SASAMI is back with “Honeycrash,” a stadium-sized ballad that swells with cinematic grandeur brought to life via its video directed by Andrew Thomas Huang.

“I wanted 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,” SASAMI explains. “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. I have been so fortunate to find a collaborator in Andrew, and together we made a sexy little drama of our own. The ‘Honeycrash’ video is 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.”

Director Andrew Thomas Huang says “When I first heard ‘Honeycrash’ I was moved by the thunderous romanticism and cinematic scope of SASAMI’s new sonic direction. After long conversations about the pop focus of her new album, I wanted to create a video for her that felt big, sweeping and sexy while showcasing her performance as the highlight of the piece. I wanted to create a video that evoked themes and images such as runaway fugitives, rogue sisterhood, distressed denim, rugged natural elements, primal rage, Thelma and Louise, tsunamis, tornadoes, blazing sunsets, sci-fi apocalyptic visions of the American West, and passionate ‘i would die for you’ level romance. Achieving this vision on a budget was ambitious but made possible by filming on a volume LED stage and relying on the use of epic stock footage to set the scene for the backdrop of Sasami’s new universe. I am honored to collaborate with SASAMI again on this new journey and am smitten by the world she is heralding with her new sound and vision.”

“Honeycrash” is a panorama of longing: SASAMI’s widest-screen rendering of the processes of love in all its devastation and expansiveness. This is SASAMI as an auteur of heartache, mixing the epic sweep of a Wagner opera with sci-fi action to say, “This is how I feel, I’m going to let you figure it out. But don’t give up on us.”

SASAMI is hitting the road next week on a tour with DIIV that includes a headline show in Los Angeles at The Echo on June 5th.

Upcoming Live Dates:

6/5 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Echo
6/6 – Santa Cruz, CA @ The Catalyst *
6/7 – San Francisco, CA @ Regency Ballroom *
6/8 – Roseville, CA @ Goldfield Trading Post *
6/10 – Seattle, WA @ Neptune Theatre *
6/12 – Portland, OR @ Revolution Hall *
6/13 – Boise, ID @ Treefort Music Hall *
6/14 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Metro Music Hall *
6/16 – Denver, CO @ Ogden Theatre *

* w/ DIIV

Stream “Honeycrash” HERE.