yung kai

Name: Yung Kai (yung kai)
Date of Birth: Not publicly disclosed (born 2002)
City: Vancouver
Country: Canada
Genre: Indie Pop, Bedroom Pop
Band/Group Members: Solo artist
Roles: Singer, songwriter, producer

Bio:
Yung Kai's tunes sneak up on you like a rainy Vancouver afternoon—soft at first, then soaking right into your soul with that quiet ache of unspoken feelings. Born in 2002 to Chinese roots and raised in the misty haze of British Columbia, this 23-year-old bedroom wizard started strumming covers on TikTok back in 2022, his voice wrapping around old hits like a warm scarf on a chilly walk home. But it was his own creation, "Blue," dropped in April 2024, that turned heads worldwide: a self-penned, self-produced ballad born from binge-watching Korean and Chinese dramas, capturing that fluttery longing of high school crushes and what-ifs that hit harder than you expect. It exploded on TikTok, climbing to number 19 on the Billboard Global 200, topping charts in Indonesia, and even snagging collabs with folks like bbno$ along the way. Drawing from the jazzy whispers of Laufey and wave to earth, or the raw edges of Keshi, Kai's indie pop feels like flipping through a scrapbook of half-remembered dreams—gentle guitar plucks over lyrics that make you pause and text that one person you shouldn't. Fresh off wrapping his creative writing degree at UBC this fall, he's already teasing more tracks that promise to heal those late-night blues, reminding us that sometimes the smallest songs carry the biggest hearts.