Sassy 009

Sassy 009 is the shape-shifting project from Oslo-based producer, songwriter and vocalist Sunniva Lindgård. Finding early acclaim with 2017’s Do You Mind EP and later evolving into 2021’s sultry, bass-driven Heart Ego mixtape.

Over time, her sound has caught the attention of a growing circle of artists, leading to collaborations such as with <a href="spotify:artist:3l0CmX0FuQjFxr8SK7Vqag" data-name="Clairo">Clairo</a> on their track Lara, <a href="spotify:artist:4Gso3d4CscCijv0lmajZWs" data-name="Don Toliver">Don Toliver</a> on his record OCTANE, and has brought her distinctive touch to a range of remix projects by artists such as <a href="spotify:artist:5QuBVnBPEzwYvFrgBbwpmU" data-name="Empress Of">Empress Of</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:3FLUBwpAnaIlIKeaBfsxFe" data-name="Kito">Kito</a> &amp; <a href="spotify:artist:2qDIR2WlcW3llkGqJWg9VJ" data-name="Lolo Zouaï">Lolo Zouaï</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:0bdfiayQAKewqEvaU6rXCv" data-name="MØ">MØ</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:5TkylUv5ysSbNoawmn3PBj" data-name="Agar Agar">Agar Agar</a> among others.

But for Lindgård, the forthcoming <a href="spotify:album:5NtxvFIhVQUjNaGE69y93P" data-name="Dreamer&#43;">Dreamer&#43;</a> is her true debut: a concept-driven album pieced together from nearly four years of studio effort, and an ambitious attempt to take complete control of her artistry. With guest features from <a href="spotify:artist:6LEeAFiJF8OuPx747e1wxR" data-name="Blood Orange">Blood Orange</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:2sY4BbYrbvNVgsNzo6HddD" data-name="yunè pinku">yunè pinku</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:6F93aFbWjhUtjRKXYmtr1Z" data-name="BEA1991">BEA1991</a>. Steered by freshly distorted vocals and elements of grunge, shoegaze, ‘90s beatronica and gauzy hyperpop, the album is a record of self-discovery and self-effacement at once, Dreamer&#43; is work of fiction at its core, a grim fairytale in which dreams and emotions are processed through a landscape of shapeshifting characters, dark forces and moral responsibilities. Its final form is a crystallising constellation of connected works - a bricolage of thought, feeling, and creative desire. Each element offers a familiar entry point into the same underlying themes: identity, memory, and the shifting boundaries of self - where the dreamer is the only witness.