Satica

Rising from Long Beach's east side in California, the Cambodian-American singer and songwriter Satica crafts sleek pop layered with electronic elements and R&B/soul, drawing from the sounds of Bon Iver, Lykke Li, Frank Ocean, and Panic! At the Disco. Born April Nhem to parents who had fled the Khmer Rouge as refugees arriving in the United States, she nurtured an early passion for music through makeshift performances with hair brushes, family home videos, and shared Khmer karaoke sessions. Picking up guitar and channeling teenage feelings into poetry, she penned her debut composition at age 15. The 2014 full-length Sirenum attracted notice from Far East Movement and Transparent Agency, launching her professional path. She collaborated with S.M. Entertainment on K-pop projects and appeared on Manila Killa's "Youth" alongside BLKNZ's "Cold Sweats," after which she shifted emphasis to independent solo releases. Electronic textures from those partnerships shaped later tracks such as the standalone "I'm Done," the Sakima duet "Dysfunctional," and "Honey Whiskey," marking a shift away from Sirenum's intimate indie-acoustic tone. Both "Dysfunctional" and "Honey Whiskey" featured on the 2017 EP Drippin' issued by Moving Castle and co-produced with AOBeats. In 2018 she issued "Inner Child" followed by "miss yr high," then unveiled the 2019 project dear april, ily containing "Take a Walk" and "Check$."