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(BHM) Los Angeles-bound, Oakland native Satya released "Yellow House," a tender and reflective ballad recounting vivid sceneries from her childhood home through intricate lyricism. Layered with honey-sweet vocal harmonies, slide guitar melodies, woody percussion, "Yellow House" is the songstress's attempt to soothe past pain through new strength.

The song was premiered by Magnet Magazine on February 19, singing praises of Satya by saying: "Satya's effortless balance of soul/R&B textures and singer/songwriter intimacy feels about as natural as breathing."

On "Yellow House," Satya said: "I left home under really hard circumstances. This song is about the anger I carried, the fear I lived with, and the strength I had to build for myself when no one else could do it for me. To believe you deserve something better even when you don't fully know what you're letting go of, or what better looks like for yourself."

She continued: "'Yellow House' sits in the tension between beauty and trauma. Pretty memories and painful ones live in the same place. Wooden floors. Lemon trees. Lying face down. Being asked to fake a smile when you don't want to. It's paying homage to both the warmth and the damage growing up, and allowing yourself to look at it in an honest way."

"Yellow House" marked Satya's return to music and a new era to come. Between sparse releases and her troubadour-like journey across the country, working among and collaborating with the brightest minds in New Orleans, Nashville and more, Satya had been dialing in her craft by sharing stages with Macy Gray, Madison McFerrin, Masego, and Jason Isbell at the legendary Ryman Auditorium in Nashville. Her prior single, 2025's "Mine," was also featured on KALW and NPR Live Sessions. Widely adored in the Bay Area, Satya had once again sold out four SFJAZZ shows spanning across two nights at the end of January-but this is all just the beginning, 2026 is destined to be fruitful and rewarding to the boundless star.

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