Serrini (Leung Ka Yan)

Biography

Leung Ka Yan, known by her stage name Serrini, is a Hong Kong singer-songwriter who debuted in 2012. She graduated from Carmel Pak U Secondary School and later earned a Bachelor's degree in English from the Chinese University of Hong Kong, graduating with first-class honors in 2013. She went on to obtain a Master of Arts in Literary and Cultural Studies and a Ph.D. in Hong Kong Studies from the University of Hong Kong, with her doctoral thesis analyzing music gatherings from a cultural studies perspective and examining how different popular music forms take shape. Her early style was described as "quirky indie-folk," resembling the "little fresh" style popular in Hong Kong and Taiwan during the 2010s to 2020s. Her later songs focus on urban people's concerns and satirizing social issues, often with a strong sense of current affairs, while also depicting the emotional lives of young people. In 2017, she formed GTB with independent musician Yang Tong under the identities "Serena" and "Ruby," releasing three albums between 2018 and 2019. In 2019, she collaborated with music producer Alok to release the electronic album "Songs of Experience," which earned her the "Overseas Creative Music Award" at the 10th Golden Indie Music Awards. She has won the Bronze Award for Female Singer at the Ultimate Song Chart Awards Presentation and both Female Singer of the Year and Bronze Singer-Songwriter of the Year at the Chill Club Chart Awards. In 2021, she established the Leung Ka Yan Scholarship at the University of Hong Kong, followed by another scholarship at the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2022.