Kiri T

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Kiri T at Soho House (Nov 27, 2022)
Background information
Birth nameKiri Tse Hiu Ying
Also known asKiri T
Born (1994-12-27) December 27, 1994 (age 29)
Hong Kong
Genres
Occupation(s)Singer-Songwriter, Musician, Producer, Composer, Lyricist, Pianist
Instrument(s)
Years active2017-present
Labels
Formerly ofOne One Collective (2019)
Website kiritmusic.net
EducationMarymount Secondary School, Berkeley College of Music
Notable work10,000ft
Temporary
Psycho
Catch Vibes
AwardsWhats Good Music Awards 2022:Best Female Singer、Best Song(English)Silver Award《Temporary》

Music OnAir Award: Kiri T (ENEMY), (uknowdat), (Fuvk the Fairytale)

Kiri T, (born Kiri Tse Hiu Ying on December 27, 1994) previously known as Kiri Tse, is a singer-songwriter currently signed under Warner Music Hong Kong. [1] As one of the leading artists in Hong Kong who specializes in Hong Kong English pop, she often tops Hong Kong English song charts. [2] [3] [4]

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As a alumini of the Berklee College of Music, Kiri began her music career at the age of 14 when she started writing songs for major Cantopop stars. [5] She debuted as a Indie singer-songwriter in 2015 with her first-ever single, Twenty-Something. Kiri focused on music production in the UK & US and wrote popular tracks including Rearview Mirror and Strangers before returning to Hong Kong in 2019. In 2021, she released her 2nd album, CHILI T, covering viral songs like Psycho, 10,000ft. and Temporary. [6] [7] [8] Most of her songs are in English, but she is also known locally for her Cantonese hits. [9] Her fanbase extends out of Hong Kong and covers countries like Britain, United States, Singapore and Taiwan. She had also received quite a number of awards. [10]

Biography

Before Debut

Kiri went to primary school in Hong Kong and secondary school in the UK. She took classical music lessons and began composing songs. In 2009, when Kiri was fourteen, she composed the music for Joey Yung's song 兩面 as her first ever musical work.

College Years

Kiri studied at Berklee College of Music in the United States. In 2012, Kiri produced the song 無臉人, and in 2013, she wrote the song & lyrics of ALL IS FAIR and got apperciation from her idol Denise Ho. She later was signed into Denise's record label Goomusic, and began to write songs for many singers. [11] [12]

In 2015, she released her very first single, Twenty-Something on Soundcloud. This captured the attention of another artist, Lucian, which wrote a remix version for her. Twenty-Something (Lucian Remix) got over 7 million streams on Spotify and labels were interested in signing her; however, she refused and became an independent singer-songwriter. In 2016, she performed at Denise's "Dear Friend" concert at Hong Kong Coliseum. [13]

Kurious Grocery (2017-2022)

Kiri began her music career as a indie singer-songwriter in New York, releasing popular tracks like Rearview Mirror, I'm Not Here and Strangers. In 2017, she wrote songs for award-winning Cantopop artists like Cherry Ngan, Kary Ng, Jan Lamb and Waa Wei. Her debut album Golden Kiri (2019) and subsequent single releases which showcased her unique fusion of pop, R&B and electronic music have received strong local Hong Kong radio support and topped many English music charts. [14] [15]

Kiri was also featured on Denise's 菇武門 Podcast in 2020 after releasing well-known tracks Psycho and IDontBelieveInClosures. Later, Kiri, along with other artists formed the group One One Collective and hosted songwriting camps. Later on in June 2020, she released her first Mandarin track Fuvk the Fairytale. In 2021, Kiri T released her second album, CHILI T. The album includes well-known tracks such as Temporary, Psycho, and 10,000ft. [16] Following the release of the album, she was featured on ViuTV's Chill Club TV show for the very first time. In late 2021, she composed Janice Vidal's Little Miss Janice and was featured on a ViuTV singer-songwriter program.

Warner Music (2022-present)

Kiri joined Warner Music Hong Kong as a part of the Future Is Now Program in July, 2022. Her first single with Warner Music, u owe me $$, got first place on song charts, which she later made another version of the song called i hate u owe me $$, combining the song with Moon Tang's i hate u. She began to release cantonese tracks including Twist Cone in October 2022 and Dear Kiwi in March 2023. [17] She was also chosen as Spotify Hong Kong's EQUAL cover artist for March, 2023. [18] In December, she collabed with Moon Tang again and released a Christmas special EP called not so xmas xmas, and songs You Make It Feel Like Christmas and Twelve Nights of Christmas was featured on Topsify's playlist 100 Greatest Christmas Songs Ever.

