Academy Of Arts, Novi Sad, Serbia
www.akademija.uns.ac.rs

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Melanie Martinez's creative drive and talents have always distinguished her from other musicians. After releasing her platinum-certified 2015 debut album, Cry Baby—which reached No. 1 on Billboard's alternative albums chart and has amassed over two billion streams worldwide —she conceived and directed a video for each song on the album. These mini-movies traced the traumas and insecurities experienced by the album's character, Cry Baby.
 
Melanie’s sophomore album and film, K-12, is another ambitious triumph. K-12's music is a vibrant and singular melting pot of low-key hip-hop, soulful pop and indie-leaning electro. K-12's universe is an expansion of the one introduced in Cry Baby. Using lyrics rich with metaphor, songs address the struggle to find a place to belong—including within friendships, the physical world and romantically—even when fitting into society feels like an uphill battle.
 
To accompany the album, Martinez wrote and directed a 90-minute movie (also called K-12) that incorporates the album's music and mirrors the themes and characters introduced. Filmed on location in Budapest, Hungary, the movie focuses on Cry Baby (portrayed by Martinez) and a class of students who find themselves trapped in a horror house-like residential school. As they experience the usual grade school rites of passage—a lunch room food fight, the embarrassment of gym class, a romance with nefarious intentions, courses taught by checked-out teachers— they have to figure out a way to escape.

Sitti Navarro, also known as Sitti, is a Filipino bossa nova singer and actress. Since releasing her debut album in 2006 called "Café Bossa," Sitti has quickly established herself as the Philippines’ Queen of Bossa Nova, with hits like ”Tattooed on My Mind”, “Hey Look at the Sun”, and “I Didn’t Know I Was Looking for Love”, eventually achieving double platinum status for the album. After starting a musical trend in the country as its first bossa singer and continuing to increase in popularity, MCA Music is throwing their full support on Sitti with the release of “Bossa Love.”

"Bossa Love" will be a return to Sitti’s signature bossa sound after trying a bit of pop music in her previous albums. Tracks include late nineties to late 2000’s hits such as carrier single “Sunday Morning”, a cover of the song by Maroon 5, “It Wasn’t Me” by Shaggy, “Stickwithu” by the Pussycat Dolls, “Back To You” by John Mayer, “Smooth” by Santana, “Someday We’ll Know” by New Radicals, “My Favorite Mistake” by Sheryl Crow, “I Want It That Way” by the Backstreet Boys, “Yellow” by Coldplay, “Lost Without You” by Robin Thicke, “Don’t Know Why” by Norah Jones, “For You” by Kenny Lattimore, “Waterfalls” by TLC, and “Thank You” by Dido, all given Sitti’s signature bossa treatment. Bossa Love is produced by Marvin Querido and will be available on iTunes Philippines, Spinnr.PH, SittiOnline.com, and record stores nationwide.

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