Liu was born in Klaipėda, in the family of a music teacher and a musician.[2][3] She studied at Klaipėda Ąžuolynas Gymnasium, and attended ballet lessons when she was little.[3]
Career
Liu began her musical career at the age of five when she started to play the violin. She discovered singing ten years later, and won the Dainų dainelė (lit.'Song of Songs') competition in 2004.[4] Upon graduation from high school, Liu studied jazz music and vocal studies at the Faculty of Music of Klaipėda University, and later went to the United States, where she studied at Berklee College of Music in Boston. After leaving the college, Liu moved to London, where continued to compose songs. She has worked with the famous producer Mario Basanov, collaborated with the electronic music family Silence, recorded the song "Ne Vakar" (lit.'Not Yesterday') with the band Sel, and appeared on the LRT television project Auksinis balsas (lit.'Golden Voice').[3]
Liu's early work has been described as a "strongly electro-pop (and less bizarre) version of Björk".[3] On 23 May 2019, she was announced as a judge of The Voice Lithuania.[5] Liu has also served as a jury member of The Masked Singer Lithuania during its 2021 season.[6][7] On 20 April 2020, she released her second album and first vinyl record Melodija. The record was recorded in the United Kingdom in collaboration with producer Miles James, sound director Christoph Skirl and musician Marius Aleksa.[8]
Liubinaitė performing at the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 in May 2022.
On 7 December 2021, Liu was announced as a participant of Pabandom iš naujo! 2022, the Lithuanian national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2022, with the song "Sentimentai".[9] The song was publicly released on 18 January 2022, and reached the top of Lithuanian singles chart shortly afterwards.[10] Liu performed in the third heat and advanced to the semi-finals and final, eventually winning the competition, thus winning the right to represent Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 in Turin, Italy.[11][12][13]
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