Kiri T
Kiri T 謝曉盈 | |
|---|---|
 Kiri T at Soho House (Nov 27, 2022) | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Kiri Tse Hiu Ying |
| Also known as | Kiri T |
| Born | December 27, 1994 Hong Kong |
| Genres | |
| Occupation(s) | Singer-Songwriter, Musician, Producer, Composer, Lyricist, Pianist |
| Instrument(s) | |
| Years active | 2017-present |
| Labels |
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| Formerly of | One One Collective (2019) |
| Website | kiritmusic |
| Education | Marymount Secondary School, Berkeley College of Music |
| Notable work | 10,000ft Temporary Psycho Catch Vibes |
| Awards | Whats 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]
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[edit]
Before Debut[edit]
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[edit]
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)[edit]
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)[edit]
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] Kiri later got nominated for Annual Recommended Women Singer and her song, Eggnorant Sandwich for Best R&B Song by ViuTV's CHILL CLUB Recommendation 23/24. [21]
Branding[edit]
Kiri used to have her own music label, Kurious Grocery, a subsidiary of Denise Ho's Goomusic with Canaan Fong as her manager.[22] The label was created back in 2017 but ceased operations in 2022 when Kiri joined Warner Music Hong Kong.
Facts[edit]
- Kiri is "obsessed" with Kiwis and named her fans off the name of fruit.
- Kiri, HIRSK and Daniel Chu formed the 4AM Class and often write songs together. The three are also alumni of the Berklee College of Music.
- Kiri was the representative artist of Hong Kong in March 2023 for Spotify's EQUAL program.
- During her time in New York / Boston, Kiri made a series of tracks exclusively for Instagram / Facebook. The whole series is only available for stream on YouTube but not digital music platforms. However, Kiri made a mini-album called Sugar Tapes which includes a selection of tracks and beats. One of the most well-known track, Catch Vibes, has been used on over 200K+ Instagram Reels and 500K+ streams on Spotify.
- Kiri got her first cantonese "champion" song on the 903 Radio Cantonese Song chart (叱咤) in Week 21 of 2023. She became the first singer in Hong Kong to win first place on the 903 豁達推介 (english song chart), then on 903 專業推介 (cantonese song chart) years after.
Incidents[edit]
- On August 19, 2023, Kiri was invited as a guest singer at the Music is Live Dear Jane x MC concert and performed 世一(不可一世) & Way Back Into Love with MC Cheung. However, when she was singing 世一 (不可一世), she was heavily off tune, which she later was teased by colleagues at Warner Music (MC and Tim@Dear Jane). She laughed at herself as to whether her career came to an end, and MC comforted her later on, saying on a Instagram story that even though her performance wasn't ideal, he feels proud of Kiri and explained people won't remember a singer's good performance but the bad ones. Referencing to himself, he told Kiri that nobody is perfect and every singer has one of these times.
- A traffic violation was accidentally captured in the music video of Kiri's song You Gotta Screw Up At Least Once; in the middle of the song, a minibus was seen following the truck Kiri was on and crossed the double white line possibly due to the slow speed of the truck. Netizens joked that the MV turned into a car cam film.
- Due to an unknown reason, Kiri's albums Golden Kiri (2019) and CHILI T (2021) were never uploaded or available on YouTube Music. However, the problem was resolved on November 11, 2023, and the albums were finally uploaded and available for streaming. Only the album Sugar Tapes remains under the name of Various Artists.
- Kiri's album CHILI T on Spotify was changed to Single on November 1, 2023. The problem was resolved on November 8, 2023.
- 2019 singles "IDontBelieveInClosures" and "IDontBelieveInClosures (Remix)" were uploaded on Spotify using a different artist profile named Kiri T due to the change in music distribution companies Kiri used. The account was later merged with her current artist profile.
