Say She She, the punk chic discodelic funk band born in NYC, has released their third studio album. Cut & Rewind is out today on drink sum wtr, along with new single "Shop Boy.” A slinking, sly statement on the commodification of love in the age of dating apps, Say She She elaborated on the new single here: “‘Shop Boy’ is our tongue-in-cheek nod to new wave, avant-disco, art-pop icons like Grace Jones – and the post-disco funk and R&B swagger of the Mary Jane Girls – but with a modern twist. It playfully calls out today’s dating-app swiping culture – this post-modern paradox of endless choice, commoditizing love and casting partners aside as easily as fast fashion. We tried to turn that irony into humor, teasing our desire to have it all while daring us to believe that maybe, just maybe, we can. And when we do, it all lands in the playful refrain: ‘Meet me at checkout.’”
The lead up to the release of Cut & Rewind includes Say She She’s late-night TV debut, performing “Disco Life” recently on Jimmy Kimmel Live! Features include The Line of Best Fit, The Guardian, Flood Magazine, and continuing major support from key radio stations including KEXP and KCRW, where the band has been on the Top 30 since July. Say She She also just performed at Bumbershoot, and a KCRW-hosted at-capacity free concert at the Skirball Center in LA. Upcoming shows include their biggest yet in London this November, at the O2 Academy Brixton, and more dates will be announced soon.
Led by the vocal trio of Piya Malik, Sabrina Mileo Cunningham, and Nya Gazelle Brown, Say She She 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.
Cut & Rewind is bursting 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 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 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.
Cut & 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
Say She She Tour Dates:
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
January 21 - 24 - Cancun, Mexico @ Dave & Tim Riviera Maya 2026
