Samia: the singer-songwriter with violent hooks, famous parents and a sensational second album

‘There’s no part of me that doesn’t want people to know where I came from’ … Samia. Photograph: Sophia Matinazad

From Nashville, US
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Honey, the rich, raw second album by Samia, opens with an explosion of mild-mannered rage. Over organ and shimmering autoharp, the Nashville-based songwriter sings in a placid deadpan: “I hope you marry the girl from your home town / And I’ll fucking kill her / And I’ll fucking freak out.” Kill Her Freak Out is one of the better translations of internet-speak into song – the “screaming crying throwing up” meme in ballad form. “People who grew up the way I did immediately understood that line,” the 26-year-old says. “Obviously I don’t want to kill anyone – it’s just what you end up feeling when you repress other feelings for too long.”