SASAMI has shared a new version of “Just Be Friends,” one of many standout cuts from her latest album Blood on the Silver Screen. With an added feature from Soccer Mommy, the new version finds SASAMI exploring some serious country influences, which comes from some of the artists she was listening to while recording the LP.
“When I was working on Blood on the Silver Screen, I found myself returning to country often,” SASAMI shared. “I listened to Dolly, Johnny, Patsy, Merle, and even a lot of the modern country that I had previously dismissed. Country songs have to be some of the most effective and cutting examples of peak pop songwriting—wit, drama, humor, sadness, and the most human of all: horniness.
“My song ‘Just Be Friends’ was definitely inspired by modern country,” she continued, “but I knew if I wanted it to be truly authentic I would need to enlist an actual Southern princess. This new version featuring Soccer Mommy, pedal steel and all, delivers on the country magic that I had always wished could be in that song. That’s the best part about collaboration, all hat all cattle.”
Soccer Mommy added: “SASAMI is such an amazing artist—and person—and I’m so glad she asked me to be on this remix.”
Check out “Just Be Friends (Soccer Mommy Version)” below, and read our digital cover story on SASAMI from earlier this year here.
