Tia Ray Graces China to the World: The Sounds of Tomorrow Panel at SXSW | Billboard News
Written by djfrosty on March 14, 2025
At SXSW 2025, Tia Ray chatted at the China to the World: The Sounds of Tomorrow panel where she talks about her music, an upcoming English album, and performs!
Keep watching for a sneak peak of her panel!
Tia Ray:
Thank you so much for coming!
Tetris Kelly:
From epic performances to meaningful panels.
Tia Ray:
So that’s how I start listening to those western music like that, and so it inspires me a lot.
Tetris Kelly:
Billboard is at SXSW this week, and we kick things off exploring the Sounds of Tomorrow from China with one of the country’s biggest stars.
Tia Ray:
So I feel it’s welcoming and very warm and very cool in a cute way.
Tetris Kelly:
China to the World: The Sounds of Tomorrow panel began Monday with a performance from Berkelee’s Chinese traditional music club. It was followed by Berklee music’s own Stephanie Henning having a conversation with music star Tia Ray about the fusion of the East and the West. And we found out some exciting information.
Tia Ray:
It’s in my coming, like upcoming English album. It’s gonna, it’s gonna be out in the in a short time. And I’m very excited about it.
Tetris Kelly:
Afterwards Billboard’s, Griselda Flores got to chat with her one on one.
Tia Ray:
It’s precious, yeah, it’s also special to be living in this world, to reconnect people through music, into the source
Tetris Kelly:
And out in the streets of Austin, we got to see Tia perform, not only one night, but twice. For more of our SXSW coverage, keep it locked with Billboard.