In December 2023, Kiri was chosen as 7 Hong Kong female singers to watch out for in 2024 by International magazine Tatler and Hong Kong's Top 100 Influencers by #legend magazine. [19] [20] In March 2024, she released You Gotta Screw Up At Least Once, which got 1 million streams on Spotify [21] in just one and a half months. Her YouTube channels (Personal Channel and Topic Channel) was also merged together, and her own channel became the Official Artist Channel in the same month. [22]

Branding

Kiri used to have her own music label, Kurious Grocery, a subsidiary of Denise Ho's Goomusic with Canaan Fong as her manager. [23] The label was created back in 2017 but ceased operations in 2022 when Kiri joined Warner Music Hong Kong.

Facts

Incidents

Discography

Albums and EPs
YearAlbum TitleTypeBrandNotes
2019Golden KiriAlbumKurious GroceryDebut Album
San Junipero · Roll Deep in the Feels · Rearview Mirror · IDontBelieveInClosures · Better · Strangers · I’m Not Here · Castle in the Sky · Twenty-Something · 囡 To Stanford (Bonus Track)
2019Sugar TapesAlbum
Catch Vibes · Pretty Thing · Cold Out · Colours · Rise and Shine · Like That · Curious Case of Felicia Waters · Talk to Me
2021CHILI TAlbum
Psycho · ENEMY · Don't Judge My Body · 1312! · Fuvk the Fairytale · icouldusealittlehelp · Temporary · Fairytale · 10,000ft.
2023 not so xmas xmas EPWarner Music (Hong Kong)With Moon Tang
Let It Snow · Twelve Nights Of Christmas · Last Christmas · Christmas Hideaway · Not On This Christmas · You Make It Feel Like Christmas
Singles
DateSong TitleComposerLyricistArrangerProducerNotes
2015
5/10Twenty-SomethingKiri T
10/30Twenty-Something

(Luician Remix)

Kiri TKiri T/Luician
2016
5/9LeaveKiri TDemo of Kary Ng's 奉愛之名
2017
6/20I'm Not HereKiri TKiri T/Max MckellarKiri TMatthew Sim
6/26I'm Not Here (HIRSK Remix)Kiri Thirsk
7/12Size 9Kiri T/Alex FungJan LambAlex FungCantopop single with Jan Lamb
7/14I'm Not Here (Kultur Remix)Kiri TKultur
8/11Rearview MirrorKiri T/Matthew Sim/Max MckellarKiri T/Max Mckellar
9/15BetterKiri TKiri T/Max MckellarKiri TKiri T/Alexander Fung/Matthew Sim
11/17Roll Deep In The FeelsKiri Thirsk
2018
1/12StrangersKiri TKiri T/Matthew Sim
12/22In BetweenSOPHYKiri TJeff ChanWith Sophy Wong
2019
3/8IDontBelieveInClosuresKiri Thirsk4AM Class (Kiri T/hirsk/Daniel Chu)
4/12IDontBelieveInClosures

(Golden Mix)

Kiri TKiri T/Daniel ChuKiri T
4/23San JuniperoKiri T
Castle in the Sky
囡 (To Stanford)KotoringoCanaan FongKiri TKiri T/HOCC
9/19PsychoKiri T/Daniel Chu
2020
2/10財神爺 Choi Sun YeahKiri T/NichungKiri TKiri T/Daniel ChuCantopop single with Nichung; released under One One Collective
2/17ENEMYKiri T/Jimmy Harry/Daniel Chu4AM Class (Kiri T/hirsk/Daniel Chu)
5/15Don't StressKiri T/Jeffery Ng/

JNYBeatz/VUCHS

Kiri T/VUCHS/JNYBeatz
6/1Fuvk the FairytaleKiri TKiri T/Canaan FongKiri T
9/1Keep On BreathingKiri TAd song for Doughnut
9/4uknowdatKiri TGeniuz F the FutureKiri TWith Geniuz the Future
2021
2/2610,000ft.Kiri T/Lux Pyramid/

George Morgan

Kiri T/Lux PyramidKiri T/Lux Pyramid
TemporaryKiri T
FairytaleKiri T/Daniel Chu4AM Class (Kiri T/hirsk/Daniel Chu)
Don't Judge My Body
icouldusealittlehelp
1312!Kiri T/mxngoKiri T/VUCHS
4/25南亞仔Kiri TKiri T/ZAINKiri TCantopop single with ZAIN
9/2310,000ftKiri T/Lux Pyramid/

