Ee\'da

Ee’da hails from Southeast Asia, with a half- Indian, half-Malaysian background. She broke religious and cultural convention by leaving her family home and moving to Melbourne a few years ago. Despite the challenges, this singer-songwriter, dancer and poet, remains unscathed and her art is a testament to her bright spirit. She is optimistic and light-hearted, but isn’t afraid to explore shadows, with original songs and spoken-word performances touching on themes of personal freedom, heartbreaks, empowerment, love and a lack of love, which she captured beautifully with ‘Fade to white’ – a spoken word piece which bring awareness to the disturbing phenomenon of skin-bleaching amongst Indian/Asian/African people. She has supported International hip hop acts such Lyrics Born (US) and Dead Prez (US) and her first EP \'Holographic Love\' was picked by ABC Radio as ‘Album of the Week’. She is also a classically trained Indian dancer who has performed at major events such as the United Nations Conference for Global Health and continues to teach Bollywood dance to primary school children across Victoria.