by REERA YOO
On Wednesday, Los Angeles indie artist Hana Kim released a powerful and poignant song “Heaven Sees Me,” which sheds light on the atrocities of human trafficking.
Hauntingly beautiful and full of raw emotion, the song is an anthem dedicated to renewing hope to young victims and survivors who lost their innocence in the sex trafficking industry.
“Piece by piece, you bought and sold / You’re trading me now in for gold / I was never yours to hold,” Kim sings in the stirring chorus, her soft and soulful voice never wavering from the song’s message.
The music video also portrays the heaviness of the pressing injustice with its use of dark imagery and slow motions. In the video, a young girl dressed in a plain sack is seen running away from her trafficker in an abandoned building, only to be recaptured in the end.
Since 2009, Kim has established herself as an independent singer-songwriter, performing at notable venues such as The Hotel Café, The Ford Amphitheatre, and The Roxy Theater. She has opened for artists such as Ryan Cabrera, Sam Bradley, and Marty O’Reilly and has been using her music to serve charitable causes.
The single Heaven Sees Me is now available for download on iTunes. All proceeds from the track will go to Saving Innocence, a nonprofit organization that rescues and restores child victims of sex trafficking.
Photo courtesy of Hana Kim
