Alexandra Artourovna Yatchenko[1] (Russian: Александра Артуровна Ятченко; born March 11, 1995[2]), known professionally as Sasha Alex Sloan (previously Sasha Sloan), is an American singer-songwriter.[3][4] Her debut album, Only Child, was released on October 16, 2020. It was met with critical acclaim by music critics, deeming it as a solid and outspoken debut album. Sloan's second studio album I Blame the World was released on May 13, 2022.
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![]() Sloan in concert in Paris in 2021. | |
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Birth name | Alexandra Artourovna Yatchenko |
Also known as | Sasha Yatchenko, Sasha Sloan |
Born | (1995-03-11) March 11, 1995 (age 27) Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
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Years active | 2015–present |
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Website | sadgirlsloan |
Sloan grew up outside of Boston and taught herself to play on a piano her mother purchased when she was five.[5][6][7] Her grandparents lived in Siberia, Russia, and she spent summers on their farm there as a child.[3] When Sloan was nineteen, she moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career as a songwriter; she worked at a coffee shop to support herself.[6] She made her US national TV debut on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on February 6, 2019.[8]
In 2015, Sloan was featured in the song "Phoenix" by Kaskade, as well as being credited for songwriting. Sloan continued her career by writing for artists including Idina Menzel, Maggie Lindemann and Camila Cabello. In 2017, Sloan was featured in the song "This Town" by Kygo, which she also cowrote.
Her debut EP, Sad Girl, was released by RCA on April 18, 2018.[9]
Her second EP, Loser, was released by RCA on November 29, 2018.[10] On the same day, she announced her first headlining tour to support the album. Her single "Older" from the album was performed on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on February 6, 2019.
Sloan released her third EP Self-Portrait on October 18, 2019. She stated that "this EP is more about being OK with the fact that I have a lot of anxiety, and that I don’t want to go to parties."[11]
On April 3, 2020, Sloan released the single "I'll Wait" produced by Kygo for his album Golden Hour. The following day, a music video was released starring American couple Rob Gronkowski and Camille Kostek containing personal footage of their life together.[12]
On August 3, Sloan announced that her debut album Only Child would be released in the fall,[13] with the lead single "Lie" released on August 7.[14] On August 25 she released the song "House With No Mirrors" as the second single from her debut album.[15] On August 28 she announced that her debut album Only Child would be released on October 16.[16]
On November 17, Sloan announced a collaboration with singer/songwriter Charlie Puth, a song called "Is It Just Me?", which would be released on November 19, 2020.[17][18]
On April 22, 2021 Sasha teamed up with country superstar Sam Hunt to release an acoustic-driven song titled "when was it over?" that finds Hunt and Sloan in a post-breakup state of misery questioning the cause of their respective romantic splits.[19] Sloan said that the track is about not being able to let go of someone even when you know there's nothing left.[20] The song was co-written with Shane McAnally who came up with the song's title.[20] Other co-writers include King Henry and Emi Dragoi.[21]
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Only Child |
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I Blame the World |
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Sad Girl |
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Loser |
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Self Portrait |
