Toronto R&B/Soul Artist Leanna Oki Releases Video for “Sink”

Canadian musician Leanna Oki hasjust released her brand new music video for her recently released single, “Sink”. The young, talented musician is almost  completely self sufficient as an artist. With advanced vocal harmonies inspired by Adele and incredible song composition, “Sink” is a song you won’t be able to get out of your head.

You can watch the video for “Sink”, here:

The recent University of Toronto graduate is immensely creative and well versed in music writing and production, operating almost completely independently to create her music until it nears the very final stages. Drawing inspiration for “Sink” from a previous relationship, Leanna leaned on songwriting as a way to express what she was feeling when she felt otherwise unable to communicate her emotions. She found the metaphor of sinking underwater to be particularly inspiring, as she felt it was an accurate way to describe the emotions she was feeling at that time.

Recorded at Toronto’s Sandbox Studios and co-produced by KR Moore, “Sink” has a water-like flow, and features both Leanna’s songwriting talent and vocal stylings.  The song features beautiful, intricate harmonies that showcase not only Leanna’s vocal talent, but her advanced, self-taught, production abilities as well.

About The Video:

Filmed at Bluffer’s Park Beach in Toronto, the video for “Sink” is the perfect compliment to the song, showing Leanna performing the tune on a snowy beach on a cold, windy, winter’s day. Fulfilling her goal of “capturing the aesthetic and emotional essence of the song”, Leanna knew the video would need to incorporate water and be somewhat minimalistic to “purely convey the various feelings that inspired the lyrics”.

From Leanna: Throughout the video, there are various shots of me singing out to the water and directly at the camera as a call for help. You can see the pain and desperation in my face, which was definitely enhanced by the frigid weather. At the end of the video, there is an underwater backdrop that appears to visually represent the metaphor of sinking into the sea, but it fades away at the end as I stand in silence. I wanted to show that while all of this emotional chaos was going on internally, I still remained unchanged on the outside.

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The up-and-coming artist blends R&B, soul, and pop flawlessly to create her unique and captivating sound.  Finding her emotional outlet in music, Leanna uses songwriting and song creation to express feelings she otherwise has trouble communicating. Using the metaphor of water, Leanna’s lyrics and musical arrangement on “Sink” express her experience feeling like she was trapped underwater during a particularly challenging time in her life.

The song is centered around the imagery of sinking into the sea as a metaphor for giving into my internal conflict. I was compelled to write this song as a way to express my feelings of numbness and pain that I couldn’t put into words. I believe that a lot of people can relate to this feeling, so I hope this song can connect with others going through any sort of personal struggle and help them feel more understood. – Leanna Oki