HOW AMERICAN SINGER SAHARA FELL IN LOVE WITH OPM

We love Original Pilipino Music (OPM), and so do foreigners. One of them is Sahara, an American who adores OPM.

- JERRY DONATO

That explains her moniker, "The American OPM singer." She has done covers like Dahil Ba Sa Kanya and Buwan, Christmas songs Tanging Hiling and Pasko'y Ipagdiwang, and singles We Can Be (As One), Kabiyak, and Pakyut.

Sahara will release the single titled Agos, featuring Paul Sapiera, vocalist of the '90s Pinoy band Rock Star, on April 20 in the US.

"My current song is called Agos, and I just actually love the theatrics of it," said the classically-trained Las Vegas-based artist in a recent virtual one-on-one with THE STAR. 

"It was written by Paul Sapiera from Rock Star. He's actually living in Las Vegas, and I met him about a year or two ago, and I was like, 'I wanna work with you, I wanna work with you." Finally, the opportunity for the two to collaborate came, and Agos is a testament to it. 

Sahara described Paul as someone who is "so incredibly talented, so creative," and helpful with her Tagalog. After recording the song, they also worked on the concept of its music video. Sahara had an amazing work journey with the talented, multi-instrumentalist artist.