Deriving her artist name from a Turkish term for the sun’s radiant touch on ocean waters just before sunrise, the emerging pop artist TANSU has a diverse and global cultural background with roots in Turkey and Ireland. She spent her formative years in London and Connecticut, had a stint in Boston for college, and has called NYC home for the past 13 years.
During that period, TANSU has carefully balanced her life between music and fashion, which she defines as performing arts. While working in fashion PR, she lent her vocals to numerous projects as a session and featured vocalist, most recently releasing The Wash Up EP co-produced with Lars Viola. She also performs extensively around both lower and Manhattan, including a monthly residency at Lafolia Restaurant, every first Thursday.
Back in 2015, the emerging pop artist reconnected with American Authors‘ Dave Rublin, a college acquaintance. Since then, they’ve been writing and recording music together, last month’s “DOWNTOWN,” which was released through through Rublin’s Little Planet Records.
Her latest single “Got 2 Me” is a simmering soul-pop ballad that pairs an atmospheric, modern pop production featuring glistening synths, skittering beats, bursts of twinkling keys, wobbling bass synths and bursts of funk guitar with TANSU’s show-stopping powerhouse vocal. The result is a song that serves as vehicle that showcases a superstar in the making.
“‘Got 2 Me’ is a very vulnerable song about trusting someone to love you the right way,” TANSU says. “After falling in love the wrong way, it’s all the more difficult to fall in love again, correctly. This song is about that path.”