S01E11 — Narelle Kheng and balancing mental health and social media with being a pop star
This week, we have an honest conversation with Asian pop star / actress Narelle Kheng (Forbes 30 Under 30). We discuss the balancing act artists have with their careers, and life, and how important it is at growing at your own pace.
A former national swimmer, Narelle is an actor and a member of Sam Willows, one of the most successful bands to come out of Singapore and consists of siblings Narelle and Benjamin Kheng and their friends Sandra Riley Tang and Jonathan Chua. The group was formed in 2012 and released their first EP that year followed by their first full-length album Take Heart in October 2015. Last year in July they released their second studio album I Know But Where.
In 2019, she embarked on her on her solo career under the name “Narelle”. With the final phase of an album out in 2021, and a short film to accompany the project, “Narelle” is a genre bending project that is more personal, and represents the personal growth and discovery Narelle has gone through in the past few years.