Not that statistics matter one iota when I’m considering what music to post on Breaking More Waves – an artist could have 1 single stream or 10 million – but Toronto native Saya has certainly got off to a good start in gaining a fan base with her debut track Wet Dreams, which has clocked up 2 and three quarter million plays on Spotify and hit the top of the Spotify Global Viral Chart. Of course her pop star credentials (the most important of which is being a bit bonkers) were already well on display having jumped straight in with the bath promo shot for that first cut.
Now she’s having a go at doing it all again (that’s the big hitting pop music, not the bath, although at some point I hope she does have a bath, after all nobody likes a dirty smelly popstar) with new r n b / pop groover Cherry Bomb, which she has described as ‘a trip through an erotic fantasy.’ I have no idea what such a trip sounds like, but apparently it’s this, which has certainly got my booty shaking and grinding. However, I should at this point out that my booty shaking and grinding certainly isn’t anyone’s idea of a trip through an erotic fantasy, more (at best) the stuff of comedy and at worse your darkest nightmare.
Take a listen below. I’m particularly liking the part around 3.30 where Saya appears to lose the plot a bit lyrically - is she really saying ‘got me like a mummy mummy, you can call me mummy lovey, even meet my mummy bunny, how we got so lucky lucky?’ As I said – bonkers. There’s also a few 'ha ha' chants in amongst the beats that sound a bit like MØ, so extra marks for that. This one’s a lot of bubbly fun. Saya slays ya.
Saya - Cherry Bomb
This is getting to the point of ridiculousness now.
I can’t remember when I first mentioned on the blog the growing trend for popstars / potential popstars and musicians to have a promo picture that shows them sitting in the bath, but certainly I was banging on about it as far back as the start of 2014. Ever since that time there seem to be more and more of these loons cropping up on my radar.
Yet I’m still no closer to understanding why.
Why musicians for god’s sake?
I mean, look at other professionals. Take a plumber. Now there’s a job that’s directly related to the world of baths. They fit them all the time. Taps, tubs, waste pipes, the lot. But do you see plumbers advertising their services by sitting in the tub amongst the suds? No.
This probably says an awful lot about the fundamental differences between musicians and plumbers.
Take new potential popstar Saya from Toronto for example. Look at that picture above then ask yourself would you trust her to come round and fix your faulty boiler? Or rod your blocked shower waste pipe for you? Or would you rather that she sang a tune called Wet Dreams to you? That title sounds a bit pervy sexual doesn’t it? But maybe, just maybe it’s about her longing for a leaky pipe above her bed ? If it is she clearly doesn’t understand the concept of staying dry does she? She’s holding an umbrella whilst sitting in a bath fully clothed for f*cks sake.
Popstars. You have to love them and their bonkers attention seeking (but very clean) ways. You just wouldn’t want to ask one to install your new ensuite would you?
Footnote: If you’re a pop star about to sit in the bath for a promo pic feel free to get in contact and explain to me WHY. Thank you.
Saya - Wet Dreams
