You're listening to Song Exploder, where musicians take apart their songs, and piece by piece tell the story of how they were made.

I'm Rishi Kesh Hirway.

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Sasami is a singer, songwriter, and producer who grew up in Los Angeles, but now she's

based in Northern California, and as you'll up in Los Angeles. But now she's based in

Northern California, and as you'll hear in this episode, that's significant. So Sassami went to

school for classical French horn. She was in the band Cherry Glazer, and she's had a lot of

collaborations with other artists on their projects and her own. Collaboration is at the heart

of the song that I talked to her about for this episode.

It's called In Love with a Memory, and it features Clero on vocals, and it was co-produced with Grammy-winning producer Rostom.

The song is on Sasami's third album, Blood on the Silver Screen, which is out March 2025.

Coming up, you'll hear the original voice memos that should be recorded for the song back in the fall of 2022.

You'll also hear the demo she made in Garage Band after that, and then how she and Rostom turned that demo into the final version, a duet with Clara.

All I need is to know what you want for me.

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