Zee Avi on coming home to Malaysia: 'I go where the wind takes me'

Singer Zee Avi launches her new single Who Are U. Photo: YAP CHEE HONG/The Star

“Sometimes it’s up, sometimes it’s not so good, but I’m still here,” shares Malaysian singer and songwriter Zee Avi on life as an independent artiste. In fact, she has been pursuing music independently for a few years now, says the Miri, Sarawak, native in a group media interview.

Zee Avi was signed to musician Jack Johnson’s US label Brushfire Records, which released two albums – her 2009 self-titled debut and 2011’s Ghostbird – both of which made it to the US Billboard 200 albums chart.