who is Sarya?
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sarya (they/them) is a Taiwanese-American singer-songwriter/poet based between Taipei and Seattle. they were previously based in Edinburgh, where they began to make music in 2017.
sarya’s work stems from spoken word and DIY music, using emotional lyrics to fuel their emotive vocals. sarya plays with video game inspired electronic noises to make songs about tender matters of the heart and soul. Spanning across multiple genres, sarya has over 1,000,000 streams for their sophomore EP, "take care of yourself". sarya has appeared in various Spotify editorial playlists and has played in music festivals and venues across the US, Scotland, Canada, and Taiwan.
“In the growing field of confessional, lo-fi electronic music, sarya remains one of its most poetic and imaginative voices.”
“With sarya’s fresh storytelling perspective as a Taiwanese-American non-binary artist, the everyday is transformed into an intensely personal narrative about connection, solitude, and the beauty of seeing the world through a different lens.”
most recent SINGLE release:
Notable Live Performances:
- Kelburn Garden Party Music Festival (Scotland, 2023)
- Pride Asia (Seattle, 2025)
- Music Waste Music Festival (Canada, 2025)
- Tune & BBC Music Introducing Presents… (Episode 2, April 2021)
- Sofar Sounds Glasgow
- Sofar Sounds Edinburgh
- Sofar Sounds Seattle
- Sofar Sounds Taipei
“Taiwan raised, Edinburgh honed, sarya has always set out to do things a little differently. Their execution of differing genres across their catalogue has always been admired”
“Sarya’s music is blunt-force lyricism meeting with cloudy, video game-inspired synth sonics.”