mui zyu - sparky (ft. lei, e)

Eva Liu, aka mui zyu is a London via Hong Kong artist who makes music at the edge of one’s comfort zone. Case in point: “Sparky,” the third single off her upcoming album nothing or something to die for. The song explores the pursuit of happiness, albeit in a Lynchian way, as Eva reveals:

“sparky is a song about welcoming simple happinesses in to your world, even in the face of awfulness. it also plays with different ideas of what ‘happiness’ is, and observes the strange pursuit of endlessly chasing it, often looking in the wrong places, often at your own physical and mental expense. the song is named after the dog ‘Sparky’ from the opening of David Lynch’s ‘Blue Velvet’ who is the perfect image of joyfulness – biting water from a hose in front of their dead owner.”

For “Sparky,” mum zyu collaborated with lei, e, the new project of Emma Lee Moss, better known as Emmy the Great. Listen to our Song Pick of the Day below:

(Photo: Holly Whittaker)