yeule

Also known as Nat Ćmiel Born December 16, 1997 Singapore Genres Synth-pop,ambient pop, glitch pop, shoegaze,noise pop Instruments Pianosynth,vocals,guitar Years active 2012–present Yeule (stylised as yeule) is the musical project of Nat Ćmiel, a Singaporean songwriter and producer. Formed in 2012, they[a] incorporate elements of ambient, glitch and Asian post-pop.[3] The name is derived from a Final Fantasy character, the Paddra Nsu-Yeul.

Nat Ćmiel was born in Singapore where they attended school.[3][6][7] They first started playing music at the age of 6 on their parents' Yamaha piano and learned classically although eventually dropped taking lessons, and wanted to explore something more challenging which led them to guitar and drums.[8] Ćmiel initially started playing waltz pieces, though they soon moved on to songs from the soundtracks of Final Fantasy X and Kingdom Hearts.[9] They later went on to sing in a jazz band under the name Riot Diet, covering songs from Ella Fitzgerald and the Pixies.[3] Growing up, feelings of loneliness and depression were present due in part to Ćmiel's nomadic upbringing.[6] They found solace on the internet, which would influence their later works.[10] After graduating from high school, they applied to Central Saint Martins to study fashion communication and womenswear.[3] Ćmiel graduated from Central Saint Martins in London with a degree in Fine Arts in 2020.[11]

Ćmiel's first release under the Yeule title was their self-titled EP on March 3, 2014.[5] On December 11, 2016, Ćmiel released their second EP, Pathos, which was dedicated to David Singh.[12] Ćmiel followed up with the OST to interactive simulator game Lost Memories Dot Net, which was released on July 17, 2017.[13] On September 27, 2017, Ćmiel released their third EP, Coma.[14] With regard to the writing, they said that "I wrote this album to commemorate the people I'd lost."[14] The EP received a positive reception with Duncan Cooper of The Fader describing it as "dream-pop perfection".[15] Ćmiel signed to Bayonet Records on July 17, 2019.[6] On October 25, 2019, Ćmiel released their debut studio album Serotonin II. On the process of creating the album they said that "Writing the record, I was dreadful. I didn't ask for much, I don't need to be happy. I just wanted to be content."[10] The album received a positive critical reception with Jude Noel of Tiny Mix Tapes giving the album 4/5 and saying that "Melancholia aside, it's Serotonin II's impeccable sound design that has kept me coming back".[16] Ćmiel teased the release of their second album Glitch Princess via Bayonet Records with a track titled "My Name is Nat Ćmiel"—released at the end of 2020.[17] The full album was released on February 4, 2022. It was qualified as "pioneering" by Colin Lodewick from Pitchfork and featured in their 'Best New Music' section with a critical score of 8.3.[18] In between "My Name Is Nat Ćmiel" and Glitch Princess, Ćmiel released the remix EP Serotonin X Remixes and the covers album Nuclear War Post X, the latter issued directly through their website as a limited-edition paperback art book with a download for the entire album. Over the first weekend of May 2023, Yeule teased some images on their social media channels mentioning the date of May 10. On that date, Yeule premiered the video and released the single for their new song "Sulky Baby" and announced that they had signed to the Ninja Tune label. They told Rolling Stone, "The creative trajectory is shapeshifting, and Ninja Tune was the most versatile with their views on artistic direction as most of my creative pitches often tend to be fringe in conceptual aspects. I admire the team's work ethic and tastes, and they've also worked with other creatives I know and love to this day, it feels nice to be with them!"[19] "Sulky Baby" was included on their third album, Softscars, which was released on September 22, 2023 to critical acclaim.

Ćmiel's musical influences draws inspiration from 90's and 00's alternative acts by the likes of My Chemical Romance, Avril Lavigne, Hole, Radiohead, the Pixies and the Smashing Pumpkins. Their work combines the rebellious tones of emo nostalgia with avant-pop cyber experimentation. Some of their favorite albums are My Chemical Romance's Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge (2004), Avril Lavigne's Let Go (2002) and Under My Skin (2004); and the Smashing Pumpkins' Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness (1995) and Siamese Dream (1993). yeule, the cyborg alchemist coalescing the soundscapes of glitch-pop electronica, alt rock, and trip-hop. After their breakthrough sophomore album in 2022, Glitch Princess, Nat Ćmiel crystallised their place as alt electronica luminary with their boundary-breaking 2023 album softscars. Both albums were named Best New Music by Pitchfork with the latter lauded as a “riotous, high-energy journey” by the Guardian. With their forthcoming work, yeule paints us a picture with divine poise: fragmented shards of their persona non grata, or "darker side," pieced together as the painterly fatale who burns through the canvas of post-modernity. With visual artworks captured by artist Vasso Vu, Ćmiel is seen here tethered to their role as a "painter" before performer. yeule, reincarnated again as a haunting facsimile of their past in Evangelic Girl is a Gun. Ćmiel paints an homage to the artist’s role—an artist that illuminates the neon glow of an ego death, and the transformative forms of love, immortalising in our physical reality, their dream within all dreams.

