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One to watch: Mui Zyu


The Belfast-born singer-songwriter mixes the sweet and the surreal on lo-fi pop that draws on her Chinese roots – and the cosmos

Born in Belfast to immigrant parents from Hong Kong, raised in the south of England, singer and producer Eva Liu first emerged in 2017, fronting London/Glasgow art-rock trio Dama Scout. Covid lockdowns put the band’s plans on hold, while rising racism against people of east and south-east Asian heritage during that period led to Liu writing songs to process it all. Her 2023 debut album, Rotten Bun for an Eggless Century, features her enchanting vocals over lo-fi pop that occasionally descends into distortion, interspersed with the glowing textures of traditional Chinese instrumentation.

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