About JESS LEE – JESS LEE李佳薇

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JESS LEE

HEY, IS ME

MOST PEOPLE PROBABLY KNOW ME AS THE MALAYSIAN CHAMPION FROM ONE MILLION STAR WHO SCORED FOUR PERFECT 30S, OR THE “VOCAL POWERHOUSE” WHO SHATTERED THE ROOF WITH SUFFERING.

BUT TO BE HONEST? THOSE CRAZY HIGH NOTES ARE JUST A FRACTION OF WHO I AM.

BACK IN THE DAY, THE MEDIA LABELED ME THE “QUEEN OF FORBIDDEN THEME SONGS.” BECAUSE THE MUSIC VIDEOS FOR SUFFERING AND CLIFF TO THE HEAVEN WERE SO RAW AND BOLD, THEY GOT BANNED NATIONWIDE. FOR A LONG TIME, I COULDN’T EVEN SHOW MY ACTUAL FACE IN MY OWN TITLED VIDEOS. I FELT SO LOST, LIKE I WAS JUST SOME EMOTIONLESS HIGH-NOTE MACHINE HIDDEN BEHIND A MASK.

THEN CAME 2020. WITH THE STAGE SUDDENLY GONE, I DECIDED TO DO SOMETHING REBELLIOUS—I STEPPED COMPLETELY OUT OF THE SPOTLIGHT AND BECAME A REAL ESTATE AGENT. YES, I WAS LITERALLY SELLING HOUSES AND CO-FOUNDING MY OWN SKINCARE BRAND.

BUT SAVED ME. HUSTLING IN THE REAL WORLD, CHATTING WITH ORDINARY PEOPLE, AND WALKING THROUGH THEIR LIVES GAVE MY VOICE A WHOLE NEW DEPTH. I REALIZED I DIDN’T JUST WANT TO SHOCK AUDIENCES ANYMORE. I WANTED TO USE MY MUSIC TO COMFORT THEM, TO HUG EVERY SINGLE SOUL GOING THROUGH A TOUGH TIME.

SUFFERING
煎熬

CLIFF TO THE HEAVEN
像天堂的悬崖

UNDERNEATH IT ALL, MY SOUL BELONGS ON STAGE. FAST FORWARD TO THE SUMMER OF 2025, I PUSHED PAST MY FEARS AND JUMPED INTO SINGER 2025. WHEN MY LIVE PERFORMANCE OF DIVA RACKED UP 460 VOTES AND BLEW UP WITH 160 MILLION VIEWS ON WEIBO IN ONE NIGHT; WHEN I TORE THROUGH THE FINALS WITH ETERNAL LOVE AND TOOK HOME THE 4TH PLACE TROPHY… I LOOKED AT THE LIGHT STICKS IN THE CROWD AND CRIED MY EYES OUT. I FINALLY REALIZED I NO LONGER NEEDED A PERFECT SCORE TO PROVE MY WORTH.

AND NOW, HERE WE ARE IN 2026. MY BRAND-NEW ENERGY TOUR IS FINALLY HIT-TING THE ARENAS. WHEN HANGZHOU SOLD OUT IN JUST 30 MINUTES, I SOBBED LIKE A KID AGAIN. BUT THIS TIME, IT WASN’T FROM SADNESS OR LONGING FOR WHAT I WISHED I HAD. IT WAS JUST A PURE CELEBRATION.

THANK YOU FOR RIDING WITH ME THROUGH THE MAGIC, THE MADNESS, AND THE TRANSFORMATION. NEVER COPY ANYONE ELSE’S LIGHT. STAY FEARLESS, AND BE THE SHINING ONE.

WITH LOVE AND ENERGY,

JESS LEE