A Chat with SUUNCAAT (03.11.25)
SUUNCAAT is a multidisciplinary artist who dabbles in producing and filmmaking. Her music showcases her forward-thinking style are she redefines the music scene one note at a time. We chat with SUUNCAAT about all things music and her new single ‘Signs’ below.
OSR: ‘Signs’ feels both sacred and chaotic. Where did the emotional core of this song come from?
SUNNCAAT: I’ve always experienced my art as a sacrifice. As far as I can remember, I’ve been treated as an anomaly in the system, and when people don’t know how to place you, they project, chase, and try to consume. And there is spiritual meaning in being lifted up and torn down for the same qualities. It injects tension into the order of things, and the injuries become a stigma which in turn contributes to the said order. I see something very sacred and quite beautiful about it all. Or maybe I’m just coping. But that’s essentially the core of ‘signs’.
OSR: You’ve described the violin in this track as both a weapon and a wound. Can you talk about how that duality shaped the production?
SUNNCAAT: I have a weird relationship with the violin. As a young child, I was targeted for my “sensitivities” and pushed into a hyper-competitive violin training before I even had a sense of self. My body still carries the injuries from that. It’s the first thing that broke me and the first thing that armed me. So in production, I leaned into that duality. I wanted it to feel like a weapon.
OSR: This is your first fully self-mixed release. What did taking control of the mix change for you emotionally or artistically?
SUNNCAAT: I reached a point where I just wanted to trust my own instincts instead of filtering my work through other people’s taste or comfort zones. I feel like my vision is my own burden to carry, and I owe it to my art to push it all the way through.
OSR: There’s a mythic energy in your work, especially around the “golden violin child”. How do mythology and autobiography intersect in your songwriting?
SUNNCAAT: I take my own experiences and amplify them until they self-deify. The “golden violin child” is not just me, she’s an archetype. She’s the gifted child who gets persecuted for being different, unaware of her own powers. History is full of those, it’s a pattern found in movies, literature, in all cultures. Jesus is a big one.
OSR: The song moves between ritual, tragedy, and ecstasy. What role does ritual play in your creative process?
SUNNCAAT: Ritual gives structure to instability. If you repeat something enough, it becomes a symbol. That’s ritual. Pop music is ritual. Literally.
OSR: Your sound blurs pop, EDM, and cinematic composition. Do you think genre still means anything in your world?
SUNNCATT: I’m not interested in genre, never was. I consider it the enemy of authenticity. I’m only interested in artists who can shift genres and still sound like themselves. Genre is only useful in marketing, not in art. I want to do anything I want forever. I just don’t see why anyone would deny themselves such an opportunity for freedom and growth.
OSR: The line “don’t you realize you’re god, you decide” carries heavy spiritual weight. Do you see ‘Signs’ as a critique of worship or a reclaiming of it?
SUUNCAAT: It’s both. But it’s mostly about sovereignty. Everyone is god, everyone decides. Most just forget. Most would never believe how much power they have.
OSR: As an artist, producer, and filmmaker, how do you navigate those identities. Are they in harmony, or do they clash sometimes?
SUUNCAAT: Honestly, every medium is just another doorway into the same universe. Fashion too. They don’t necessarily clash, but they do test each other. I always change my songs after filming the music video, to be respectful to the universe forming itself. Sometimes I don’t know what comes first, the visual or the sound, and actually, I know they’re not separate things.
OSR: The visual world of ‘Signs’ feels like a dialogue between you and your shadow. What did you learn about yourself while creating the video?
SUUNCAAT: I guess for one, I learned how to use a drone. There was also a sense of the shadow answering back. And Rebie felt it too. We came out of that forest slightly altered, like something had blessed us. I feel more powerful. I also learned that Rebie and I work extremely well together, so I asked her to join my band. Very excited to have her on my show.
OSR: After ‘Signs’, where do you feel your sound or mythology is evolving next?
SUUNCAAT: The SUUNCAAT verse is just going to keep getting deeper with more lore attached. Another archetype I’m leaning into right now is the rat queen.
Many thanks to SUUNCAAT for speaking with us. Find out more about SUUNCAAT on her Instagram, Spotify, and YouTube.
