El Perro Del Mar - candy, 2006

"Sarah Assbring is effortless, not just with her ongoing relationship with music—or even when she walked down the runway for Balenciaga—but in the small intimacies of her everyday life. In Assbring’s world, she takes the good with the bad, and through both, only sees beauty. Creating under the alias of El Perro Del Mar, the Swedish indie pop star has released multiple albums, which all exist in their own respective space, giving way to Assbring’s wide spectrum of references. And while her sound is airy and light, she admits that it doesn’t come without intensive, and somewhat cyclical, emotional labor. “I always end up at that moment where I have to deconstruct everything and fall to the floor, and really ask myself, 'Why do I do this? Is it worth it?' Then I end up having that bare, raw, naked reason where I know, “yes this is the place, this is where I’m supposed to be.”