Music News - Kiwi artist Saxi set to make a splash with pop anthem tackling online bullying
17 February 2020 - 0 Comments
New Zealand pop singer and personality Saxi (AKA Anna Saxton) will release new single Sticks and Stones on Friday, February 28.
You can pre-save Sticks and Stones on
Spotify or pre-order on iTunes.
Blending catchy choruses with edgy production, Sticks and Stones is inspired by the singer’s appearance on the reality television show Married At First Sight New Zealand and is about her experiences
of being in the public eye and subsequent online bullying.
“The experience was a big learning curve and it had an emotional impact on me. I met some great people and developed some strong friendships. One of the most important things I have
learnt is you can’t control what others think/say and you have to let it go or it can have a negative effect on you,” says Saxi.
“The intention of Sticks and Stones is to inspire others who may have
experienced similar things; to help empower them to unapologetically be themselves.”
To help spread the importance of the message in the song, Saxi will be donating some of the proceeds from ‘Sticks and Stones’ to
the Mental Health Foundation, a charitable organisation providing services and support for people with experience
of mental illness and also their families/whanau and friends.
Saxi began her journey in music growing up in Cambridge – a far cry from the City of Angels, where as a young budding pop singer, she set her sights.
Within
a few years, Saxi’s dreams had become reality. In 2015 she was nominated for ‘Pop Artist Of The Year’ at the LA Music Awards for unsigned artists. Two years later she was selected from 35,000 applicants for an all-expenses-paid artist
development programme at ISINA in Los Angeles run by. Grammy-winning producer and American Idol star Randy Jackson.
Working alongside top musicians, and other talented applicants, Saxi spent six weeks under the mentorship of
10-time Grammy Award-winning composer, producer, singer/songwriter Kenny ‘Babyface’ Edmonds (Beyoncé, Celine Dion, Mariah Carey, Ariana Grande Madonna, Whitney Houston, Michael Jackson).
Saxi returned to New Zealand more determined
than ever to make her mark in music, releasing the single Sex Craze in 2018. A year later saw a slight deviation from Saxi’s emerging music career, when she appeared in the TV series Married At First Sight.
It was a somewhat controversial and tumultuous time for the young singer-songwriter.
Never one to shy away from a challenge, Saxi is now releasing Sticks and Stones.
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