St. Panther

St. Panther is the recording project of Dani Bojorges-Giraldo (they/them), a Mexican/Colombian artist, producer, singer, rapper, and multi-instrumentalist living in East Los Angeles. Strange World, a new EP of soulful modern pop songs, marks St. Panther’s first release with art-forward label partner drink sum wtr. A striking return and sign of what’s to come, Strange World reignites the excited simmer that surrounded their 2020 breakout debut EP, These Days. Smooth, dynamic, and super-charged with emotion, the songs of Strange World search for purpose, security, and love — notions that are ever at odds with the speed of today’s uncertain landscape. “We’ll never be the same / But I’m still rooting for us,” they sing on the title track, lending a statement of intent for a set that thrives in realness and hope. Five years is a long time in this strange world, and Bojorges-Giraldo used it wisely, making space to grow as an artist and person, to record, and to “become a part of my village,” they explain. “I've spent so many years making music and making noise endlessly and kind of just shouting into this echo chamber that never ends. But I took this long pause to really listen to my village, listen to the needs of my community, and the people around me. We're all feeling the weight of the world on our shoulders a bit. We want hope, you know, for our listeners, we want people to feel heard and that there's someone out there representing this feeling.”