SINGER, songwriter and producer from Singapore, Shye, released his first single in 2024. Titled Can’t You See, Shye’s new single tells the story of trying to express his love for someone other than through words.
International musicians such as Rex Orange Country were Shye’s inspiration for this song.
Shye explained, “For my first single this year, I wanted to share something light and relaxed. At that time I was feeling a little nostalgic regarding the dream-pop music trend in 2018 and 2019. This then inspired me to make this song which was inspired by musicians- musicians like Boy Pablo, Clairo, Dayglow, and Rex Orange County.”
Regarding the musical direction of the single Can’t You See, Shye said, “The EP ‘9LIVES’ that I released last October is full of alternative rock nuances full of distortion. Almost the opposite of the type of music I made when I first released music, namely through The songs are in the dream pop genre and I always seem to return to that genre. The light bell synth sound in this song is the sound I used on my debut EP ‘Augus7ine’.”
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Shye is a 20 year old independent musician, producer, and songwriter from Singapore.
A musician who upholds the do it yourself (diy) spirit, Shye also writes, records, and mixes and masters his own music from home.
Her music is inspired by a variety of genres ranging from dreamy electronic pop, 2000s pop-punk, and 80s British rock bands.
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Shye taught himself music and started his musical journey at the age of 16 when he participated in a music competition on a whim in 2018.
Unexpectedly, he came out as champion and it didn’t take long for him to release his first EP entitled ‘Augus7ine’ in the same year.
Shye is known as a prolific musician. In 2020, Shye released his first album entitled Days to Morning Glory, which featured 14 songs.
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Shye’s second EP entitled Hello TRINITY was released in 2021 and was followed by the EP IDK It’s Complicated’ in 2022.
His latest music project ‘9LIVES’ which has an alternative rock feel will be released in October 2023.
Shye has opened for several international musicians including Daniel Caesar, Clairo, Superorganism, Sales, Men I Trust, and The Chairs.
He has also performed at various music festivals such as Tiger Den SXSW in Austin, Texas (2023), Asia Rolling Music Festival in Taiwan (2022), Urbanscapes in Malaysia, (2019), Baybeats in Singapore (2023, 2019), and virtually at Music Lane Okinawa (2021) and Bangkok Music City (2020).
Shye’s hard work received global affirmation when his face was plastered on billboards in Times Square, New York as he was featured in Spotify’s EQUAL campaign in 2021.
Shye was also named Best New Act from Asia at the 2022 BandLab NME Awards.
As an independent musician, Shye sponsored his solo concert in Singapore which was all sold out in October 2022.
Last year, Shye was also included in the Forbes Asia 30 Under 30 list. In terms of the small screen, Shye recently also participated in reality shows in China and Chuang Asia Thailand. (RO/Z-1)
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