sarya

**Northwest Folklife (2026) at the Vera Project**
*by Madison Jones (Seattle Gay News)*

who is Sarya?

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 2018.

sarya’s work stems from spoken word and DIY music, using emotional lyrics to fuel their emotive vocals.

Spanning across multiple genres, sarya has over 1,000,000 streams for their sophomore EP, “take care of yourself” and appeared in various Spotify editorial playlists and has played in music festivals and venues across the US, Scotland, Canada, and Taiwan.

main genres: electropop, indie folk, artpop

“In the growing field of confessional, lo-fi electronic music, sarya remains one of its most poetic and imaginative voices.”

— Daniel Meggitt, Music Crowns, 2025

“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.”

— Natalie Patrick, Earmilk, 2025

most recent SINGLE release:

BOYTOY (2026)

bubblegum pop / electropop

a much anticipated gender-defying queer summer anthem to simping on a risky crush :)

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ARE YOU A TREE? (2025)

LOFI BEATS/ CHILL ELECTRONICA

first song i ever wrote in seattle, after hiking in rattlesnake ledge. it's a song about feeling something like love after wondering if you're heart could even feel that way again after loss.