Melbourne indie pop artist Sannia's newest release is the single 'Sad Rich Girls', a song that pulls no punches by focusing on that one girl who always brings the drama.
The kind of girl that instead of lifting her sisters up will drag them down to get to the top. "As such a strong feminist, I'm the most nervous I've ever been to release a song," admits Sannia."I'm a firm believer that women have a duty to lift other women up, but I've had this recurring lived experience that there's always one girl determined to win some sort of contest – pitting girls against each other – and I think it hinders the cause of women's true equality.
"The sooner we stop bitching about what other women say and do and wear the better. Maybe then we can devote our energy towards something more important like fundamental rights for all or climate change."
Recorded, produced and mixed by Holy Holy's Oscar Dawson (with Sannia a co-producer), the Vera Blue feels are uber-strong on 'Sad Rich Girls' which follows triple j favourites 'Go And Get Over', 'Better' and 'Love You Like'.
"I started by pulling some samples from early 2000s paparazzi and fan-filmed celebrity interactions and stitched together the intro and ending of my homemade demo," Sannia says.
"I really wanted to capture that Paris Hilton-era cat-fight energy. I then took the demo to Holy's Oscar Dawson where we tracked guitar, bass, vocals and live drums on a vintage '60s Ludwig Kit for that huge anthemic drum sound.
"'Sad Rich Girls' is pure catfight energy; it's Paris v. Lindsay, it's Mariah v. Nicki, Kourtney v. Khloé, it's every episode of 'The Bachelor' – all while ignoring the real issues facing our world today."
Here, Sannia lists her five favourite vocal performances of all time.
