Sasami Embarks on an Epic Quest for Love on New Song ‘Honeycrash’
With a guitar as “my sword and my steed,” Sasami puts it all on the line for love on her massive new song, “Honeycrash.”
In a statement, the Los Angeles-based musician described “Honeycrash” as an attempt to “write a song with all the drama of a 19th-century classical opera, but with the patience and understanding of someone in therapy in 2024.” That intention manifests in booming percussion and roaring guitars and a hook sung with heart-wrenching tenderness: “Honey crash into me/Like a storm into the sea/Like blood on the silver screen/We can make it through all that.”
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Sasami went on to say the song was about “Finding a love so great you’re willing to persist through the elements, even toward certain death to bear its ravishment. It’s about wanting to fight for the pinnacle of passion and desire but knowing that you can’t change or rush someone else’s feelings or where they’re at. But with a guitar as my sword and my steed.”
“Honeycrash” arrives with a video directed by Sasami’s frequent collaborator, Andrew Thomas Huang. “Together we made a sexy little drama of our own,” Sasami said of the clip, going on to describe it as a “peek into the new world that I have been building and teasing out on stage. I am really thrilled to unleash this first of many new songs in an era of melodrama, romance, and hooks of course.”
“Honeycrash” is the first new song Sasami has shared since 2022, when she dropped her excellent album, Squeeze. In an interview with Rolling Stone at the time, Sasami discussed embracing heavy metal as a major influence, using it as fuel for an album that was steeped in rage in fury, but also inviting. “For me, music is like gasoline for your feelings,” she said. “So, I wanted to make music that more-marginalized people could relate to and use as fuel for their own experiences and catharsis.”
Sasami has a handful of shows coming up next month, starting with a headlining gig at the Echo in Los Angeles on June 5. She’ll then link up with DIIV for a West Coast run that wraps June 16 at the Ogden Theatre in Denver.
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