shiya

Auckland

Born in Fiji, moved to New Zealand in 2009, Shiya is a young upcoming pop artist who works with various genres of music. Her ethnic roots of Indo-Fijian background and western modern lifestyle influenced her soft vocal approach and stylistic choices growing up and characterizing her songwriting. Shiya grew up listening to UGM of many genres which inspired her to approach music diversely while incorporating her ethereal sound and vision into her storytelling, opening a range of instrumentation and vocals to broad ranges of listeners. Her artistic expression is influenced by her background, and a vivid imagination to unlock uplifting sounds which change within emotion per song.