‘dalynn’: Musical Artist
Independent Musical Artist
Personal Project
October 2018 - Present
How can music serve
To me, songwriting is documentation of our shared human experience, a proof that our lives are bound together by common threads and themes. Commercializing the songs I had written required close collaboration to curate a sound that felt authentic to who I was and what I had to say.
In doing so, I fostered a digital community where thousands across the world felt seen, represented, and less alone.
Personal Project
October 2018 - Present
How can music serve
as a medium for
global connection?
To me, songwriting is documentation of our shared human experience, a proof that our lives are bound together by common threads and themes. Commercializing the songs I had written required close collaboration to curate a sound that felt authentic to who I was and what I had to say.
In doing so, I fostered a digital community where thousands across the world felt seen, represented, and less alone.
Skills:
- Content Creation
- Project Management
- Songwriting
- Logic Pro X
- Procreate
- Video Editing
- Live Performance
Action:
- Wrote, recorded, and released six singles: ‘thrifted youth’ (2018), ‘it rains in nyc’ (2019), ‘i hate this place’ (2021), ‘3:33’ (2021), ‘don’t talk about love’ (2022), ‘Thank God’ (2023), and ‘wherever you go’ (2024), in addition to the six-song EP ‘quietly’ (2020).
- Collaborated with student producers Yash Deshmukh and Caleb Liu, as well as visual artist Lily Cheng, to create a cohesive body capturing the themes of each composition
- Filmed, edited, and released covers, song rewrites, music and lyric videos, and music visualizers to YouTube channel
Impact:
- garnered 7 million Spotify streams, 1.7 million Soundcloud streams, and 170,000 Apple Music streams
- reached 800,000 listeners on Spotify across 161 countries, maintaining 20,000 monthly listeners
- YouTube channel ‘okdalynn’ accumulated 800,000+ views and 8,500 subscribers
album art, in collaboration with Lily Cheng.