Ćmiel于1997年12月16日在新加坡出生，她也在新加坡读书，如今定居伦敦。Ćmiel在六岁时通过父母的雅马哈钢琴首次触及音乐，并在那时接受了古典音乐的课程学习，最后她迫于自己对挑战性的追求，选择了退课，转而开始学习鼓和吉他。起初她只演奏华尔兹作品，但很快她就将兴致放在了《最终幻想》与《国王之心系列》的游戏原声带上。随后Ćmiel加入了一支名为“Riot Diet/放荡饮食”的爵士乐队，在队内以演唱者身份翻唱Ella Fitzgerald与小妖精乐队的作品。高中毕业后，她申请进入了伦敦中央圣马丁学院，进行时尚传播与女装的学习。目前Ćmiel正在学院内攻读美术学位。 Ćmiel的成长是伴随着孤独与忧郁感的，她游牧民族式的家庭教育在某种程度上是一点原因。互联网让她找到了慰藉，这段经历也是影响她日后作品的一大因素。

2014年3月3日，Ćmiel发行了第一张以Yeule为项目名的作品，即同名EP《Yeule》。 2016年12月11日，她发行了献给David Singh的第二张EP《Pathos》。 随后在2017年7月17日，她发行了交互式模拟游戏《Lost Memories Dot Net》的原声带。 2017年9月27日，她发行了第三张EP《Coma》。有关这张作品，Ćmiel解读道“写这张专辑是为了纪念我失去的人”。《Coma》在《The FADER》杂志中得到了Duncan Cooper的好评，被称为“梦幻流行完美之作”。 2019年7月17日，她签入了唱片公司Bayonet Records。 2019年10月25日，她发行了自己的首张录音室专辑《Serotonin II》。在创作过程中，她提到：“写这张专辑的我很可怕，我不求太多，也不求写得开心，我只想让自己满意。”《Serotonin II》受到了挑剔者的积极评价——《Tiny Mix Tapes》杂志的Jude Noel为专辑给出4/5的评分并表示：“撇开忧郁症因素，《Serotonin II》无懈可击的音效设计永远是吸引我复听的原因” Ćmiel 以一首名为 "My Name is Nat Ćmiel "的歌曲预告了他们通过 Bayonet Records 发行的第二张专辑《Glitch Princess》，该专辑于 2020 年底发行。这张专辑被 Pitchfork 的 Colin Lodewick 评为 "先锋之作"，并以 8.3 的高分入选其 "Best New Music "专栏。 在《My Name Is Nat Ćmiel》和《Glitch Princess》之间，Ćmiel 发行了混音 EP《Serotonin X Remixes》和封面专辑《Nuclear War Post X》，后者直接通过他们的网站以限量平装艺术书的形式发行，并提供整张专辑的下载。 在 2023 年 5 月的第一个周末，Yeule 在他们的社交媒体上发布了一些图片，提到了 5 月 10 日这个日子。在这一天，Yeule 首发了新歌《Sulky Baby》的视频和单曲，并宣布与 Ninja Tune 唱片公司签约。他们告诉《滚石》："创作的轨迹是不断变化的，Ninja Tune 在艺术方向上的观点是最多变的，因为我的大多数创作建议往往在概念方面倾向于边缘化。我很欣赏这个团队的工作态度和品味，他们也曾与我认识并喜爱的其他创作人合作至今，能和他们在一起感觉很好！"《Sulky Baby》收录在他们的第三张专辑《softscars》中，该专辑于 2023 年 9 月 22 日发行，好评如潮。

据传，Yeule（Nat Ćmiel）将与Bobby Salvör Menuez一起出演Kuba Czekaj的英语处女作电影《Lipstick on the Glass》

录音室专辑 Serotonin II (2019) Nuclear War Post X (2021) Glitch Princess (2022) Softscars (2023) EP Yeule (2014) Pathos (2016) Coma (2017) Serotonin X Remixes (2021) 原声带 Lost Memories Dot Net (2017) Anthems For A Seventeen Year-Old Girl (From "I Saw The TV Glow") (2024)