Saadi

Bio

Born in Damascus, Syria, and raised in Pennsylvania, Boshra AlSaadi is an artist whose journey has been marked by creativity and resilience. Shaped by NYC’s East Village anti-folk scene during her tenure at the Cooper Union School of Art, she co-founded Looker (Serious Business Records) and later joined NYC luminaries TEEN (Carpark) and Janka Nabay and the Bubu Gang (Luaka Bop), touring internationally and playing stages like Bonnaroo and the Kennedy Center. After being diagnosed with muscular dystrophy in her 30’s, AlSaadi channeled her experiences into songwriting and production, collaborating with fellow NYC musicians like Jennifer Vanilla and Jason McMahon, and producing records by AJ Lambert.

Now based in Los Angeles, the multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, songwriter, producer, photographer, videographer and painter brings all her talents to bear as SAADI. SAADI’s sophomore solo album Birds of Paradise will be released in fall 2025 by Brooklyn-based label Switch Hit Records. Produced and performed by AlSaadi with additional production by Chris Coady (Beach House, DIIV), the album blends analogue synths and programmed beats, exploring themes of domination, populism, feminism, and humanity’s struggle to reconcile biology and technology.