Pool (Bartees Strange Version)
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Pool is the opening track off of Samia’s debut studio album The Baby. According to Samia, the song is about her experience hiding away at a stranger’s house in Texas, staring at the moon from the pool realizing this feeling won’t last forever and trying to find beauty from fear. The intro to the track features a voice message from Samia’s grandmother, who passed away prior to the release of the album, singing to her in Arabic. The song was covered by Bartees Strange for Samia’s 2021 release The Baby Reimagined. Read more on Last.fm.

Samia is American singer-songwriter Samia Finnerty (born Samia Najimy Finnerty in Los Angeles on 12 December 1996). Based in New York City, she is the daughter of actress Kathy Najimy, and musician Dan Finnerty of the Dan Band. Performing since she was seventeen around New York, Samia’s musical repertoire shows an astounding variety for her age, featuring poppy anthems, folk ballads, and indie rock jams. In 2020 she released her debut album, The Baby. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.