Saya Gray

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• "I Haven’t Been to a Function Since Birth": Pop Experimentalist Saya Gray Makes Us a Playlist | Interview Magazine | March 10, 2025, 11:45 a.m.
In this week's Sound Advice, the Toronto singer revealed what sounds she hopes to hear at heaven's gates and the drink she's getting DoorDashed to the studio.

• Saya Gray Stuns at NPR Tiny Desk Concert | Exclaim!
If you don't like her now, you probably will later

• Benji B - Saya Gray enters Album Mode - BBC Sounds | BBC
Saya Gray joins Benji to discuss her self-titled debut album & Joy Crookes picks her three

• Saya Gray: Tiny Desk Concert | NPR
Saya Gray offers light and soulful interpretations of her experimental pop songs at the Tiny Desk.

• BBC Radio 1 - Benji B, Saya Gray enters Album Mode | BBC
Saya Gray joins Benji to discuss her self-titled debut album.

• Saya Gray - SAYA Review | Still Listening
Saya Gray’s SAYA is a heartbreak album that thrives on bold experimentation.

• Saya Gray on her debut album, heartbreak and gigging as a teen with a fake ID | CBC Arts | CBC
The Toronto-born artist just released her debut album, Saya, but it isn't her first foray into music by a long stretch. She sits down with Q's Tom Power to talk about it.

• Review | Saya Gray beautifully conveys heavy heart on ‘SAYA’  | The Daily Illini | Feb. 25, 2025, 1 p.m.
Japanese-Canadian artist Saya Gray’s newest album “SAYA” is a complex whirlwind of emotion. This chaotic and sometimes incoherent break-up...

• The New Saya Gray Era Lands With A Bold Emotional Punch | The Fashionography | Feb. 24, 2025, 10:07 p.m.
Saya Gray’s second full-length album, Saya, signals a turning point for the Japanese-Canadian musician, known until now for works that felt like living sketches rather than polished statements.

• Saya Gray is constantly in motion - WXPN | Vinyl At Heart | xpn.org
In this session, the Japanese Canadian musician talks about why traveling is so important to her creative process.

• Saya Gray Makes Room for Herself | PAPER | Feb. 24, 2025, 8:35 p.m.
"SAYA" feels like her most cohesive statement yet.

• Saya Gray shares some of her inspirations in exclusive playlist to accompany The Cover | NME | Feb. 24, 2025, 9:30 a.m.
Saya Gray has curated an eclectic mix, including Bon Iver, Brandy, Fall Out, Lady Leshurr, and more, in the playlist for her NME Cover story

• Review | Saya Gray - SAYA | Clunk Magazine | Feb. 21, 2025, 3:25 p.m.
Saya Gray steps in a new folkier direction on her debut LP, but never loses her unique voice and one-of-a-kind production

• Saya Gray Releases Debut Album 'Saya' | Broadway World
Experimental artist Saya Gray has released her highly-anticipated debut album SAYA. The project was heralded in by previous singles “SHELL ( OF A MAN ),” “H.B.W,” and “LIE DOWN..,” and serves as a 10-track introduction. Check it out here!

• Saya Gray Makes Heartbreak Bizarre and Bold on 'SAYA' | Paste
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• Saya Gray: Saya Album Review | Pitchfork | Feb. 21, 2025, midnight
While much of Saya undercuts Gray’s bitterness with peppy tempos in major keys, a run of tracks in the album’s back half taps directly into its underlying doom and gloom. The mordant folk of ...

• Review: Saya Gray Hits the Road and Comes Back a Hero | Rolling Stone | Feb. 19, 2025, midnight
album review Saya Gray Hits the Road and Comes Back a Hero on ‘Saya’ Canadian alt-pop artist's debut matches sonic surrealism with defiantly vulnerable lyrics

• Saya Gray 'SAYA' Album Review | Stereogum | Feb. 18, 2025, midnight
The way Saya Gray sings these words on “H.B.W.,” a standout of her new album SAYA, you can almost see her still wearing her mourning veil, meandering through endless headstones. The phrase ...

• Saya Gray’s ‘Lie Down…’ Proves Less Is More - clashmusic.com | Clash Magazine
Saya Gray has shared her new single ‘Lie Down…’ – tune in now. The singer has multiple strands to her work, an artist with a precocious feel, and a huge degree of emotional impact. Debut album ‘SAYA’ is out on February 21st, with CLASH naming it one of 2025’s most-anticipated releases.

• Saya Gray is constantly in motion : World Cafe | NPR | Feb. 21, 2025, 10:16 p.m.
Saya Gray is constantly in motion : World Cafe : World Cafe Words and Music Podcast The Toronto native sits down with World Cafe's Raina Douris to talk about her debut, full-length album. World ...

• Saya Gray Announces Debut Album ‘SAYA’ - clashmusic.com | Clash Magazine
Saya Gray will release her debut album ‘SAYA’ on February 21st. The Toronto-born auteur impressed with two pivotal EPs, establishing her aesthetic vision across ‘QWERTY’ and ‘QWERTY II’. Work has progressed on her debut album over the past 12 months, with the seed of her songwriting laid down by a trip to Japan late last year.

• Saya Gray has dropped her debut album 'SAYA' | Dork | Feb. 21, 2025, midnight
Saya Gray has released her debut album ‘SAYA’ via Dirty Hit. The 10-track collection follows previous singles ‘SHELL ( OF A MAN )’, ‘H.B.W’, and ‘LIE DOWN..’. The release follows Gray’s 2023 project ’19 MASTERS’ and subsequent EPs ‘QWERTY’ and ‘QWERTY II’. The new album was created following a solo journey across ...

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