Discography[edit]
| Albums and EPs | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Album Title | Type | Brand | Notes | ||
| 2019 | Golden Kiri | Album | Kurious Grocery | Debut 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) | ||||||
| 2019 | Sugar Tapes | Album | ||||
| Catch Vibes · Pretty Thing · Cold Out · Colours · Rise and Shine · Like That · Curious Case of Felicia Waters · Talk to Me | ||||||
| 2021 | CHILI T | Album | ||||
| Psycho · ENEMY · Don't Judge My Body · 1312! · Fuvk the Fairytale · icouldusealittlehelp · Temporary · Fairytale · 10,000ft. | ||||||
| 2023 | not so xmas xmas | EP | Warner 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 | ||||||
| Date | Song Title | Composer | Lyricist | Arranger | Producer | Notes |
| 2015 | ||||||
| 5/10 | Twenty-Something | Kiri T | ||||
| 10/30 | Twenty-Something
(Luician Remix) |
Kiri T | Kiri T/Luician | |||
| 2016 | ||||||
| 5/9 | Leave | Kiri T | Demo of Kary Ng's 奉愛之名 | |||
| 2017 | ||||||
| 6/20 | I'm Not Here | Kiri T | Kiri T/Max Mckellar | Kiri T | Matthew Sim | |
| 6/26 | I'm Not Here (HIRSK Remix) | Kiri T | hirsk | |||
| 7/12 | Size 9 | Kiri T/Alex Fung | Jan Lamb | Alex Fung | Cantopop single with Jan Lamb | |
| 7/14 | I'm Not Here (Kultur Remix) | Kiri T | Kultur | |||
| 8/11 | Rearview Mirror | Kiri T/Matthew Sim/Max Mckellar | Kiri T/Max Mckellar | |||
| 9/15 | Better | Kiri T | Kiri T/Max Mckellar | Kiri T | Kiri T/Alexander Fung/Matthew Sim | |
| 11/17 | Roll Deep In The Feels | Kiri T | hirsk | |||
| 2018 | ||||||
| 1/12 | Strangers | Kiri T | Kiri T/Matthew Sim | |||
| 12/22 | In Between | SOPHY | Kiri T | Jeff Chan | With Sophy Wong | |
| 2019 | ||||||
| 3/8 | IDontBelieveInClosures | Kiri T | hirsk | 4AM Class (Kiri T/hirsk/Daniel Chu) | ||
| 4/12 | IDontBelieveInClosures
(Golden Mix) |
Kiri T | Kiri T/Daniel Chu | Kiri T | ||
| 4/23 | San Junipero | Kiri T | ||||
| Castle in the Sky | ||||||
| 囡 (To Stanford) | Kotoringo | Canaan Fong | Kiri T | Kiri T/HOCC | ||
| 9/19 | Psycho | Kiri T/Daniel Chu | ||||
| 2020 | ||||||
| 2/10 | 財神爺 Choi Sun Yeah | Kiri T/Nichung | Kiri T | Kiri T/Daniel Chu | Cantopop single with Nichung; released under One One Collective | |
| 2/17 | ENEMY | Kiri T/Jimmy Harry/Daniel Chu | 4AM Class (Kiri T/hirsk/Daniel Chu) | |||
| 5/15 | Don't Stress | Kiri T/Jeffery Ng/
JNYBeatz/VUCHS |
Kiri T/VUCHS/JNYBeatz | |||
| 6/1 | Fuvk the Fairytale | Kiri T | Kiri T/Canaan Fong | Kiri T | ||
| 9/1 | Keep On Breathing | Kiri T | Ad song for Doughnut | |||
| 9/4 | uknowdat | Kiri T | Geniuz F the Future | Kiri T | With Geniuz the Future | |
| 2021 | ||||||
| 2/26 | 10,000ft. | Kiri T/Lux Pyramid/
George Morgan |
Kiri T/Lux Pyramid | Kiri T/Lux Pyramid | ||
| Temporary | Kiri T | |||||
| Fairytale | Kiri T/Daniel Chu | 4AM Class (Kiri T/hirsk/Daniel Chu) | ||||
| Don't Judge My Body | ||||||
| icouldusealittlehelp | ||||||
| 1312! | Kiri T/mxngo | Kiri T/VUCHS | ||||
| 4/25 | 南亞仔 | Kiri T | Kiri T/ZAIN | Kiri T | Cantopop single with ZAIN | |
| 9/23 | 10,000ft | Kiri T/Lux Pyramid/
George Morgan |
Kiri T | Kiri T/Edward Chan | Featuring Jason Chan | |
| 11/18 | 自作孽 | Kiri T | ZAIN/Canaan Fong | Kiri T | Cantopop single with ZAIN | |
| 2022 | ||||||
| 2/24 | Dating Rules | Kiri T | With Janice Vidal | |||
| 7/19 | u owe me $$ | Kiri T/Daniel Chu/Gavin Chan | Kiri T | Kiri T/Daniel Chu | ||
