SHIHORI Releases Collaboration with Zaid Tabani

Singer-songwriter SHIHORI and California-based rapper Zaid Tabani recently released a new collaboration single called SAVIOR.

Tabani first gained recognition after creating music for the EVO World Championship in 2011. He has worked with artists such as Yoko Kanno and Mega Ran, and his music has been used in collaboration with video games such as "Street Fighter IV", "PUBG Mobile" and "Soundfall".

Released on digital platforms on May 6th, SAVIOR is described as a "powerful rock EDM and hip-hop hybrid track with an epic orchestral sound". It is said to carry the message that "ordinary human beings have extraordinary power to shape the world in a large way, via small acts of kindness".

SHIHORI commented on the inspiration behind the song:

“During the pandemic, I felt the madness of humanity bubbling to the surface…subterranean fears that had been buried deep. It felt we had been distracted by daily life and now we were struggling to find meaning in it.

The world is a source of chaos and magnified as we’re bombarded by an overwhelming amount of information. Gossip, war, racism, the pandemic...FEAR based and enough to make anyone feel powerless.

But kindness is a contagious super power and free. One person cannot save the world but one can help others. If humanity is an ocean and people are droplets, imagine the power that’s harnessed when a few waves of kindness flow in the same direction.

All of us have the power to change the world, that’s why YOU’RE A SAVIOR!”

Tabani commented:

"We're in a time where we have toxic relationships with what we see through a screen. Music is the one universal language in a world filled with noise. We hope with this song people understand they are not alone. That's the first step to fighting this anxious feeling."

Listen to SAVIOR: