Cehryl

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cehryl
Born
Cheryl Chow

Hong Kong
Genres
Instrument(s) Guitar, Piano, Bass
Labels Nettwerk Records

Cheryl Chow, [1] known professionally as Cehryl (stylized as cehryl), is a singer, songwriter, producer, film composer and instrumentalist based mainly in Hong Kong. [2] [3]

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Biography

Chow was born and grew up in Hong Kong. [4] She played classical piano from a young age, and learned to play guitar on YouTube as a teenager. [5] She studied music production and engineering at Berklee College of Music. [6] Her Wherever it May be Be EP was made start from finish in her bedroom in Boston before moving to Los Angeles. [7] She has toured with Sports, Mac Ayres, Still Woozy and opened for Ravyn Lanae, Dijon Duenas and Raveena. [8] Her tours with Jeremy Zucker and Cavetown were put on hold due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [9] Her sophomore EP time machine was released in spring of 2021 with Nettwerk Records. Her third LP willow tree was released with Nettwerk Records in 2024. In late 2025, she independently released a 24-hour track electronica/ambient album titled You Win Some, You Lose A Lot.

Artistry

cehryl records, and produces all of her own tracks. [10] [11] Complex featured her as one of the "Best New Artists of the Month" in July 2019, describing her sound as "more A24 than Marvel." [12]

Still Loud reported that it only took cehryl one and a half months to compose, write and produce the entirety of her second EP, Delusions. [13]

Her song "angels (Emily)" was co-produced with Andrew Sarlo. [14]

She has cited soul, R&B, indie/dream pop and rock artists and bands as her musical influences, including The Velvet Underground, Stevie Wonder, D'Angelo, Prince, Yo La Tengo, Beach House, my bloody valentine, Nina Simone, Chet Baker, Arthur Verocai, Caetano Veloso, Frank Ocean, The Internet, The Strokes, Soulquarians, Solange, Elliot Smith, Khalil Fong, Chopin, Debussy and more.

She has frequently collaborated with filmmaker Natalie A. Chao as a composer, whose short documentary To Know Her (2021) was part of the official selection at Sundance Film Festival 2021.

She is a frequent collaborator of filmmaker Oliver Chen, having worked on his 2024 short film Moth & I (which premiered at Hong Kong Asian Film Festival 2025) and the song "California" by Hong Kong indie rock band Almond Milk.

Discography


• chamber music EP (2015)

• Delusions LP (2016)

• wherever it may be EP (2017)

• Slow Motion LP (2019)

• time machine EP (2021)

• willow tree LP (2024)

• You Win Some, You Lose A Lot LP (2025)

References

  1. ↑ "ANGELS EMILY". ASCAP. American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers. Retrieved February 3, 2025.
  2. ↑ "Prince | Indietronica | Page 2" . Retrieved 2021-02-13.
  3. ↑ "From the Intercom: The Best Albums of 2019". From the Intercom. 2020-02-05. Retrieved 2021-02-13.
  4. ↑ Chu, Koel (2017-09-08). "Finding a space for their music: from Hong Kong to Berklee" . Retrieved 2021-02-13.
  5. ↑ "Female Empowerment Bops!". Her Campus. Retrieved 2021-02-13.
  6. ↑ "Cehryl - "Fractals"". IndieCurrent. 2016-07-02. Retrieved 2021-02-13.
  7. ↑ "Cehryl Crafts a Chill Ode to Relocation in DIY 'Wherever It May Be' EP / Ones To Watch". Ones To Watch. Retrieved 2021-02-13.
  8. ↑ Blais-Billie, Braudie (2019-08-23). "Cehryl on her new video 'Satellite' and political unrest in Hong Kong". i-D. Retrieved 2021-02-13.
  9. ↑ P22.studio. "Bedroom Soul Artist cehryl Sings on the Innocent Side of Unrequited Love on "Moon Eyes"". The Wild Honey Pie. Retrieved 2021-02-13.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  10. ↑ Intza (2020-10-29). "Girls With Guitars". THE BACKSTAGE CLUB. Retrieved 2021-02-13.
  11. ↑ "Female Empowerment Bops!". Her Campus. Retrieved 2021-02-13.
  12. ↑ "Best New Artists of the Month (July)". Complex. Retrieved 2021-02-13.
  13. ↑ Chu, Koel (2017-09-08). "Finding a space for their music: from Hong Kong to Berklee" . Retrieved 2021-02-13.
  14. ↑ "cehryl's Intimate Song "angels (emily)" Is a Visceral Indie Pop Upheaval". Atwood Magazine. 2020-12-24. Retrieved 2021-02-13.

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