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Lucy Tun
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Lucy Tun is an English musician. She has released music under her own name and under the name LCYTN, and is a member of ESEA Music and Loud LDN.

Life and career[edit]

Early life[edit]

Tun grew up in North West London,[1] and has an older brother, Daniel;[2] their parents are of Myanma descent.[3] As a child, she listened to classical music;[4] when she was a teenager, she became interested in video games, and would listen to J-pop and K-pop.[5] When she was sixteen, she became interested in pop music, and became obsessed with Adele.[3] She studied economics with Burmese at SOAS University of London;[6] in 2018, during her first year, she released her first long-play, Good Nights Bad Stories, as LCYTN,[2] a disemvoweled form of her own name.[5] She then promised her parents that she would quit music; on a family trip to Myanmar, they discovered that she had not done so after fans of hers approached her in the street after recognising her from billboards.[7] In 2019, she released "Ride",[8] which featured Daniel on guitar,[9] and Bad Weather, Vol. 1, a beat tape.[2] In July 2020 she released "Every Thursday Night",[10] from her three-track EP Every Thursday Night / Spotlight;[5] "Spotlight" featured Osquello and Yiigaa.[11]

Early releases[edit]

She then began releasing music under her own name,[12] reserving LCYTN for DJ sets.[13] In July 2021, she released "Monarchy",[12] a kawaii drill song written in August 2020 about people who adopt personas on dates;[14] she wrote the song with Jakwob, and in the last twenty minutes of a recording session, having spent the rest of it working on another song.[15] The following month, she and Ric Wilson featured on "Let Me Ride", a UK garage song by Bone Slim[16] of the Nine8 Collective;[17] she then appeared on a remix of Yiigaa's "Up", which also featured Eliza Legzdina.[18] In March 2022, she released "314", which she wrote the day after moving out of the house she and strangers spent lockdown living in, and about saying goodbye to her former housemates.[19] The following May, she released "Another Week",[20] which she wrote while depressed following a breakup in lockdown; the song was produced by Usher Lavelle,[5] and featured double handclaps.[21] She then joined Loud LDN, a collective of women and genderqueer musicians set up in May 2022, that year.[22]

Unreal[edit]

In January 2023, she released "Kulture Klub", a song about feeling like an outsider,[23] which she wrote with producer J. Ar J,[2] and after attending Paris Fashion Week; the song referenced Bella Hadid, prompting her to shout out the single on TikTok,[23] on which the song later went viral.[2] In June 2023, she released "ADHD",[24] a song named after the neurodevelopmental disorder she suffered from[6] and which mentioned Norwegian Wood and flying to Norway,[25] and in August 2023, she released "Rabbit Hole",[26] on which Daniel played guitar.[2] In October 2023, she released "Airport Smoking Room", a song inspired by The Terminal[27] and about unspoken bonds,[28] and in November 2023, she released the single "Diary"[29] and then the EP Unreal,[28] which had been delayed from 13 October,[26] and featured "Kulture Klub", "ADHD",[30] "Rabbit Hole",[25] and "Diary".[29] In December 2023,[31] she and fellow Loud LDNers Charlotte Plank, Caity Baser, and Venbee[4] appeared on Dork's 2024 Hype List.[31]

Other works[edit]

In September 2023, for East and South East Asian Heritage Month, Tun and Kityiu Grace organised a series of writing camps for ESEA Music, a collective of UK-based East and Southeast Asian music industry professionals and artists including Rina Sawayama, Yunè Pinku, Andrew Hung, Matt Tong, and Sarah Bonito.[32] One of these camps produced "I Luv My Life", which was produced by Congee, featured him, Tun, Congee, Iamkyami, Jason Kwan, Josie Man, Tascha Jerawan, and Vishal Chopra, and was released on 4 October 2023.[33]

Artistry[edit]

