Lilia Asha shares new single “Gaslighted”

Based between the United Kingdom and Shanghai, Lilia Asha is a 14-year-old singer-songwriter who brings together influences from a life spent travelling widely. With South African and British heritage and a childhood lived across Malaysia, Tunisia, Myanmar and Shanghai, her songwriting carries the perspective of someone who’s grown up absorbing different cultures, languages and emotional landscapes.

That international upbringing feeds directly into her music; Lilia Asha writes songs that reflect on growth, loss, friendship and determination, translating personal experiences into thoughtful lyrics that feel at once intimate and relatable. Despite her young age, her work carries a sense of relatable emotion, guided by a soulful vocal delivery and a style of storytelling that feels instilled with genuine reflection.

At just eight years old, she started writing her own material and not long after taking those first creative steps, she gained recognition by winning the Young Songwriter Award from the Song Academy. She regularly performs both as a solo artist and as the lead vocalist in youth rock bands, gaining stage experience that continues to shape her confidence and musical presence. Her recorded career began to take shape in April last year with the release of her debut single “Rae,” which she quickly followed up with her sophomore outing, “Ghost House.”

Now Lilia Asha continues her musical adventure with her third single titled “Gaslighted,” a release that moves into even more emotionally complex areas by exploring the painful experience of being gaslit and the confusion that often follows betrayal. Produced in Shanghai by Starcle Music, the song blends delicate instrumentation with cinematic atmosphere, with a prominent cello arrangement running throughout.

Brought in by the soft flutter of piano notes, a melancholic scene takes shapes while Lilia’s expressive vocals glide in to spin flickering melodies carrying poignant lyricism. Painting a moving scene through her storytelling songwriting, the warm texture of cello and sparse shimmer of cymbal adds to the emotive instrumental backdrop as Lilia’s stunning vocal performance shines above.

Casting a spellbinding listening experience from start to finish, the song swells with intensity before floating back down to hushed vocal tones and quiet piano notes in the final moments. It’s a spectacular slice of dazzling music that showcases Lilia Asha’s incredible songwriting skill and extraordinary vocal performance talent. As she continues to go from strength to strength at the start of her exciting musical adventure, we can’t wait to see what she’s got in store for the rest of 2026 and beyond.

Listen to Gaslighted below

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