Hey I‘m Lia Lia, but friends can call me Lia (it’s my birth name). My mum is German, and my dad is Chinese, I grew up in between (literally). I like to write, sing, and make videos. When I’m sad I binge watch anime. My favourite snack is blueberry jelly! My music is something between punk pop rock and sad melancholic vibes and the lyrics are mostly autobiographical with a bit of added surrealism.

I direct messaged Yeti (Doja Cat’s Producer) when I saw that she was playing shows in Germany, just to try my luck. They already had an opener but then 4 hours before the show Yeti texted me back and said the other artist had cancelled. I couldn’t believe it, I got booked for her whole German tour! 4 hours later I stood in the same venue as Doja! One day later we were drinking Champagne together. I’m very fond of those memories and I learned to just always try your luck, you’ll never know what can happen…

Totally! For teens and for everybody, really! I personally struggled with getting to a place where you start to love and accept yourself. coming to terms with who you truly are, without wanting to be someone else, gives you so much new confidence!

To be totally honest, and I was so surprised by this - Moscow was the city where I blended in the most ever! I fit right in until I opened my mouth. Since Russia has a huge Asian Minority, the crowd is a broad European/Asian Mix, almost like me. I loved the people I met and new friends I made. The current circumstances are so heart-breaking. My heart is hurting for the people of Ukraine who lost their home and lives in the war. And I’m also heartbroken for the Russians who oppose the Government, who are silenced, put into prison and have nowhere to go. Their financial assets are frozen, their economy will crash and they don’t have any chance to flee from the country, and who will give them a visa? Fuck the war!

When I write music, it always plays like a movie in my head. I’ve always written, co-directed, produced and edited my videos before. This was the first time I directed everything myself. I don’t know if “big and crazy” would be the right description, I just wanna keep things as real, honest and true to myself to portrait the songs closest visually as I feel them. If I can convey my feelings in their truest form to the viewer and make them feel as well, that would be my greatest success!

I couldn’t believe when I saw it! I didn’t think I would already get a Spotify Cover! But you have to admit the moth artwork just looks great on the app (laughs).

I don’t think I’m “baby punk” anymore - it was a concept originally inspired by Tokyo and the Anime Nana! I was super heart broken during that time and my trip to Tokyo back then was my salvation. Baby punk was like the first version of Lia Lia, another character, maybe just another era, and I was hiding behind that. But when I’m totally honest with myself, I’m not really that badass bi*ch demon slayer, even though I wanted to be! A lot of shit has happened in my life and I’m much much more vulnerable. I wasn’t ready to talk about that back then. But I think I’m ready now! I’m ready to take off all the layers I was hiding behind and be myself.

I think that I just want to reach as many people as possible. If I could somehow make them feel less lonely and more understood, that would be my ultimate goal. I’m happiest when I get to sing and make music, it makes a lot of my worries disappear and I’d hope to make others feel the same! This world can be so dark!