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Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | ||||
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GER [24] |
US Bub. [25] |
NOR [26][27] |
NZ Hot [28] |
SWE [29] | ||||
"Ready Yet"[30] | 2017 | — | — | — | — | — | Sad Girl | |
"Runaway"[31] | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"Normal"[32] | 2018 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
"Fall"[33] | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"Ready Yet" (San Holo Remix)[34] | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | ||
"Hurt"[35] | — | — | — | — | — | Sad Girl | ||
"Here"[36] | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"The Only"[37] | — | — | — | — | — | Loser | ||
"Faking It"[38] | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"Chasing Parties"[39] | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"Older"[40] | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"Thoughts"[43] | 2019 | — | — | — | — | — | Self Portrait | |
"Dancing with Your Ghost" | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"At Least I Look Cool"[44] | — | — | — | 31 | — | |||
"Smiling When I Die" | — | — | — | 38 | — | |||
"I'll Wait"[45] (with Kygo) |
2020 | 89 | 7 | 9 | — | 28 |
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Golden Hour |
"Lie"[47] | — | — | — | — | — | Only Child | ||
"House with No Mirrors"[48] | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"Is It Just Me?" (solo or featuring Charlie Puth)[49] |
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"Hypochondriac"[50] | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"When Was It Over?" (featuring Sam Hunt) |
2021 | — | — | — | 8 | — | Non-album single | |
"Barcelona" (with Winnetka Bowling League)[51] |
— | — | — | — | — | Pulp | ||
"WTF" | 2022 | — | — | — | — | — | I Blame the World | |
"I Blame the World" | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"New Normal" | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"Adult" | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released. |
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | |
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NZ Hot [52] |
SWE Heat. [53] | |||
"Falls" (ODESZA featuring Sasha Alex Sloan) |
2017 | A Moment Apart | ||
"Love Runs Out" (Martin Garrix featuring G-Eazy and Sasha Alex Sloan) |
2021 | 14 | 1 | Non-album single |
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album |
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NZ Hot [54] | ||||
"Only" (with NF) |
2019 | 26 |
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The Search |
Title | Year | Artist(s) | Album | Credits | Written with |
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"Phoenix" (featuring Sasha Sloan)[55] |
2015 | Kaskade | Automatic | Featured artist/Co-writer | Ryan Raddon, Finn Bjarnson, Cody Tarpely, Jarrod Gorbel |
"Last Time" | 2016 | Idina Menzel | Idina[56] | Co-writer | Idina Menzel, Eric Rosse |
"I Do" | Idina Menzel, Eric Rosse | ||||
"Pretty Girl"[57] | Maggie Lindemann | Non-album single | Maggie Lindemann, Sean Myer | ||
"Just Hold On" (with Louis Tomlinson)[58] |
Steve Aoki | Neon Future III | Steven Aoki, Louis Tomlinson, Nolan Lambroza, Eric Rosse | ||
"I Miss You" (featuring Bahari)[59] |
2017 | Grey | Non-album single | Michael Trewartha, Thomas Meredith, Kyle Trewartha | |
"Guide Me" (featuring Sasha Sloan) |
Deorro | Good Evening | Featured artist/Co-writer | Eric Orrosquieta | |
"Nobody" | Niia | I[60] | Co-writer | Niia Bertino, Simon Wilcox, Robin Hannibal | |
"Girl Like Me" | Niia Bertino, Robin Hannibal | ||||
"I'll Find You" (featuring Tori Kelly)[61] |
Lecrae | All Things Work Together | Lecrae Moore, Justin Franks, Jonathan Mitchell, Daniel Majic, Natalie Sims, Victoria Kelly | ||
"OMG" (featuring Quavo)[1] |
Camila Cabello | Non-album single | Camila Cabello, Charlotte Aitchison, Mikkel Eriksen, Tor Hermansen, Jonnali Parmenius, Quavious Marshall | ||
