a HEATED conversation (pt. I)
a podcast with Anusha Savi all about "HEATED (GARMI)," our upcoming bop on breakups and glow-ups
GARMI gang,
Something’s been simmering, and today we’re turning up the heat. I’m thrilled to share a podcast conversation with my dear friend and collaborator Anusha Savi that digs into our upcoming project: “HEATED (GARMI),” a song releasing on April 22nd.
That’s right, a song!
Anusha is an artist/songwriter whose work I relish both as a friend and music lover. She creates “a uniquely worldly, ethereal, power-pop R&B sound,” and she is, in my obviously unbiased opinion, outrageously talented. (Check out her music here.)
Last year, I pitched Anusha the idea of writing a song together about an experience I was going through personally, but one that I knew was universal: getting out of a toxic relationship and reclaiming empowerment.
Whether it’s a romantic partner, a friend, a professional relationship, a family member, or someone else, most of us have been through challenges that teach us that the status quo in a particular dynamic is no longer working. But still, it can be hard to take action.
I dreamed of a song that would be the motivational soundtrack to my process of taking action, of breaking free and creating a change in my own life — an anthem that I hoped would resonate with anyone who’s experienced growing pains.
So Anusha and I, along with songwriter Natalie Sawicki and producer Alec Zeilon, wrote a song called “HEATED (GARMI).” This is an absolute bop of a breakup song, highlighting what it feels like to realize first: that someone’s hurting you without remorse or accountability —
“Now that I know ya,
You’re never sorry
For playing all your little tricks on everybody”
And second: that despite the lies they tell you to maintain their chokehold on you, you are, in fact, tremendously more powerful than their tricks will ever be —
Think that you’re rich, but I’m wealthy
I’m pretty, I’m wise, and I’m healthy
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Let me burn, you won’t best me
It’s my turn, babe
Y’all when I say this song hits, I mean it hits. With Anusha’s vocal performance, the arrangement and production of the track, and the power of the lyrics, this one’s a banger. It’s resonates more than I could’ve ever dreamed, and I am so, so excited for it to go live in just a few days.
For now, check out out Pt. I of “A HEATED Conversation,” deep diving into the project, below. We talk about Anusha’s music and songwriting, what it’s like to be in a toxic relationship, what it means to change a tough dynamic, the role of music in the glow-up, and the ways in which we are each the frontlines of the change we wish to see in the world.
We might even spill the tea on exactly who we’re talking about…so stay tuned for Pt. II, coming soon.
A “HEATED” Conversation, Pt. I
The track releases in just four days (!!!), on April 22nd. Hit the button below to presave it now.
Garmi gangggg