I am a very conflicted and reclusive person. I am sad, insecure and anxious all the time. These qualities come from my family and the way I grew up. A song like this makes me smile right from the top. I think it is healthy to put it out for myself, and I hope this will lift my listeners as well.

I get emails from commercial music people saying that they love when they can have songs with an international flair.  I am in this entertainment business and I know if people are watching me that's because I have things they don’t have. Kanpai came together because of some magical inspiration that was sparked. I am not feeding into any other people’s fantasy about me and my community. This song came out just at the right time. I believe now it's a good time to be a woman, and to be Asian. Put me on the stage, my dreams are valid and I deserve to be heard.

Music is just the quickest medium for me to express how I feel and how I think our society could be better. I read the New York Times first thing in the morning and I watch CNN to go to sleep. I get angry when I see women being treated unfairly, I get upset when I see rich people are giving the bare minimum and taking advantage of the under-privileged.
As well as music, I’ve made neon sound reactive sculpture installations around Times Square and also at my DJ set at MoMA. But I choose songs as my current focus because I know the process and I can spread my message to a larger audience. I grew up with rigorous classical music training and I want to be able to practice art until the day I die.  I think to a lot of people music is a business, a sound or a wave. It is not any of that for me because those things fade. It's too early to label me with anything at all.

My life is full of struggles and painful learning experiences. I have nowhere to escape to. My main mission on this earth is to create a fantasy that people didn’t know they needed until they have it.

My taste changes as my art practice progresses. But within me there is always a part that loves kawaii stuff. I never ever wear Qi Gao even though it is part of my roots. The pink modern dreamy Qi Pao in the music video was customized for me and I looked perfect in it. It was a very special look for me. The parrots idea came from my love of animals, nature and the zoo. I'm doing it for the parrot lovers. They are so smart. The parrots in the Kanpai music video actually learnt how to say Kanpai on the set.
For my music videos I’d always start with imagining some scenes, making an excel sheet with the breakdowns. LEGEND with Alice Glass might be my favourite music video because it shows my punk energy. I was really inspired by Alice Glass’ pre-covid live sets. We basically recreated them in the video.

It does feel so much better when my icons notice me. News and business people won’t believe something is worth paying attention to until you get that co-sign or they see money. Life is too fast and too real to overthink or indulge. I am just stoked to be able to create something music listeners would be amused by. I aspire to be a fly higher and I am always working on what’s next.

I am literally just being me.

I want to have my own talk show, like Seth Meyers or Trevor Noah. So I can actually hammer policy makers every single day for a better society.

Living a life outside my hometown was what I really wanted. I didn’t know growing up, grinding and surviving could be this hard and painful. Being misunderstood and dismissed are not nice. Maybe that’s why I imagine myself as another version of me in my songs.

I don’t really think about doing anything else that is unrelated to making music and my art. I enjoy getting a manicure and a massage sometimes.

I started out by DJing all over Manhattan. I was really lucky to be able to pay my bills by doing music. Even though I had to fight some shit promoters and I used to DJ for 6 hours at just 50 dollars in cash, so I could afford to buy food. Live experience and reading the crowd trained my ears before I even tried to produce and write songs. I was on a sold-out US tour with Dorian Electra and I had other amazing show offers lined-up. For example, Stella McCartney had her team reach out because she wanted me to play at her fashion show. I am a huge Paul McCartney fan. So it was insane to even think about she has listened to my songs and wants me to perform at her namesake fashion brand’s show.

I think a lot of people left my life because they just didn’t want to deal with me anymore.  I ask for help and I get no answer. It’s really cruel. But I also want other people to live the life they deserve. I will sit in my dark and figure it all out. I am too emotional for a lot of people that I love. So I understand and support their choice. My dreams are valid at the end of the day. I am smart and strong enough most of the time.

I am back on tour already. People can track me on my Bandsintown page or my Spotify page. It's really important for me to let my listeners experience my world live. Because it takes them to a world that is full of passion and honest feelings. I am going to make an EP that is for dancing. I want to be able to play for 30K people at a stadium.