"Falls" (featuring Sasha Sloan)[62] |
Odesza | A Moment Apart | Featured artist/Co-writer | Clayton Knight, Harrison Mills, Jonnali Parmenius, Alexandra Cheatle | |
"Phases" (with French Montana)[63] |
Alma | Non-album single | Co-writer | Alma-Sofia Miettinen, Charlotte Aitchison, Jonnali Parmenius, Charlie Handsome | |
"This Town" (featuring Sasha Sloan)[64] |
Kygo | Stargazing | Featured artist/Co-writer | Kyrre Gorvell-Dahll, Jonnali Parmenius | |
"I'll Be There" (featuring Sasha Sloan) |
King Henry | For You EP | Henry Allen | ||
"Never Be the Same"[65] | Camila Cabello | Camila | Co-writer | Camila Cabello, Adam Feeney, Leo Rami Dawood, Jacob Ludwig Olofsson, Jonnali Parmenius | |
"Track 10"[66] | Charli XCX | Pop 2 | Charlotte Aitchson, Mikkel Eriksen, Jonnali Parmenius, Alexander Guy Cook, Tor Hermansen | ||
"Perfect" (with Ally Brooke)[67] |
2018 | Topic | Non-album single | Matthew Radosevich, Jonnali Parmenius | |
"Faded Love" (featuring Future)[68] |
Tinashe | Joyride | Tinashe Kachingwe, Jonnali Parmenius, Mikkel Eriksen, Tor Hermansen, Nayvadius Wilburn | ||
"A Good Night" (featuring BloodPop)[69] |
John Legend | TBA | John Stephens, Michael Tucker, Rachel Keen | ||
"Bad Girlfriend"[70] | Anne-Marie | Speak Your Mind | Anne-Marie Nicholson, Paul Blair, Nicholas Monson, Mark Nilan Jr. | ||
"Messy" | Kiiara | Lil Kiiwi | Kiara Saulters, Noah Conrad, Rowland Speckley, Jake Torrey | ||
"Low Key in Love" | Jaira Burns | Burn Slow EP | Jaira Burns, Aaron Kleinstub, Ryan Tedder | ||
"Be Right Here" (with Stargate featuring GOLDN) |
Kungs | TBA | Valentin Brunel, Mikkel Eriksen, Tor Hermansen, Robert "Throttle" Bergin, Charlotte Aitchison, Camila Cabello, Jonnali Parmenius | ||
"This Time Around"[71] | Jaira Burns | Burn Slow EP | Mikkel Eriksen, Nolan Lambroza | ||
"Thick and Thin" | LANY | Malibu Nights | Paul Jason Klein, Jacob Goss, Henry Allen | ||
"I Don't Wanna Love You Anymore" | Paul Jason Klein, Jacob Goss, Nolan Lambroza | ||||
"Thru These Tears" | |||||
"Curiosity"[72] | Nao | Saturn | Neo Jessica Joshua, Daniel Traynor, Henry Allen, Yvette "Naala" Riby—Williams | ||
"Happy" | 2019 | Pink | Hurts 2B Human | Pink, Teddy Geiger, Steph Jones | |
"Cry About It Later" | 2020 | Katy Perry | Smile | Katy Perry, Jonnali Parmenius, Oscar Holter | |
"So Sick" (featuring blackbear) |
Kiiara | Lil Kiiwi | Kiara Saulters, Henry Agincourt Allen, Johnny Mitchell, Mathew Tyler Musto | ||
"Creature of Habit" | 2021 | JoJo | TBA | Emmanuel Nickerson, Morten Ristorp, Justin Tranter | |
"U & Me" | Illenium | Fallen Embers | Illenium |
Date | Place | Country | Venue | Ref |
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February 10, 2018 | Las Vegas, Nevada | ![]() |
The Bunkhouse | [73] |
February 11, 2018 | Phoenix, Arizona | Crescent Ballroom | [73] | |
February 13, 2018 | West Hollywood, California | The Roxy Theatre | [73] | |
February 15, 2018 | Santa Ana, California | Constellation Room | [73] | |
February 16, 2018 | San Francisco, California | Swedish American Hall | [73] | |
February 18, 2018 | Seattle, Washington | The Crocodile | [73] | |
February 20, 2018 | Salt Lake City, Utah | Urban Lounge | [73] | |
February 21, 2018 | Denver, Colorado | Globe Hall | [73] | |
February 22, 2018 | [73] | |||
February 24, 2018 | Austin, Texas | The Parish | [73] | |
February 25, 2018 | New Orleans, Louisiana | Gasa Gasa | [73] | |
February 27, 2018 | Atlanta, Georgia | Terminal West | [73] | |
February 28, 2018 | Nashville, Tennessee | The Basement East | [73] | |
March 2, 2018 | Carrboro, North Carolina | Cat's Cradle | [73] | |
March 3, 2018 | Washington | U Street Music Hall | [73] | |
March 6, 2018 | Toronto, Ontario | ![]() |
Adelaide Hall | [73] |
March 7, 2018 | Buffalo, New York | ![]() |
Town Ballroom | [73] |
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