Sawyer Hill Shares “Eye For An Eye (FOR GHOST OF YŌTEI),”
Today, breakout Arkansas-based rocker Sawyer Hill unveils “Eye for an Eye (for Ghost of Yōtei),” a moody alternative rock ballad inspired by PlayStation’s highly anticipated new release, coming October 2. Fresh off a sold-out 21-date North American tour with YUNGBLUD, Sawyer continues to expand his world, pairing raw emotional lyricism with the cinematic scope of Ghost of Yōtei.
The new song follows Sawyer’s latest EP, Heartbreak Hysteria, released this spring via (dis)harmony/AWAL. The EP is an intimate journey through Sawyer’s inner self—exploring the highs and lows, heartbreak and anxiety of life and a unique amalgamation of alternative, rock and timeless post-punk. It was produced by Chris Greatti (Willow, Yungblud, MGK, Poppy) and Suzy Shinn (Fall Out Boy, Panic! At The Disco, 5 Seconds of Summer), and received critical praise from the likes of American Songwriter, Ones To Watch, Northern Transmissions and more.
Sawyer grew up in a very religious Pentecostal Church household, convincing his parents at 14 years old to sign a notarized affidavit that allowed him to play in bars and clubs—as long as he was playing music and not drinking. Parents placated, he held down a medical tech day job (until he was fired for posting his music on his social media), and performed for a better part of a decade in dive bars and local haunts of greater Northwest Arkansas, until his 2022 released song “Look at the Time” exploded online. The grungy rock hymn was written years earlier. A song that friends would beg him to perform at Lunchapalooza, a lunchtime music jam at his high school. A song that moved his sister to tears while she was listening to him sing it in the bedroom next door. A song that was destined to become a smash hit.
Early in 2024 “Look at the Time” launched him into the stratosphere when it topped Spotify’s Viral 50 chart in the US and gained 120 million video views. The catalyst kicked off a new music career, 10 years in the making. Soon, Sawyer Hill went from playing small local shows to headlining his first-ever US tour, which sold over 15,000 tickets, with sold out dates in Europe and highly praised performances at Bonnaroo, Austin City Limits and Reeperbahm in Germany. Sawyer has amassed nearly 100 million streams in the past two years, and his journey is only just getting started.