Fast-rising Dutch-Sudanese R&B/Soul singer and songwriter Gaidaa has delivered a love letter to her younger self in a poignant music video for her stand out track “Stranger” – her collaboration alongside Chicago rapper Saba and Dutch producer Jarreau Vandal. The single is taken from her “Overdue” EP which showcases the development of a rich sound characterized by Gaidaa’s warm, smoky vocals.
Watch the sleek visual below…
In an exclusive statement to The FADER, who premiered the video, Gaidaa shared: “Stranger’ is a song about navigating the personal challenges of finding one’s truth and identity in a world that’s constantly asking you to have an answer. It’s about catching yourself in the midst of change and growth and somehow learning to trust both yourself and the process.”
The songstress continues, “The video tries to show me reflecting on my own idea of who I would be when I grow up, and how the projections I may have placed on myself played out in reality. The video is one straight take without any cuts, to me representing the idea that we are in an ever evolving ongoing process. Having the younger me in the video was to emphasize that though we may be looking for who we are, whilst taking on the process and projections, we find that the root of who we are remains.”
