Photography by Livy Wicks.
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Singer-songwriter and producer Sabrina Song is a fresh coming-of-age storyteller who is sharing her journeys and growing pains through music.
Song is celebrating her first-ever visit to Denver with a show at the Larimer Lounge on Tuesday, December 3. Currently touring with Carol Ades, a fellow indie artist who dives into her complex emotional landscape, Song is bringing a distinctly delicate and raw experience to fans across the country. This is Song’s first full-length tour, and it’s helping develop her live performance in many ways, she says.
“I’ve just been a sponge. I’ve been learning so much about what I want for my set,” says Song.
Although this is Song’s first tour, her musical background goes back almost to day one: “I think I started singing as soon as I started talking,” she says.
That natural gravitation toward singing developed into years of choir, orchestra and belting along to Adele and Avril Lavigne CDs. In her teen years, Song’s understanding of music expanded drastically, and access to music online revealed a whole world of sound that Song had never known to look for.
Song’s indie pop showcases the realities of young adult life through lyrical storytelling.
Photography by Livy Wicks.
Continuing her musical journey, Song attended NYU and dove into the world of producing, engineering and songwriting with full force. “I am so grateful,” she says of her college experience. “It was stressful because I made it stressful. I thought I was behind the whole time. Toward the end, I started to have a lot more fun because I let go of that expectation. I realized the reason I’m here is to be learning.”
That sense of career urgency, with shadows of self-doubt, is something Song is still working through and trying to fully understand. “I feel like everyone, including me, wants that instant gratification,” she says. “What I’m doing is working, or valuable, but it takes time to learn and grow into yourself and your craft.”
Now fully committed to her music career, Song is working in the most saturated place in the country for musicians: New York City. Based in Brooklyn, Song uses her music to bring her internal conversations and experiences out into the real world. Her gentle yet direct voice graces each track with a depth of emotion behind it.
“My music is pretty intimate,” she says. “Part of what I love about shows is getting to have a release of emotion, or a physical release, even if it’s just nodding your head along.”
Reminiscent of Faye Webster and Sara Bareilles, Song’s attention to lyricism and atmosphere is impactful. Her most recent project, You Could Stay In One Spot, and I’d Love You the Same, is available in both deluxe and original formats.
With a deep love for all genres, Song is constantly searching for more unique music.
Photography by Livy Wicks.
“It’s really about my early twenties, womanhood and people moving away after college. Family moving, and trying to orient myself in my adult life while also having a lot of gratitude,” explains Song.
As she continues to explore her sound, there is no telling what twists and turns her music will take. The upcoming Denver show marks the second-to-last concert on her first full tour and will likely be a culmination of everything this tour has been made of.
“I definitely try to hit a bunch of different emotions and energies,” says Song of her live sets. “With these last few shows, it’s really fun to put together everything I’ve learned so far – really be in the room with people and exchange energy with them and make it a really fun time.”
Sabrina Song with Carol Ades, 7 p.m. Tuesday, December 3, Larimer Lounge, 2721 Larimer Street. Tickets are $24.
