“Say She She is going to take over the world” - BBC

“Reminiscent of the Paradise Garage, David Mancuso’s loft, or the famous Z Records Mutant Disco compilation back in the early 80s, Say She She’s music is “perfect” - NPR Music

June 17, 2025 - - Say She She, the punk chic discodelic funk band born in NYC, have announced that their politically-charged and dancefloor-crushing third album Cut & Rewind will be released October 3. Today’s news includes that Say She She has signed to drink sum wtr. Led by the vocal trio of Piya Malik, Sabrina Mileo Cunningham, and Nya Gazelle Brown, the group channels progenitors like Minnie Ripperton, Rotary Connection, Liquid Liquid and ESG. Cut & Rewind expands their scope, incorporating elements of Lonnie Liston Smith and the Lijadu Sisters into their sonic palette while channeling the spirit of contemporary peers like Lambrini Girls and Amyl and the Sniffers to create 12 new, original songs crackling with unforgiving grooves, whistle tones and three-part harmonies capable of opening up the heavens. 

Say She She has released the first song from Cut & Rewind, watch the video and listen to the album’s title track here + https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BN6LKjNwJPc

“Cut & Rewind is a snapshot of our lives over the past few years, inspired by the rugged reality of being on the road and running back into the studio to cut a record as soon as we were off. Then repeat! It's like our ode to the boss ladies out there for plowing through and staying true to what they are trying to do. We hope to offer it up like a homophonic cocktail that’s served up, strong, no frills. It’s peppered with some hints of our musical muses with a slice of life mantra on the side. We're here to remind you as much as ourselves to ‘Hire the guy who's gonna look you in the eye’.” - Say She She

Say She She has had a tremendous rise in just three years, following the release of their debut album Prism in 2022. They quickly returned with Silver, in 2023, a double LP that landed at #1 on KCRW’s Best Albums list of that year. Fellow champions the BBC named them to their Best Artists of the Year list. Silver also led to a profile on CBS Mornings, performances on Later…with Jools Holland and the Kelly Clarkson Show, festival debuts including Bonnaroo and Glastonbury (where they performed four sets in just 24 hours), and selling out the 3000-capacity Roundhouse in London. 

Say She She, whose name pays homage to Nile Rodgers, began writing and recording Cut & Rewind shortly after wrapping their international Silver tour. Over a series of short, intense sessions, Brown, Cunningham, and Malik gathered with their rhythm section Dan Hastie, Sam Halterman, Dale Jennings, and Sergio Rios at Rios’s North Hollywood studio, Killion Sound. Say She She’s writing practice is an exercise in presence, as each of the three channels their front-of-mind thoughts and feelings into cathartic transmissions. There’s an element of spontaneity at play, informed by the rhythm section’s funk background and Malik’s time in a post-punk improv band with Liquid Liquid’s Sal Principato. 

The 12 tracks on Cut & Rewind crackle with a relentless and righteous energy, hard-edged funk and a politically-charged undercurrent. “She Who Dares” is a call to fight against a near-future dystopia where women’s rights have been decimated globally. “Disco Life” examines the 1979 “Disco Demolition Night” at Comiskey Stadium in Chicago, a publicity event-turned-riot organized by shock jock Steve Dahl. Attendees were encouraged to bring a disco record in exchange for cheap admission, which Dahl would then burn in a dumpster—already an implicit attack on a genre fronted by Black people, queer people, and women—but the crowd brought and destroyed anything made by Black musicians. The lyrics decry the event’s racism and homophobia, understanding that the roots of the riot still linger. Say She She knows a better world is possible, and manifests “a playing field where all are free.” In a time of political turmoil where community is more necessary than ever, Say She She offers a particular salve: protest music dressed up as a sweat-dripping, body-moving, consciousness-raising good time.

Say She She was formed by Piya Malik and Sabrina Cunningham, neighbors in an old tenement building in the Lower East Side that could hear each other singing through the floorboards. They became fast friends, penning tongue-in-cheek songs about bad breakups and better boyfriends. Driven by an innate desire for three part harmonies and a reverence for late 70’s girl groups, they brought Malik’s friend Nya Brown into the fold. Malik and Brown first met at a rooftop party in Harlem and instantly started singing with each other. The trio would hang out together on the dancefloors and dive bars of NYC and quickly became Say She She. 

They released their first single, “Forget Me Not,” in winter of 2022. It was quickly championed by KCRW and other influential radio stations. Their distinct harmonies and signature discodelic pop and soul have led to national TV performances, tours with the likes of Thee Sacred Souls and Chicano Batman, famous fans like Nile Rodgers and Childish Gambino, and major international touring. Advocacy is also an important part of the Say She She story. Their single “NORMA” was written and released as a fundraiser following the reversal of Roe v Wade; “Echo In The Chamber” is a call to action in support of increased gun control legislation in the U.S.   

International touring through the second half of 2025 includes the Skirball Center in Los Angeles on August 7 and their biggest show to date in London (O2 Academy Brixton, Nov 26). See below for the full itinerary. 

Pre-order Cut & Rewind here: https://drinksumwtr.lnk.to/saysheshe-cut-and-rewind

Track List:

01. Cut & Rewind 

02. Under the Sun 

03. Disco Life 

04. Chapters

05. Possibilities 

06. Take It All 

07. She Who Dares 

08. Shop Boy

09. Bandit

10. Little Kisses

11. Do All Things With Love 

12. Make It Known 

Tour Dates:

Wednesday, June 18 – Lewes, DE @ Lewes Ferry Grounds

Friday, June 20 – Columbus, OH @ Woodlands Tavern

Saturday, June 21 – Dayton, OH @ Levitt Pavilion Dayton

Sunday, June 22 – Rothbury, MI @ Electric Forest Festival

Wednesday, June 25 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Thunderbird Café & Music Hall

Thursday, June 26 – Lancaster, PA @ Tellus360

Friday, June 27 – Richmond, VA @ Friday Cheers at Brown's Island

Saturday, June 28 – Palenville, NY, @ Follow the Arrow at Griffin House

Saturday July 25th – Louisville, KY @ The Big Stomp

Sunday, July 27 – Portland, OR @ Tom McCall Waterfront Park (Project Pabst Festival)

Thursday, August 7 - Los Angeles, CA @ Skirball Center

Friday August 8 - Las Vegas, NV @ Swan Dive

Saturday, August 9 – Salt Lake City, UT @ The Commonwealth Room

Sunday August 10 - Lyons, Colorado @ Rocky Mountain Folks Festival

Wednesday, August 27 - Boise ID @ Treefort Music Hall

Friday, August 29 – Vancouver, BC @ Commodore Ballroom

Saturday, August 30 – Seattle, WA @ Seattle Center (Bumbershoot Festival)

Friday, 21 November - Oxford, UK @ O2 Academy

Sunday, 23 November - Dublin, IE @ Academy

Tuesday, 25 November - Birmingham, UK @ O2 Institute 1

Wednesday, 26 November - London, UK @ O2 Academy Brixton

Friday, 28 November - Paris, FR @ Cabaret Sauvage

Saturday, 29 November - Brussels, BE @ Orangerie

Monday, 1 December - Amsterdam, NL @ Paradiso

Wednesday, 3 December - Berlin, DE @ Columbia Theater

Thursday 4 December - Hamburg, DE @ Knust

Sunday, 7 December - Stockholm, SE @ Debaser Strand

Tuesday, 9 December - Copenhagen, DK @ Lille VEGA

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