who is Sarya?
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sarya (they/them) is a Taiwanese-American singer-songwriter/poet based in Taipei and Edinburgh.
sarya’s music stems from the roots of spoken word and DIY music, using emotional lyrics to fuel their Nordic-cave inspired vocals. sarya likes to play with kitschy and electronic 8-bit noises to make catchy and/or pessimistic songs about the worries of everyday life. Spanning across multiple genres and always keen for experimenting, sarya has over 500,000 streams for their latest EP, "take care of yourself". With a steady presence in the Scottish and Taiwanese indie scene, "i don't know where i'm going but that's okay" was featured on The Herald Scotland as the #1 song of new Scottish music of 2020.
most recent SINGLE release:
“Sarya’s music is blunt-force lyricism meeting with cloudy, video game-inspired synth sonics.”
“"sarya is an absolute master at capturing relatable feelings and emotions with their sublime lo-fi beats and exceptional lyricism"”
“Intimate, personal, and with a vocal range that made even the simplest lyrics sound profound.”
“...an irresistible cauldron of indie, electronica and folk sounds and the soaring high-pitched vocal melancholy...”
— Martin Williams, The Herald Scotland, Top 100 Tunes From Scotland in 2020