Laura Mam is a woman on a mission: to change the face of popular music in Cambodia. And this 29-year-old American-born singer-songwriter could be just the person to do it.

“Speaking and reading Khmer has been incredibly important for me to connect here with both the land and its people,” said Mam, who has been studying the language in earnest since college.

In the song’s rousing chorus, Mam delivers a lyrical message aimed squarely at Cambodian youth: “I just wanna dance for the people in my nation”.