![]() ![]() The song paid homage to previous National Day Parade songs - We Will Get There in 2002 and Our Singapore in 2015. The Sam Willows was one of 27 artistes featured in Singapore's National Day Parade 2019 song titled Our Singapore. In 2019, The Sam Willows collaborated with Singaporean Jazz musician Joanna Dong to release their first Mandarin song. The album art for 'I Know, But Where' (2018). The Sam Willows played Jay Lee (Benjamin Kheng), Orange Tan (Narelle Kheng), Nadia Ang (Sandra Riley Tang), and Bamboo Ng (Jonathan Chua). The comedic plot revolves around growing up and follows the main characters as they navigate through harsh parenting while trying to reach for their dreams. The movie is the first in Singapore to be cosplay-themed. The Sam Willows was part of the cast for the local film ‘Young & Fabulous’. The Sam Willows is the first Southeast Asian Artist featured in Spotify’s Spotlight Campaign across Asia. Their song ‘For Love’ managed to reach #48 on Spotify’s Global Viral Chart. Their song ‘Take Heart’ garnered 4 million streams on Spotify and managed to appear on the regional Spotify charts. The Sam Willows’ single ‘Take Heart’ had managed to top the local iTunes chart for 3 days straight when it was released. The Sam Willows had been nominated for the MTV Europe awards for three years. They managed to attain more than 10 million streams in total for the four songs. ![]() The Sam Willows achieved Gold status for four of their songs - ‘Keep Me Jealous’, ‘Papa Money’, ‘Save Myself’ and ‘Robot’. In 2019, The Sam Willows was listed as one of 'Forbes' 30 Under 30' for the 'Entertainment & Sports in Asia' category. In 2015, The Sam Willows had placed 23rd on Spotify's 'Top 25 Under 25' list, which featured international artists such as Ed Sheeran, Ariana Grande and Sam Smith. Career highlights Īs a local band, The Sam Willows has made waves internationally as well. Their most viewed videos include their cover of Meghan Trainor’s ‘All About That Bass’ and Taylor Swift’s ‘Blank Space’ which raked in 925,900 views and 740,200 views respectively as of February 2019. Their videos include covers, some games and challenges, as well as a web series titled ‘Wandering Willows' where the quartet engage in challenges suggested by their viewers including 'The Try Not To Laugh Challenge' and 'Fear Pong'. The Sam Willows has an official channel on YouTube ( The Sam Willows channel). In an early interview, Sandra stated that their band’s name ‘The Sam Willows’ is representative of their collective identity as a band, emphasizing on the “organic feel” that ‘Sam Willows’ implies. Subsequently, they were invited to Mediacorp Channel 5’s countdown event “Celebrate 2013” and many more stages in the following years. As of January 2019, the video has garnered 209,000 views on YouTube ( YouTube video). The video went viral and this incident marked their rise to fame as a household name. In May 2012, The Sam Willows uploaded their first mashup and cover of hit songs Hey Soul Sister by Train and We Are Young by Fun. Started in late 2011, the quartet had first grouped together to perform at their school’s alumni concert. The Sam Willows performing at the National Day Parade in 2015.
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