Sara Forsberg
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Forsberg performing in 2016
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| Birth name | Sara Maria Forsberg |
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2 May 1994 Jakobstad, Finland |
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| Years active | 2014–present |
| Labels | Capitol |
Sara Maria Forsberg (born 2 May 1994), known professionally as Saara (stylised as SAARA; formerly Smo, Smoukahontas, or Smokahontas), is a Finnish singer, songwriter, YouTube personality and television presenter.
As a singer, Forsberg was signed to Capitol Records in 2014 and released her debut single "Ur Cool" in April 2015, which went on to become a top ten hit in her native Finland. She left in early 2016 after disagreements with the label and her producer. Forsberg has continued to release music as an independent artist in affiliation with Universal Music Group.
Forsberg was born on 2 May 1994 in Jakobstad, Finland, to a Finnish mother and a Finnish-speaking Swedish father, and was raised speaking only Finnish. Her parents were Baptist missionaries, and Forsberg grew up a missionary kid. Because of her parents' career, she moved frequently as a child, living in Texas and the United Kingdom for periods of time, before returning permanently back to Finland at age six. Forsberg spent a few years in a music academy in Jakobstad, and later studied to become a chef before embarking on a singing career.
Since her video What Languages Sound Like to Foreigners was posted on YouTube on 3 March 2014 on her channel Smoukahontas Official (which subsequently has been changed into "SAARA"), it was seen over 17 million times in June 2016. Her ability to mimic accents and speech melodies of different languages, which include Japanese, Estuary English, American with California accent, Swedish, French, Italian, Arabic, and Spanish, using mainly nonexistent words, was praised by media in a number of countries.
In the first sequel, she re-impersonated some of the languages from the initial video and added new ones, including "Something African" and "Scottish". In another sequel, her "One Girl, 14 Genres" video, a number of musical genres were mimicked.
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