Saïna - HOTEL 555 (Trailer)
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North West London-based singer, songwriter, producer, and DJ Saïna returns with her new EP HOTEL 555 the second instalment of a three-part EP and short film trilogy that explores themes of overstimulation, loss, and grief. Drawing on her dual Japanese and English heritage, Saïna channels deeply personal subject matter with a vulnerability and emotional courage that is immediately disarming. She does not shy away from the difficult she moves toward it.
Musically, HOTEL 555 fuses neo-soul, Latin, and orchestral elements into a cinematic and enchanting listening experience layered, intimate, and unlike almost anything else being made in contemporary music right now.
The EP arrives alongside a short film a hybrid release format that is quietly reshaping how artists deliver music to the world. In the wake of projects like Drake’s FOMO, the album film has emerged as one of the most exciting and creatively ambitious ways to present a body of work, and HOTEL 555 embraces that approach with full conviction. The short film and the EP are not separate entities they are two halves of the same story, each deepening and enriching the other in a way that makes the whole far greater than the sum of its parts.
“Saïna’s second short film, and part two of a trilogy, is set in and around a Tokyo love hotel, where couples rent rooms by the hour and nobody asks questions. Saïna wrote, co-directed and played the female protagonist, a young woman visited by her shadow self who lures her into a liminal world of churning unease and desire. The 12-minute film’s soundtrack comes from her EP, HOTEL 555, released on 23rd October 2026.” - Saïna
Watch Out Of Sync the first part of the Triology Here
Check out Saïna’s DJ skills as part of DJ duo ZEE-2 alongside Zoe Cheung Here
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Written & Directed by Saïna & Calvin Ma
Cinematography Brett Bushell
Edit Myth Shah
Trailer edit Shiona Penrake
Colour Anna Bursukova
Wardrobe Nuha Hussain
Thanks to PRS Foundation, PPL UK, Sonic Futures, Tees Valley
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Saïna (pronounced Sa-ee-na) is a North West London-based, Japanese and English Singer-Songwriter, Producer and DJ. Saïna took up the piano and guitar age 7 and started writing songs age 12. Since graduating from the BRIT School and working from her bedroom studio, she writes and collaborates with others. Her style influenced by the metropolitan diversity of London, blending Neo-Soul, Alt Rnb and Electronic sounds. Exploring Japanese folk sounds and lyrics, Saïna expresses through the striking visual imagery and irony in her lyrics and explores themes of connection, vulnerability and renewal.
With a backlog of many gigs, Saïna has been recognised through live performances at venues such as XOYO, Tape London, Hootananny and Bush Hall, performing at ADE with Pastel, and supporting acts such as Bluey Robinson, INJI and Lewis Fitzgerald. She has also garnered frequent radio coverage on BBC Introducing, BBC Radio London, Balamii, Reprezent Radio and more. Her track with Jackson Homer, Movie, was selected as track of the week on BBC 1XTRA, as well as placement on editorial playlists like Fresh Finds, New Music Friday and Life Sucks.
In 2024, Saïna reached the longlist for the Glastonbury Emerging Competition and performed The Great Escape 2025 with her band. Prior to this, she was selected for the Youth Music Fund, in support of her single, Strangers. Saïna was funded the PRS Momentum fund for her upcoming EP.
Together with her best friend, Zoe Cheung, the East Asian female DJ duo, ZEE-2, have been growing their presence internationally in across Europe and Asia. They play an eclectic mix of Electronic Global Sounds.
Listen to “HOTEL 555” below
