TEHYA - artist photo credit: contradash
Today, Filipino-Native American singer songwriter TEHYA caps off AAPI Heritage Month with the release of her sophomore single “biscuits & gravy”. Hailing from LA via Seattle, the 23-year-old singer-songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist released her debut “crowd pleaser” (produced with Rence and Contradash) in March. Her new R&B-tinged “biscuits & gravy” is produced by TEHYA, Contradash and Doc Daniel (Natalie Jane, Rei Ami).
TEHYA becomes the latest superstar-in-waiting to join the lengthy lineage of alt pop favorites at Neon Gold Records, the celebrated independent label that first put out Charli XCX, Tove Lo, MARINA, Christine and The Queens, and many more.
TEHYA says: “I wanted to lean into something different with biscuits, just to exercise that creative muscle and push my range in directions it hasn’t been too often. The track itself is me just talking my shit after arguably the toughest breakup I’ve experienced. It encompasses that universal feeling of empowerment post-breakup: knowing your ex will genuinely never be able to find or emulate the greatness that was and will always be, you.”
Growing up in the Pacific Northwest in the crosshairs of her ancestral cultures; Cherokee, Filipino and Scotch-Irish, Tehya was heavily influenced by music and took after her father, a local legend funk drummer, from a young age. After leaving home at 16, she found her community in a Capitol Hill artist compound frequented by some of the biggest names in the Seattle underground rap scene. It was here she picked up production via osmosis, sitting in on sessions and teaching herself Pro Tools and FL whenever a room was going spare. She is self-taught across the board – playing guitar, keys, drums, and writing 100% of her toplines and lyrics – a self-made DIY popstar unbound by genre and ready for the spotlight.
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