SARAH MAY Pop Singer on The Move Sarah May is the artistic name of Vancouver-based pop singer Sarah May-Shogan. Sarah entwines dark-based themes into her pop/alt music, inspired by the sounds of rain falling on water, waves at her head, and overcast days at sea. In 2020 she debuted with her EP: It Feels Real, with her first single, “2 Minutes”, released January 23rd. A musical interpretation of the end of the world. This song was featured on the popular radio show “Sound Resistance”. On February 21st, 2020 her next single “It Feels Real”, the title track of the EP debuts. Inspired by late-night conversations with a late friend about alternate realities. March brought her third release “Universal”, followed in May by the fourth release “Before I Go”, and in June her final release of “A Song of Somebody”, represented by independent record label Gateway Records on their all-compilation album “Pop Right Now”.
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Evoking feelings of fear, trauma, violence, and sadness, this EP features the talents of producers such as Wildxyouths and Tundra Beats. It Feels Real is about perception, emotion, consequence, and reality as we know it. A Langley native, Sarah has been working on the EP for the better part of 3 years, having released her debut with Spinnup. With a peaked interest in alternate realities and human
behaviour. Sarah is currently an unsigned talent, working on her first full-length album. How did you get started? I’ve always been very interested in poetry and lyrics. I would watch lyric videos of my favourite songs over and over again. I’d write my own poetry or letters to myself almost everyday. It always made me feel better. As I got older and in my late teens, I started writing lyrics to music I would find and that’s how it started for me. Who are your favorite bands/singers? Right now I listen to OkGo, Billie Eilish, Harry Styles, Lizzo, Halsey, WILLOW, Dua Lipa, Mother Mother, BTS, iyla, Scott Helman, Tasha The Amazon. So many others… I love new music. What do you think about when your preforming? I don’t really think when I perform a song. I’ve not had a chance to perform my own music, but when I do sing for others, all I really feel is this euphoric sensation. It just feels really good and natural. What else can we expect from you in the future? Right now I’m working on my first full length album. I want a complete body of work out there and to really establish myself as a serious artist. I’m expecting it to be finished by 2021. I’m also hoping to start performing at smaller venues as the opportunities arise. What was your first song ever sung? “I Will Survive” by Gloria Gaynor.
