MAFS Star Anna Saxton (AKA Saxi) Set to Release New Single

February 17th 2020
New Zealand pop singer and personality Saxi (AKA Anna Saxton) will release new single ‘Sticks and Stones’ on Friday, February 28.

You can pre-save 'Sticks and Stones' on Spotify or pre-order on iTunes

Blending catchy choruses with edgy production, ‘Sticks and Stones’ is inspired by the singer’s appearance on the reality television show Married At First Sight New Zealand and is about her experiences of being in the public eye and subsequent online bullying. 
 
“The experience was a big learning curve and it had an emotional impact on me. I met some great people and developed some strong friendships. One of the most important things I have learnt is you can’t control what others think/say and you have to let it go or it can have a negative effect on you,” says Saxi.
 
“The intention of ‘Sticks and Stones’ is to inspire others who may have experienced similar things; to help empower them to unapologetically be themselves.”


To help spread the importance of the message in the song, Saxi will be donating some of the proceeds from ‘Sticks and Stones’ to the Mental Health Foundation, a charitable organisation providing services and support for people with experience of mental illness and also their families/whanau and friends.

Saxi began her journey in music growing up in Cambridge – a far cry from the City of Angels, where as a young budding pop singer, she set her sights. 

Within a few years, Saxi’s dreams had become reality. In 2015 she was nominated for ‘Pop Artist Of The Year’ at the ​LA Music Awards for unsigned artists. Two years later she was selected from 35,000 applicants for an all-expenses-paid artist development programme at ISINA in Los Angeles run by. Grammy-winning producer and American Idol star Randy Jackson.

Working alongside top musicians, and other talented applicants, Saxi spent six weeks under the mentorship of 10-time Grammy Award-winning composer, producer, singer/songwriter ​Kenny ‘Babyface’ Edmonds (Beyoncé, Celine Dion, Mariah Carey, Ariana Grande Madonna, Whitney Houston, Michael Jackson).

Saxi returned to New Zealand more determined than ever to make her mark in music, releasing the single ‘Sex Craze’ in 2018. A year later saw a slight deviation from Saxi’s emerging music career, when she appeared in the TV series Married At First Sight. It was a somewhat controversial and tumultuous time for the young singer-songwriter.

Never one to shy away from a challenge, Saxi is now releasing ‘Sticks and Stones’.


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