“I put on a skirt for the first time and was like, ‘OK, bestie, you’re slaying!’”

After spending the first 18 years of my life in Malaysia, I came to the UK to study music in London. I’ve basically always written music, but growing up in Malaysia, a country that’s very small, it feels like everyone knows what you are doing. I felt like it was hard for me to express who I am.

I came out officially in around 2016, but started developing feelings and emotions