hard to explain, easy to feel w JJes & Saràh Phenom

About

HTE.ETFhard to explain, easy to feel is a music practice built around a simple belief: that music means more when we make space to actually sit with it. Through a series of intimate listening workshops, hte.etf creates room for people to interrogate how music makes them feel, the memories it surfaces, the histories it carries, the questions it refuses to answer cleanly. Each session centres a theme, an artist, and an audience willing to go somewhere together. The format is part listening session, part think-tank: tracks are played with intention, conversation is invited, and nothing is filed away too neatly. The Session Black artists built popular music. Genre made sure they didn't always get credit for it. Join hte.etf for a listening workshop with Saràh Phenom tracing the politics of pop: who gets called pop, who gets called something else, and who's changing the terms.Our Host: Rwanda-born, London-based singer-songwriter Saràh Phenom has fused a wide range of influences into a sound entirely her own. Her EP Girl was a heartfelt entry point into her sonic world, and Bisous x2 showed her instinct for the pop anthem at its fullest: a rally call wrapped in crazy, sexy, cool confidence. But Saràh's range reaches further. Her upcoming music honours and reimagines what pop can be, reclaiming the form on her own terms. The session will be a chance to hear new music before anywhere else, and to sit with Saràh as she traces her influences, her ideas of pop, and where she sees it going.