Three people on three sides of the planet keep finding a way into the same song. That is the story behind “Addiction”, the second joint release from Sasha Shlain, Chemutai Sage and SocraTess. Sasha Shlain is the Swiss-based producer and composer, and the piano player in the band. His catalogue stretches across several albums: Devotion in 2022, World of Friends in 2023 and He Promised To Come in 2024. Chemutai Sage is the Kenyan-American singer.

She has been releasing music since her 2016 album Expose Yourself, and in 2026 she teamed up with Boris Brejcha on “Don’t Stress Your Mind” and “Alicante”. SocraTess brings spoken word, the third voice in the room and the one that rides on rhythm rather than melody.

The trio met online. They create online, they share online, and they plan to meet in person one day, which they announce with a winking smiley. That detail says a lot about the whole project. Three artists trade ideas across borders and time zones, and the result lands as a single piece of music. New R&B-pop single “Addiction” follows “Wild Fire”, the first track the three made together, which came out in January 2026 and runs over five minutes.

A second collaboration, “Addiction,” signals a real partnership. Shlain, Sage and SocraTess describe the setup as equal, with each of them contributing a unique part, and every new song brings something special. That is a rare creative balance, where producer, singer and poet all hold the same weight.

The title “Addiction” promises tension. Addiction is a word with plenty of shadow in it, and a trio built from composition, song and spoken word has the right tools to explore it from three angles at once: the beat, the melody and the verse. Chemutai’s voice and SocraTess’s words trading lines over Shlain’s arrangements is the combination to watch.