SASAMI shares new video for heavy rendition of Daniel Johnston's "Sorry Entertainer"

Today, SASAMI, the musical project of Los Angeles composer, songwriter and producer, Sasami Ashworth, releases a heavy rendition of Daniel Johnston deep-cut “Sorry Entertainer.” The single acts as a peek into the sonic world to come on her highly anticipated, yet-to-be-announced second album. The video was directed by actor and comedian Patti Harrison and Alan Resnick; Harrison also stars in the video.

“I made my last album when I was in a very emotionally vulnerable and tender place, but after a couple years of touring those same subtle, more sensitive songs, the live show became louder and more volatile,” says SASAMI. “A bit before the pandemic took hold I was really getting back into metal and numetal, so a couple months into quarantine I made an acoustic version of the System of a Down song "Toxicity." My sadness ripened into anger throughout 2020, and deeper into it I started experimenting with a heavier palette and decided to perform the inverse exercise of metallicizing an acoustic song. ‘Sorry Entertainer’ is my take on mixing the desperation of being a hopeless and powerless artist and the extremely powerful sounds of a metal band. Like giving a toddler a flamethrower... or a fullstack.”

Watch the "Sorry Entertainer" video below. It's SASAMI’s first release of 2021, following original track “Mess” and her “Toxicity” cover in 2020; she also co-produced Hand Habits’ recent single, “4th of July."

Additionally, SASAMI has announced a US fall tour supporting Japanese Breakfast; tour dates are below as well.

SASAMI Tour Dates
10/29 - Dallas, TX @ The Factory Studio *
10/30 - Houston, TX @ White Oak *
10/31 - Austin, TX @ Stubb’s (Levitation) *
11/3 - Tucson, AX @ Club Congress *
11/4 - Tempe, AZ @ Coca Cola Sun Deck *
11/7 - Berkeley, CA @ UC Theater *
11/9 - Sacramento, CA @ Ace of Spades *
11/11 - Sonoma, CA @ Gundlach Bundschu *
11/12 - San Luis Obispo, CA @ Madonna Inn *
11/13 - Santa Cruz, CA @ The Catalyst *
11/14 - Lake Perris, CA @ Desert Daze
11/15 - Pomona, CA @ Glass House *
11/16 - Pomona, CA @ Glass House * 

*w/ Japanese Breakfast