When we wake up to a beautiful day with the sun shining, it’s easier to focus on the positive things in our lives. “You have the option to look at your life and see the good,” says Sara Haze, explaining the title to her new album, My Personal Sky. The line comes from her song “Beautiful Day” in which she states she’s “already been through the rain” and now there’s “not a cloud” in her “personal sky.” While that’s where she may have ended up, this sun-bleached blonde Southern California girl explores the whole journey through her music.
Releasing her first major album at the age of 19 has been a long time coming for this songstress. Wise beyond her age, Sara writes about growing up in the modern teenage world in a way that connects. “When one of my songs touches someone it means the world to me,” exclaims Sara who’s had over 30 songs placed in films and television shows, including AMERICA’S NEXT TOP MODEL, RUBY and CENTER STAGE: TURN IT UP.
Fans of MTV’s reality phenomenon, The Hills, responded en masse with over 300,000 hits on Sara’s MySpace page when her song, “My Own Hands To Hold,” was used to illustrate a scene depicting a rocky relationship. With piano-driven chords and a haunting melody line, this song speaks to anyone who didn’t get a storybook ending to a relationship.
After living through all the trials of her teenage experience, it’s the positive memories Sara embraces today. “This world can be full of hardship and pain,” she says knowingly, “but if you go through these things you’ll appreciate what you have and be able to see all the good in the world.” And that might just be the start of a beautiful day in your own personal sky.
