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Wise beyond her young age, singer-songwriter Anna Sofia welcomes listeners to a new chapter of her ongoing music/film project through her new single “Surround Me”. The second offering this year from the Toronto-based songstress is about feeling the presence of a loved one’s spirit. The track explores Anna Sofia’s personal understanding on the ephemeral idea of an afterlife and the connections that the living have with the beyond.
Anna Sofia shares,
“‘Surround Me’ is a very special song. It talks about our relationship with the spiritual world. I am a firm believer that our two worlds collide and I wanted to express the way I see them working together. Death is the one thing we as humans have in common. We all experience the feeling, but we deal with it differently. My goal with ‘Surround Me’ is to share the way I deal with loss of a loved one. I used to be very negative towards the topic which is understandable, but this song really highlights my effort to find the little signs that indicate that the spirit is still present with me like before. This song has helped me cope with some of the deaths I have experienced.”
In the ‘Surround Me’ video, which is part of a larger film project in the works, Anna is surrounded by the serenity of nature. The cinematic visual, which she co-wrote and co-directed, ends abruptly with her back in the same physical, fear and thought confines from the “No.5” visual, leaving the viewer to wonder what will happen next for Anna?
Growing up just outside of Toronto, Canada, Anna Sofia performed on every stage that would have her, from school recitals to her family restaurant, dreaming of moving abroad to perform like the artists she admired, from Sir Elton John to Tyler the Creator. Now at 18, Anna Sofia has begun to make that dream come true, coming into her own as a singer/songwriter as well as a visual artist.
Check out the visual for ‘Surround Me’ below!
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