Sara Forsberg facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Sara Forsberg
Forsberg performing in 2016
Background information
Birth name	Sara Maria Forsberg
Also known as	SAARA Smokahontas Smoukahontas Smo
Born	(1994-05-02) 2 May 1994 (age 31) Jakobstad, Finland
Genres	Pop R&B dance-pop
Occupation(s)	Singer songwriter YouTube personality television presenter
Instruments	Vocals
Years active	2014–present
Labels	Capitol Universal Music Finland
YouTube information
Subscribers	1.15 million
Total views	156 million
Subscriber and view counts updated as of 15 September 2023.

Sara Maria Forsberg (born May 2, 1994) is a talented Finnish singer, songwriter, and TV host. She is also a popular YouTube personality. You might know her by her past stage names like SAARA, Smo, Smoukahontas, or Smokahontas.

In 2014, Sara signed with Capitol Records, a big music company. Her first song, "Ur Cool", came out in April 2015. It became a top ten hit in Finland, her home country. She later left Capitol Records in 2016. Since then, Sara has continued to make music as an independent artist, working with Universal Music Group. Her YouTube channel has over a million subscribers and more than 100 million views.

Early Life and Background

Sara Forsberg was born on May 2, 1994, in Jakobstad, Finland. Her father was born in Sweden.

When she was very young, Sara lived in other countries with her family. Her parents were missionaries, so they moved around a lot. She lived in Texas for five years and the United Kingdom for one year. Because of this, she mainly spoke English for the first six years of her life.

After living abroad, Sara and her family moved back to Finland for good. She spent some years studying music at an academy in Jakobstad. Before becoming a singer, she also studied to be a chef.

How Sara's Career Started

Becoming a YouTube Star

Sara Forsberg became famous on YouTube in 2014. She posted a video called "What Languages Sound Like to Foreigners." In this video, she pretended to speak different languages using made-up words. People loved how well she could copy the sounds and accents of languages like Japanese, French, Arabic, and Spanish.

This video was posted on March 3, 2014, on her channel, which was first called Smoukahontas Official. It has been watched over 20 million times. She made more videos like this, even mimicking different music styles in "One Girl, 14 Genres."

Sara's Music Journey

In July 2014, Sara signed a record deal with Capitol Records. This was a huge step because she was the first Finnish person to sign with a major American record label. The head of Capitol Records, Steve Barnett, felt that Sara was as special as famous singers like Adele and Sam Smith.

Her first song, "Ur Cool", was released on April 21, 2015. It quickly became one of the top 10 songs in Finland. However, Sara left Capitol Records in February 2016. She explained that her producer left the company, and she felt stuck. Capitol Records agreed to end her contract so she could make music freely again. She also shared that she didn't like the song she was promoting at the time.

In April 2016, Sara's manager announced that she had signed with Universal Music Group. This allowed her to keep releasing music on her own. Her first collection of songs, called Hello I'm Saara, came out on May 27, 2016. The main song from that collection was "The Urge," released in June 2016.

In 2017, Sara released three more songs: "Permission to Love" in February, "Superpowers" in March, and "All the Love" (featuring Jillionaire) in October. On her birthday, May 2, 2018, Sara released her second collection of songs, Almost Acoustic EP. It had four new songs and one remix. She also had her first live concert on YouTube that same day.

Sara also writes songs for other artists. In 2015, she helped write the K-pop group Girls' Generation's song "You Think." This song was part of their album Lion Heart and became very popular. In 2016, she co-wrote "My Heart Wants Me Dead" for Lisa Ajax and "Drip Drop" for Taemin.

Sara has also been featured on other artists' songs. In June 2015, she sang on "Vauvoja" by Finnish singer Kasmir. This song became number one on Finnish music charts. In 2017, she was featured on "Can't Buy Love" by THRDL!FE.

Sara in TV and Movies

In April 2014, Sara signed a deal to work on TV and film projects. She moved to Los Angeles in May 2014 to work on a YouTube channel called "WestToastTV," while also keeping her own channel.

Sara has even appeared in movies! In October 2014, it was announced that she had a small role in the film Skiptrace, directed by Finnish director Renny Harlin.

A cool fact about Sara is that she worked with Lucasfilm for 18 months. She created an alien language used in the movie Star Wars: The Force Awakens! In July 2016, she created another alien language for the movie Star Trek Beyond. She also had a small voice role in that film as an alien named Kalara.

In 2016, Sara was a judge on Talent Suomi, which is the Finnish version of Got Talent. She also became a TV host. On February 5, 2017, she started co-hosting a new Finnish game show called Kaikki vastaan 1 ("Everyone Against 1") on Nelonen TV. In February 2017, she also began hosting Remotely Funny, a British game show on CBBC.

In 2018, Sara continued to appear on Finnish TV. She was on a contest called Pallon ympäri ("Around The Globe"), where she traveled the world doing different tasks. She also co-hosted Kaikki vastaan 1 again in the autumn of 2018.

Other Projects

In May 2015, Sara Forsberg announced her own clothing line called FRSBRG. She promoted it to her fans in Finland with the help of famous Finnish celebrities. The clothing line was planned to be released in November of the same year.

Music Released by Sara

Extended Plays (EPs)

• Hello I'm Saara (2016)
• Almost Acoustic (2018)

Singles

Featured Songs

Writing Credits

Film and TV Appearances

See also

In Spanish: Sara Forsberg para niños