| 8/30 | i hate u owe me $$ | Kiri T/Daniel Chu/Gavin Chan/moon tang | Kiri T/Daniel Chu/Gavin Chan/moon tang/Daniel Toh | Kiri T | With moon tang | |
| 10/17 | Twist Cone | Kiri T/Daniel Chu/Gavin Chan | Chung Suet | Kiri T | Kiri T/Daniel Chu | First cantopop single |
| 12/7 | Strawberry Icecream | Kiri T/Daniel Chu/Gavin Chan | Kiri T | Demo version of Twist Cone | ||
| 2023 | ||||||
| 2/13 | The One For U (Not For Me) | Kiri T/Jay Fung/Gareth Chan/JNYBeatz | Wyman Wong | Derrick Sepnio /Fergus Chow /黃兆銘 | Gareth Chan | Cantopop single with MC Chueng |
| 3/23 | Dear Kiwi | Kiri T/Daniel Toh | Chung Suet | Kiri T/Daniel Chu | Kiri T/Gareth Chan | Cantopop Single |
| 4/25 | One Day I Might Have A Say | Kiri T/Daniel Toh/Gavin Chan | Kiri T/Daniel Chu/Daniel Toh | Kiri T | Demo version of Dear Kiwi | |
| 8/8 | Eggnorant Sandwich | Kiri T/Zev Troxler/Terence Po Lun Lam/Adam Pondang | Kiri T/Chung Suet/Zex Troxler | Terence Po Lun Lam/Adam Pondang | Cantopop Single | |
| 12/5 | Let It Snow | Jule Styne | Sammy Cahn | Lushroom | With moon tang | |
| Twelve Nights of Christmas | Federic Austin/Enoch Cheng | Kiri T/Federic Austin/Gavin Chan | Enoch Cheng | Kiri T/Enoch Cheng | ||
| Not On This Christmas | Kiri T/Gavin Chan | Kiri T | Kiri T/Gavin Chan | |||
| You Make It Feel Like Christmas | Busbee/Justin Tranter/Gwen Stefani/Blake Shelton | Kiri T | With moon tang | |||
| 2024 | ||||||
| 3/19 | You Gotta Screw Up At Least Once | Kiri T/J.Arie/Gavin Chan | Wyman Wong | Kiri T/蘇道哲 | Kiri T/Gareth Chan | Cantopop Single |
Composed Songs
| Year | Song | Artist | Role |
| 2009 | 兩面 | Joey Yung | Composer |
| 2012 | 無臉人 | Denise Ho | Composer |
| ALL IS FAIR | Composer 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 Me | Arrangement | ||
| 雪女 | Waa Wei | Arrangement | |
| 九號鞋 (feat. Kiri T) | Jan Lamb | Composer | |
| 2018 | Yeah! | Eman Lam | Composer and Arrangement |
| 閃光 | Cherry Ngan | Arrangement | |
| 2019 | 773312 | Kay Tse | Composer |
| 代你白頭 | Denise Ho | Arrangement and Producer | |
| 2020 | Negative | 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 | ZAIN | Composer and Arrangement |
| 自作孽 | Composer, Arrangement and Producer | ||
| 2022 | I Like Being Yours | Sabrina Cheung | Background 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 Jingle | Composer 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 Christmas | Moon Tang | Composer and Producer | |
| 2024 | In Love In The Morning | Sabrina Cheung | Background Vocal Arrangement |
Filmography[edit]
Music Video Appearances[edit]
| Year | Singer | Song Title |
| 2021 | ZAIN | 自作孽 |
| 2021 | ZAIN | 南亞仔 |
| 2022 | Janice Vidal feat. Kiri T | Dating Rules (Live at Warner Music Studio) |
| Dear Jane | Deadline Fighter |
Programs and Shows[edit]
| Year | Program Title |
| 2018 | wow and flutter live |
| RTHK The Works | |
| 2019 | wow and flutter live |
| KKBOX - Kiri Meets People：Fan Matching! | |
| RTHK The Works | |
| 2020 | KKBOX - 2nd Annual KKBOX Campus Ambassador x Kiri T Interview |
| 谷 Live | |
| 2021 | ViuTV - CHILL CLUB EP116 |
| ViuTV - Art Junction EP24 | |
| 生 (Sheng) Sessions | |
| 2022 | ViuTV 歌手門 (feat. Janice Vidal) |
| 2023 | ViuTV - Talker: Shopping More EP12 |
| Music Panda EP37 (feat. Moon Tang & On Chan) | |
| ViuTV - CHILL CLUB EP203 | |
| 2024 | ViuTV - CHILL CLUB EP218 |
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