Debbie Chou is a compositionally imaginative and boldly vulnerable singer-songwriter. With a freewheeling genre-bending spirit and a penchant for compelling narratives, her music has been playfully dubbed “sad bastard rock". Her piano and synth-based aesthetic weaves in and out a multitude of genres and traditions, borrowing ideas and concepts from post-punk, piano rock, indie rock, classical, and electronic music. 

Born in Pittsburgh, PA and uprooted to Taiwan at the age of 9, she has called New York City home for 22 years.

Debbie was the former keyboardist and co-singer of The Barrens from 2007-2013. She released her solo album Lovebug (2012), the single “Little Prince” (2013), and “August” (2014). 

The End of Our Time was released on March 31, 2020, coincidentally at the height of COVID-19.  Her single “There Goes” reflects our time during isolation and lockdown.

Her latest album Fade to Violet is available on October 16, 2026. Kieran Rogers describes the track "Invidia" as "her channelling the regret that she feels for taking so much time away from performing and harnessing it into something delicate and beautiful, inspired by the artists that she has seen occupying those spaces in the time in between."

Fade to Violet explores the contrast between healthy and unhealthy relationships through its songs. "This marks a new chapter in my life as I step out of my blue era and fade into VIOLET.."