AYA YVES was the birth of a new creative project for Sydney based singer-songwriter Vendulka who has always used music to express her internal exploration. Finding herself under a newfound confident light, this project really allowed her to combine the candid vulnerability she found through a previous folk project, with her experimental leaning influences of artists like Banks and Tove Lo. The darker pop sound was unveiled through lead single ‘(in)Sanity’ and was honed even further on ‘Smart Girls’. Gaining a lot of immediate acclaim, she began shedding more layers of her artistry through the raw and heartbreaking sentiments of ‘Dear E’ and ‘Brave’. Putting her vulnerable songwriting under a microscope, she gave a contrastingly strong outlook of what this project would look, sound and feel like the deeper she got into it. Her debut EP ‘What We Look With The Light On’ saw Aya clock up over 750,000 streams across platforms, showcase at the inaugral APRA AMCOS Queer Express Yourself, land supports for Montaigne & Hands Like Houses, placed her in the top 40 of the prestigious Vanda & Young Songwriting Competition and pack out two shows at the iconic Oxford Art Factory - no small feat for an independent emerging artist.