George Morgan

Kiri TKiri T/Edward ChanFeaturing Jason Chan
11/18自作孽Kiri TZAIN/Canaan FongKiri TCantopop single with ZAIN
2022
2/24Dating RulesKiri TWith Janice Vidal
7/19u owe me $$Kiri T/Daniel Chu/Gavin ChanKiri TKiri T/Daniel Chu
8/30i hate u owe me $$Kiri T/Daniel Chu/Gavin Chan/moon tangKiri T/Daniel Chu/Gavin Chan/moon tang/Daniel TohKiri TWith moon tang
10/17Twist ConeKiri T/Daniel Chu/Gavin ChanChung SuetKiri TKiri T/Daniel ChuFirst cantopop single
12/7Strawberry IcecreamKiri T/Daniel Chu/Gavin ChanKiri TDemo version of Twist Cone
2023
2/13The One For U (Not For Me)Kiri T/Jay Fung/Gareth Chan/JNYBeatzWyman WongDerrick Sepnio /Fergus Chow /黃兆銘Gareth ChanCantopop single with MC Chueng
3/23Dear KiwiKiri T/Daniel TohChung SuetKiri T/Daniel ChuKiri T/Gareth ChanCantopop Single
4/25One Day I Might Have A SayKiri T/Daniel Toh/Gavin Chan Kiri T/Daniel Chu/Daniel TohKiri TDemo version of Dear Kiwi
8/8Eggnorant SandwichKiri T/Zev Troxler/Terence Po Lun Lam/Adam PondangKiri T/Chung Suet/Zex TroxlerTerence Po Lun Lam/Adam PondangCantopop Single
12/5Let It SnowJule StyneSammy CahnLushroomWith moon tang
Twelve Nights of ChristmasFederic Austin/Enoch ChengKiri T/Federic Austin/Gavin ChanEnoch ChengKiri T/Enoch Cheng
Not On This ChristmasKiri T/Gavin ChanKiri TKiri T/Gavin Chan
You Make It Feel Like ChristmasBusbee/Justin Tranter/Gwen Stefani/Blake SheltonKiri TWith moon tang
2024
3/19You Gotta Screw Up At Least OnceKiri T/J.Arie/Gavin ChanWyman WongKiri T/蘇道哲Kiri T/Gareth ChanCantopop Single

Composed Songs

YearSongArtistRole
2009兩面 Joey Yung Composer
2012無臉人 Denise Ho Composer
ALL IS FAIRComposer and Lyrics
2013在青木原的第三天Composer
2016親愛的黑色Arranger
2017閃光 Cherry Ngan Composer and Arrangement
惡女Arrangement
奉愛之名 Kary Ng Composer and Arrangement
Come With MeArrangement
雪女 Waa Wei Arrangement
九號鞋 (feat. Kiri T) Jan Lamb Composer
2018Yeah! Eman Lam Composer and Arrangement
閃光 Cherry Ngan Arrangement
2019773312 Kay Tse Composer
代你白頭 Denise Ho Arrangement and Producer
2020Negative Alferd Hui Arrangement and Producer
我總是想像你離開後的日子 Denise Ho Composer, Arrangement and Producer
2021南亞仔ZAINComposer and Arrangement
自作孽Composer, Arrangement and Producer
2022I Like Being YoursSabrina CheungBackground Vocal Arrangement
Maybe That's The Right Time
Little Miss Janice Janice Vidal Composer, Arrangement and Producer
Dating Rules (feat. Kiri T)Composer, Lyrics, Arrangement and Producer
Hong Kong Toolbar《叱咤樂壇》Radio JingleComposer and Arrangement
2023世一(不可一世) MC Composer (with Jay Fung, Gareth Chan, JNYBeatz)
Teaser Nancy Kwai Composer, Lyrics, Arrangement and Producer
掰掰歌 JACE Composer and Producer
Last ChristmasMoon TangComposer and Producer
2024In Love In The MorningSabrina CheungBackground Vocal Arrangement

Filmography

Music Video Appearances

YearSingerSong Title
2021ZAIN自作孽
2021ZAIN南亞仔
2022Janice Vidal feat. Kiri TDating Rules (Live at Warner Music Studio)
Dear JaneDeadline Fighter

Programs and Shows

YearProgram Title
2018wow and flutter live
RTHK The Works
2019wow and flutter live
KKBOX - Kiri Meets People:Fan Matching!
RTHK The Works
2020KKBOX - 2nd Annual KKBOX Campus Ambassador x Kiri T Interview
谷 Live
2021ViuTV - CHILL CLUB EP116
ViuTV - Art Junction EP24
生 (Sheng) Sessions
2022ViuTV 歌手門 (feat. Janice Vidal)
2023ViuTV - Talker: Shopping More EP12
Music Panda EP37 (feat. Moon Tang & On Chan)
ViuTV - CHILL CLUB EP203
2024ViuTV - CHILL CLUB EP218

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