Jia is a Taiwanese-Canadian indie/alternative artist and singer-songwriter from Burnaby, BC. Her music is a seamless blend of dark western, earthy americana, dream pop and indie rock, inspired by her love for films by Tarantino, Wong Kar-Wai, David Lynch, Jean Luc-Godard, etc. Her new song, Love like a Rolling Pin, was recorded with LA-based Multi-Platinum and Billboard #1 producer Olivier Bassil. A follow-up to her hit single, Playground Heart, recorded in LA with multi-instrumentalist Amanda Bantug, these songs will be part of her upcoming deluxe EP. Her songs have been played on KEXP, CBC, and featured on Spotify and Amazon Editorial playlists. Artistic influences include Francoise Hardy, Alexandra Savior, Mitski, Nancy Sinatra, Arctic Monkeys, Mazzy Star, Lou Reed, and Big Thief.
Her debut EP, "The Melting of the Moon," was recorded at Monarch Studios in Vancouver, BC with City and Colour's band, and three-time Juno-nominated producer Olivia Quan.
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Jia was selected for the first year of the On The Haus program, where she was offered a fully serviced studio recording session with Juno-nominated producer Alysha Brilla by ArtHaus. She was also selected to participate in the Women in Music x She is the Music (Alicia Keys' organization) Songwriting Bootcamp. Born in Taipei and raised in Vancouver, she grew up singing in church and at school talent shows from a young age. She wrote and released her first single, “Visitation Dream,” during the pandemic.
She ​has performed at showcases in LA and Toronto, and shows all across Vancouver, including Khatsahlano Street Festival and on the TD Main Stage at the Concord Dragon Boat Festival. She has over 500,000 streams across all DSPs, and has had her music played in retail spaces such as Lush, Nespresso, Loblaw's, etc. Her work has also been praised in the press, with Darryl from the Tinnitist writing, "Her masterful marriage of nostalgic styles, sounds, influences and archetypes are seamlessly smeared all together into woozy, seductive tales of obsession, desertion, and heartbreak— while hinting at events and motives that are far more malevolent and mysterious."