Myla's Story

Full Biography

 

Myla's story is one of resilience, triumph over adversity, and the sheer power of self-belief. Professionally known as Myla Vie, she is a British singer, songwriter and producer. She is known for her versatile cinematic, alternative dark pop genre and writing music from personal experiences. Myla began performing as a child attending dance classes, singing at open mics and acting in school plays. She studied at Belfair's Academy and took part in performing arts as her chosen classes. After finishing college, Myla went on to work in many different roles. During this time frame Myla endured a lot of obstacles and trauma in her personal life, however, Myla never gave up on her music, it became her escapism and safe space. In her free time she would write songs, perform at open mics and post covers onto YouTube. 

 

In 2018 she joined a duo and worked alongside a songwriter and producer for Sony who had worked with artists such as The Appleton Sisters, Gareth Gates, etc. In the later year of 2019, Myla decided to start working on her own music and released her first ever single independently, 'Colour in the Grey'. Early 2020 came along with the national lockdown, yet she had already released 3 more singles. Working hard throughout the pandemic on the front line in palliative care, in her personal time, Myla created her first EP, The Irony of Loneliness, with only what she had at her fingertips. Since the pandemic, Myla has gone on to release many more singles which have been successful on TikTok, played on local radio stations and performed live in London.

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She has received a 5 star rating for her lyrics from the UK Song Writing contest in 2019 and in 2023 she reached over 100K streams on Spotify. Her singles such as 'Mistake' and 'Real Love' have received airtime from radio shows such as BBC Introducing Essex, Phoenix FM, Amazing Radio UK and Gateway FM. One was even crowned BBC Introducing's Weekly Vibe. Currently performing in London with the Busk in London programme, Myla performs every month with gig's inbetween.

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