NoSo LA Based Artist Signs To Partisan Records
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LA-BASED ARTIST SIGNS TO PARTISAN RECORDS;+SHARES NEW SONG AND VIDEO,“SUBURBIA”
Partisan Records is proud to announce the signing of LA-based artist NoSo – real name, Abby Hwong (she/they) – who today shares her resilient and melodic new single “Suburbia”.
The song reflects on the absurdity of a certain type of suburban upbringing (NoSo grew up in the predominately white Chicago suburb that ‘Mean Girls’ was based on) juxtaposed with loving memories of friendship and nostalgia. The accompanying video, directed by Chantel Simpson, is inspired by a photograph of 8-year-old NoSo dressed up on Halloween.
Listen/watch below:NoSo – “Suburbia”
NoSo elaborates on the song’s meaning:“Throughout college, I had a weird fear of learning music production. It wasn’t until my senior year that I started messing around with Logic and ended up recording all of the instruments for ‘Suburbia’ (the first song I produced). It felt like I’d finally found my sound. I had the instrumental for a long time without knowing what to write about. One night, I got a drunk FaceTime from my friends in Chicago, and it was the first time in a while I really longed to return to that part of my life. I grew up in a predominately white suburb outside of Chicago (that the movie ‘Mean Girls’ was based on), and had a difficult time navigating the environment. But I had amazing friends who had my back. This song illustrates the absurdities of that suburban town (moms gossiping about teens) and the simple, lovely moments I didn’t register as my childhood, like eating golden Oreos outside a pharmacy with friends I had since kindergarten.”
NoSo graduated from USC’s music department (same program as Remi Wolf, Muna), and cites everything from Blood Orange, Ben Howard, ‘Born In The USA,’ and 90’s k-pop as reference points. In 2019 she was a Tiny Desk Contest finalist, and more recently had this TikTok of her guitar skills surpass 1M views.NoSo will release her debut album in 2022, more info on that coming soon.
FOR MORE INFORMATION
https://www.nosomusic.com/https://partisanrecords.com/