In December 2023, Martyn Young of Dork described LCYTN's works as alternative electronic music and Tun's works as alt-pop,[4] while reviewing a March 2024 set at The Old Blue Last in London, Mark Kelly of Brighton & Hove News described her set as "broadly" a mix of R&B and K-pop.[34] Her music videos regularly feature the fictitious drug "Inphanta-C" to signal the transition between fantasy and reality, which she uses as a metaphor for the façade people put up while online.[13] She was first inspired to make music by the internet, having found it a safe space to upload music without judgement.[35] She later used a June 2023 interview with Gauchoworld to cite inspiration from SZA, finding the autobiographical songwriting style in her 2017 album Ctrl inspirational for her own music, as well as RuPaul's Drag Race, having been introduced to it at university, and having found it an "eye-opener", having grown up inhabiting conservative spaces, and found its message to "be yourself" helpful.[13] For Unreal, she cited Björk's Post as an influence.[25] Other influences include anime and death metal;[36] she told Clash in January 2021 that she had got into the genre after watching videos from Hellfest, and that she had been fascinated by its aggressive amelodic energy.[5]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "PF22: Unpacking personal memories with Lucy Tun - Editorials". Wood Wood. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Richards, Will (21 September 2023). "Lucy Tun: a bold new voice from London's electronic underground". NME. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
  3. ^ a b ASBO Meets LCYTN | The Bedroom Pop Star on Art, Burma and Disney, retrieved 23 December 2023
  4. ^ a b c Young, Martyn (15 December 2023). "Hype List 2024: Lucy Tun: "World-building is important; that takes time"". Dork. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
  5. ^ a b c d e ""Multi-Multi-Dimensional" LCYTN Interviewed". Clash Magazine. 21 January 2021. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
  6. ^ a b "Lucy Tun is about to hit your radar - Woo". planetwoo.itv.com. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
  7. ^ Ezeh, Chioma (3 February 2022). "Notion 90: Lucy Tun". Notion. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
  8. ^ "LCYTN". Fred Perry. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
  9. ^ "LCYTN". Fred Perry. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
  10. ^ Dunn, Frankie. "Billie Eilish in anime form and everything you need to hear today". i-d.vice.com. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
  11. ^ "BBC Radio London - BBC Music Introducing in London, Featured Artist: Elkka". BBC. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
  12. ^ a b "Lucy Tun channels dating frustration on the dreamy, lo-fi pop of new single "Monarchy"". The Line of Best Fit. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
  13. ^ a b c Wolańska, Angelica (June 2023). "LCYTN to Lucy Tun: Between the Worlds of Fantasy and Reality". Gauchoworld (4): 51–52.
  14. ^ "WEEKEND PLAYLIST PT.18: Lucy Tun | Numéro Berlin". 28 November 2022. Archived from the original on 28 November 2022. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
  15. ^ Murray, Robin (21 July 2021). "Lucy Tun Shares Divine New Single 'Monarchy'". Clash Magazine. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
  16. ^ Mosk, Mitch (11 August 2021). "Premiere: Bone Slim, Ric Wilson Channel Late Nights & UK Garage in Hypnotic "Let Me Ride" ft. Lcytn". Atwood Magazine. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
  17. ^ "Radical pop collective Nine8: 'Anyone who thinks like us is part of the gang'". The Guardian. 8 June 2021. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  18. ^ "Yiigaa On Her New Single "Edge," Expression, and More". raydarmagazine.com. 7 March 2022. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
  19. ^ "Lucy Tun retreats to "314" on her balmy new single". The Line of Best Fit. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
  20. ^ "Lucy Tun Unloads her New Visuals "Another Week"". raydarmagazine.com. 17 May 2022. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
  21. ^ Morris, Hugh (31 July 2023). "Clap clap! The infectious disco rhythm heard from Barbie to Kylie". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
  22. ^ ""We're taking over the scene": meet Loud LDN, dance music's most vibrant new collective". NME. 19 December 2022. Archived from the original on 15 January 2023. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
  23. ^ a b Murray, Robin (20 January 2023). "Lucy Tun's 'Kulture Klub' Is A Wry, Relatable Look At The Fashion World | News". Clash Magazine. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
  24. ^ Murray, Robin (28 June 2023). "Lucy Tun's 'ADHD' Sparkles With Future-Pop Promise | News". Clash Magazine. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
  25. ^ a b c Kung, Chloe; Gonzales, Ethan (9 December 2023). "Unveiling Unreal: An Interview with Lucy Tun". UCLA Radio. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
  26. ^ a b Murray, Robin (23 August 2023). "Lucy Tun Announces New EP 'Unreal' | News". Clash Magazine. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
  27. ^ Murray, Robin (16 October 2023). "Track Of The Day 16/10 - Lucy Tun | Track of the day". Clash Magazine. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
  28. ^ a b "Undiscovered: Artists to Watch 2024". Notion. 21 December 2023. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
  29. ^ a b Taylor, Sam (6 November 2023). "Lucy Tun has shared the final teaser track from her upcoming new EP - check out 'Diary'". Dork. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
  30. ^ "Lucy Tun is about to hit your radar - Woo". planetwoo.itv.com. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
  31. ^ a b Dork (5 December 2023). "Dork Hype List 2024 Live hits London's 100 Club in January with Gretel Hänlyn, Slaney Bay and more". Dork. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
  32. ^ "ESEA Music Writing Camp sessions share debut single, "I LUV MY LIFE" featuring Josie Man, Lucy Tun, Tascha Jerawan and more". The Line of Best Fit. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
  33. ^ "ESEA Music Writing Camp single ft. Josie Man, Lucy Tun, Congee + more - Weds Oct 4th • WithGuitars". Retrieved 23 December 2023.
  34. ^ Says, Amber Wright (22 March 2024). "The Great Escape festival – taster concert review". Brighton and Hove News. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
  35. ^ "Next Wave #1144: Lucy Tun | Next Wave". Clash Magazine. 7 November 2023. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
  36. ^ "Lucy Tun • Red Light Management". Red Light Management. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
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