Ex Space Cream Singer Savannah Pope New Video Release

After serving up two of the most ambitious releases by an independent artist to date, “Creature” and “Rock n’ Roll No More”, Los Angeles Native Savannah Pope is back to break new ground with her visually-charged musical prowess. 

“He Sees Me” marks the first single from Savannah Pope’s forthcoming EP You’re Such a Human Being, due later this year. The release takes a sharp detour from her previous works. Stripped down, intimate, and painterly imagery is paired with one of the most sensually raw yet catchy songs from her catalog. Described by the artist as her “very first love song”, you could argue that it inspires a darker, lustier vibe than your typical wide-eyed foray into romanticism. At the same time, it bares a heartbreakingly genuine tone. Generally one to charge into the first verse with a hard-hitting vengeance, she takes a much slower, personal approach with “He Sees Me.” Laid bare (in every sense of the word), she brings us into the relationship with her. 

The video for “He Sees Me” is sure to rattle a few cages, driving a dagger through the heart of body image norms in a highly sexualized frenzy of passion, art, and paint. 

Beginning innocently enough with the lyric “He knows me better than I know myself”, Savannah’s truly out-of-this-world vocal range soon leads us on a downward spiral to the sexier corners of her psyche, letting us know how her lover “turns (her) out so rude…” Suggestive? Yes. But somehow not trite. Only an artist as talented, honest, and creative as Pope could pull this type of statement off without seeming contrived or purposefully provocative, as she tempers each lyrical description with emotionally-charged vocal interludes that cut right to the bone. 

Those just discovering Savannah Pope may very well be taken aback by “He Sees Me” in the age of pop and cookie-cutter indie, but those familiar with her previous works are already aware that she’s never been afraid to break artistic conventions. Her entire catalog is peppered with (unbelievably true) autobiographical narratives and twisted fantasies so bizarre that it’s probably wise to have a lyric sheet handy while listening. If this release is any indication, her new material will certainly crush any notions of Pope selling out or compromising for an easier path to success. But success is a certainty for a talent like this. Since the release of her first album Atlantis last year, Savannah has wowed the press with her growing artistic presence. LA Weekly named her the city’s best hard rock performer, calling her live show a “…full-blown theatrical spectacle” in which Pope’s “… powerful vocals are as big and brassy as her visual presentation is colorfully fantastic.” Yahoo Entertainment listed her “Creature” music video in their top 20 of the year, marking her as a formidable underdog on a list of otherwise major artists. Editor Lyndsey Parker wrote, “This (piece) from Los Angeles glam goddess has everything.” When you take your cues from artists as heavy and diverse as David Bowie, Joni Mitchell, Egon Schiele, and Gabriel Garcia Marquez, can there be any doubt that things are bound to get interesting? 

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