After never feeling truly at home, Snoh Aalegra has found her place in the world through her new album, ‘Ugh, Those Feels Again.’
The 31-year-old Swedish singer/songwriter is of Iranian descent, and when she was growing up, bullies at school would tell her to go back to where she came from. But she came from Sweden — more specifically, a small town called Enkoping, then an idyllic suburb named Uppsala, and finally, she and her family moved to the crisp air and minimalist architecture of Stockholm. Her parents fled Iran before she was born because of the oppressive regime there.
“It wasn’t really L.A. itself that made me realize home isn’t physical,” Aalegra says. At this moment, she’s sitting in an office in Midtown Manhattan with a straight back, her neck elongated. She folds her hands, one over the other. “I realized home is wherever you’re surrounded by positive people who love and support you.”While working on “Ugh, Those Feels Again,” Aalegra spent one day on one song, wearing different hats in the studio, editing her own vocals, doing some production.
Critics often discuss the idea of the second record being either a blessing or a curse. It can be difficult for an artist to follow up a successful record with an equally or more successful one, which highlights a different snapshot of the artist’s life and shows growth and improvement. Even though Aalegra felt some of these jitters early on in the process, she said she eventually waved them away and focused on the work.
Before “Feels” dropped in 2017, she recorded an LP called “Don’t Explain.” At that time, she was being mentored by Prince before he passed away, and working with the likes of John Mayer and the producer No I.D. Drake sampled her song “Time” on his 2017 album “More Life.” Plus, critics were calling her the next Amy Winehouse for her deep, sultry voice.
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