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<\/div>\n\t\t\t\tZee Avi didn\u2019t have a clear blueprint, but she was lucky to be surrounded by people who recognised her calling. \u201cI think they could see that it wasn\u2019t a phase. I wasn\u2019t chasing fame. I just really loved making music, and I knew I would regret not finding out where that love could take me.\u201d Throughout her journey, Zee Avi explored every corner of the industry, even when the outcome was uncertain. Even when doubts clouded her mind, she stood tall. \u201cThere have definitely been moments when I felt I had to work harder to be taken seriously, and being a woman can be a double-edged sword,\u201d she said. \u201cBut the beautiful thing about being a woman in the industry is also using your feminine intuition and wisdom to navigate through it all.\u201d She discovered that constantly trying to prove herself was a trap, so she let her music and growth speak for her. \u201cI don\u2019t need everyone to understand me, and I don\u2019t need to make myself smaller or louder to belong.\u201d<\/p>\n\n
So, she thrived on changing direction, discovering new layers and bursts of inspiration each time she reinvents her creative journey.\u201cI think you\u2019re figuring out who you are in your twenties; you\u2019re charging through and making mistakes, but you\u2019re up for the chaos and the ride of it,\u201d she mused. With artists and influences swirling around her, finding her place was often confusing. \u201cNow I\u2019ve landed in my thirties, I feel much more certain about who I want to be, who I am. I think it\u2019s lovely to be always questioning.\u201d In her youth, she tried to add more, eager to prove herself\u2014a hard lesson to learn. Over time, she\u2019s embraced her many versions, delighting in the freedom to explore new directions instead of sticking to one path. Finding her voice was once a struggle, but now she welcomes all her influences and values simplicity and authenticity above all. \u201cAs I\u2019ve gotten older, I\u2019ve realised that sometimes one beautiful note, one honest lyric or even a moment of silence can say much more.\u201d She added: \u201cI think we sometimes forget that the self is always a work in progress. We\u2019re constantly changing, learning, unlearning and becoming.\u201d<\/p>\n
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<\/div>\n\t\t\t\tWith a collection of accolades and wisdom beyond her years, we couldn\u2019t resist asking: where does her inspiration come from? \u201cAnywhere and everywhere. Sometimes it\u2019s a melody. Sometimes it\u2019s just a sentence of a feeling I can\u2019t quite explain,\u201d she explained. Ever observant, she gathers fragments from the world around her\u2014conversations, memories, silence, photography, nature, people, places, films, and books\u2014tucking them away in her mind. Zee Avi\u2019s songwriting often begins with her own experiences. \u201cI don\u2019t think a song has to be literally autobiographical to be emotionally true, with a little bit of poetic license,\u201d she said. She added: \u201cFor me, a song\u2019s truth is in the emotion, not necessarily the facts.\u201d Whether she\u2019s spinning a story from her imagination or drawing from something she\u2019s witnessed, she steps into those shoes, letting empathy spark her creativity. That\u2019s where the magic begins. \u201cOnce I release a song, I actually love that it stops belonging entirely to me. It becomes part of someone else\u2019s story too,\u201d she said. For Zee Avi, it\u2019s not about being fully understood; it\u2019s about letting her music weave into someone else\u2019s life.<\/p>\n\n
Beyond music, we asked what Zee Avi dreams of pursuing, and her answer was boundless. \u201cI want to become more myself, whoever that will be minutes, days or years from now. I want to keep learning, unlearning, and understanding myself while building a life and community that feels generous, creative, and supportive,\u201d she said. Her next goal isn\u2019t about songs or accolades. She hopes to create something that endures, even just a little. After years focused on her own journey, her vision now stretches outward: she imagines a space for women in the creative industries, a place where ideas flow freely, knowledge is shared openly, and ambition is celebrated, not hidden. \u201cI think women are incredibly powerful when we stop seeing each other as competition and start seeing each other as community.\u201d Zee Avi knows the value of having the right support, and she wants to offer that to others, especially women still searching for their voices and their place. If she can make the path less lonely, more collaborative, and more open for those who follow, she believes it will mean more than any award. \u201cI don\u2019t have a very rigid five-year picture anymore because I\u2019ve learned that life can change so quickly,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n