Semiah Shares New Single ‘Withdrawals’
Semiah, the trailblazing Kanien’kehà:ka (Mohawk) pop electro-RnB artist shares her brand new single Withdrawals, an upbeat electro-pop/punk love-gone-wrong gem out now via SKS Records!
Co-produced with Montreal collaborator Teleh0rn, Withdrawals finds the talented artist beautifully showcasing her powerful, passionate vocals which radiate so much confidence from start to finish that won me over from the start. Apart from her vocals I am particularly fond of the energetic production with killer rhythms and synths that enhance that raw passion and confidence pouring from her delivery. Withdrawals includes traditional Haudenosaunee vocal techniques and innovative metallic elements that align with the accompanying video’s Katana sword fight choreography.
Semiah produced, directed, co-choreographed, co-edited and created the wardrobe for the video which serves as a small snapshot of a larger storyline that she aims to make into a feature film. Montana Summers stars as the Villain with Katie Couchie as the Purple Spy and Kali Bomberry as the Blue Spy.
Speaking about the music video, Semiah said,
Without spoiling the plot line of the larger movie, I am the lead spy in a femme fatale trio who is hunting down a super villain into the wilderness of the snowy mountains. The Villain is reminiscent of my breakup story in the song but told in a new and entertaining way. I wanted to write a story that has the same moral lesson but is more Hollywood, and also not something so personal to me as I still feel uncomfortable sharing really personal things about my life through my art. Basically, there is some chemistry behind the Villain and myself. Throughout the music video, I have many chances to kill the Villain, but I choose not to since there are still some feelings left. This is really shown in the last scene of the music video where the show ends on a cliffhanger of who kills who, since we are caught in a stand still. The audience is left not knowing whether we make up, we both die, or maybe someone wins?