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In her young life, Sunny War<\/a> has been through more than most\u2014homelessness, drug addiction, even making her first album<\/a> in a sober living home as a teen. But when the pandemic hit in 2020, forcing much of the world into sudden, extended isolation\u2014physically, socially, and emotionally\u2014War, like a butterfly, began shrugging off her cocoon in unexpected ways.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe only good thing I learned from last year is how to love and value my friends and family,\u201d War tells Audiofemme<\/em> from her home in Los Angeles, weeks before the release of her new album\u00a0Simple Syrup<\/em>. \u201cMy family started a group chat, and we talk more now than we ever did. I have also reconnected with old friends and talked with them for hours, like we were kids again. I’ve got a new roller-skating crew I meet up with at the park now. Before COVID I really hated people.\u00a0Now I am more aware of how precious and fragile life is and I feel more connected to everyone [because] we are all trying to overcome this whole thing together.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

War has also been busy founding an L.A. chapter of the non-profit organization Food Not Bombs<\/a>, which provides vegan meals to community members living on the streets through volunteer-driven services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aside from activism, re-connecting and roller skating, War also found a new passion for programming beats. After her tour was cancelled, War initially decided to wait out the pandemic before releasing new music. But the prolific poet and lyricist realized that she needed to translate this moment in history into song.<\/p>\n\n\n\n