Late last month, a user on TikTok uploaded a snippet from Samia’s 2023 NPR Tiny Desk Concert. It was the heart-rending climax of the song “Pool,” the album opener from her 2020 debut The Baby. In a matter of days, the sound had been used over 15K times, SZA shared the performance on her IG story, and fans clamored for a stripped back version a’la the viral clip on streaming services.

Today, fans get exactly what they asked for, as Samia releases “Pool (Stripped),” a live-in-the-room re-record featuring an all star cast of her musician friends from Minneapolis and beyond: touring keyboardist Sam Calvoro, Bloodless tour opener Raffaella, bassist Lily Belle Govrik, and Hippo Campus’ Whistler Allen and Jake Luppen. The result somehow makes the heartbreak even harder…

Watch the original performance that started it all below.

And, if you haven’t already, grab your tickets to Samia’s upcoming US & UK headline shows – a lot of new people are discovering the world of Samia, so tickets are going fast.