Rose White arrives, bringing the truth with her on "A Night With A Sazerac"
- May 1
- 2 min read
A Night With A Sazerac, the sophomore EP from London's Rose White, is out April 17th, and it sounds exactly like what it is: a woman who has been through something, come out the other side, and chosen to make music about the whole of it rather than just the pretty parts.
The record moves between soul and pop with flickers of jazz and Latin warmth threading through its underside, recorded live in around two takes with producer Ollie Clark and mixed and mastered by Joshua Woolf. That immediacy is no accident. These are songs written from a place of real hurt and real recklessness, and they carry the heat of both. "I wrote most of the songs from a place of hurt and anxiety, but I'm releasing it feeling strong and happy," White says. "It celebrates and mourns a part of my life that was fun, reckless, confusing, painful, loved and finally concluded in self-reflection and change."
What emerges is a collection that moves through the dark and arrives somewhere clear, without pretending the journey was clean or linear. "I hope my words inspire others and reassure them that perfection is overrated and life is not black and white." In a landscape saturated with polish and performance, that kind of candour has weight.
White, who was born in Poland and arrived in London at 20 with £300, two suitcases, and no connections, has been building her audience the old way: stage by stage, song by song, open mic to headline, until the rooms started selling out. Her voice, husky and emotionally precise, has drawn comparisons to Joy Crookes, Paloma Faith, and Olivia Dean, though White's trajectory belongs entirely to her own story. A former professional ballroom dancer with the discipline and physical intelligence that implies, she channels that same quality of presence into her performances, knowing exactly where to place herself and when to let the song breathe.
The EP's title show, A Night With A Sazerac, sold out, and due to demand returns on April 23rd at London's Lower Third. That a live event born from a record about confusion and reckoning should become a celebration of community and craft says everything about where White has landed. In 2024, she received a Next Level Award from Help Musicians, funding the very record she is now releasing into the world with full confidence.
Supported by Global Soul, Sofar Sounds, Jodie's Bryant Discover Live, Under The Radar, and Success Express among others, White arrives at this moment not as an emerging artist still finding her footing, but as someone who has already done that work quietly, and is now ready to be heard.
A Night With A Sazerac is out now.
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