier this year at Mayfield Studios with the very talented Matt Brook.
This is a track that I wrote a while back about being a very hyper-sensitive person and how that can affect the relationships around me. Sometimes having such big feelings can be both a blessing and a curse, as the highs are very high, but the lows can be very low. I think a lot of creative people can relate to this and will hopefully feel seen in this song.
Although this is a biographical track, I actually found it fit perfectly with the character of Prentice in my YA novel “One Song Wonder” that my agent is currently pitching out to publishers. I dare not say too much until someone takes on the book, but Prentice is the father of our teenage leading lady and quite a difficult guy, although his heart is always in the right place. I guess I must be getting old now I’m connecting more with the parents than the teenagers of my books! 😂 But my dream is to release an album of new tracks to accompany this story in the future… fingers crossed! Until then, please do enjoy this little sneak peek of the project which will be out on all streaming services on December 15th.
The first lyric teaser for The Songs You’ve Never Heard is now online!
Check out the snippet from Second First Impression below:
It has been so enjoyable to perform as our leading lady Meg, and this unrequited love song plays a huge part in the story. More teasers on the way very soon, can’t wait to share the whole album!
Hey everyone, happy new year!
It’s certainly been a strange old time lately what with Covid and Lockdown 3.0… I hope you are all holding up OK. I feel like last year was a bit of a write-off due to the dire circumstances and I didn’t have much news to report as the majority of projects I have been working on have had to be paused indefinitely!
Although it’s been a tough start to the year, I’m hoping things will pick up again soon and that I’ll have lots more to write about on this news page! And what better way to kick off than by sharing a brand new demo written with my bestie Sazzie.
At the end of last year, she came to me with an amazing idea called “2021”, all about the frustrations of lockdown life and wanting to leave behind restrictions and head into the future. I loved the concept, it feels like it really captures a moment in time and it was great to work on it with her. We are excited to have our friend Jussi on board for production too. In the meantime, check out the demo version on Soundcloud:
Demoooooooo WIP WIP WIP - send me an email if you want the mp3 xosazziexo@gmail.com
I remember making plans
I remember touching hands
I wish I'd known that I was free
Now it's just myself and me
I wanna flip the calendar over
Start the rest of my life
In 2021
I wanna have some fun
Don't wanna stay in the house no more
Just wanna dance with my friends on the floor
It's 2021
The party's just
Got 2020 to make up for
I'm gonna live like never before
Time's been moving fast then slow
Where did all the hours go?
But with every second I've spent alone
I found a piece of me I didn't know
I'm very very done
With 2020
I'm ready for
2021
I'm done
I hope you enjoy this raw version of the track, we can’t wait to build it up into a big proper pop song later in the year!
It’s great to be back writing music again and I’m excited to see what seeds will start to bloom in 2021… Take care everyone and will post more soon!
