Emerging singer-songwriter Clarity Liao is stepping into her solo era with ‘Lose’, the focus single from her forthcoming debut EP, Dear….

It’s a seven-track collection of intimate musical letters exploring love, jealousy, rejection, loneliness and the complicated process of letting go.

An upbeat pop track with a complicated heart, ‘Lose’ finds Liao confronting the jealousy and insecurity that surface when someone you care about begins to fall for somebody else.

Inspired by her own experience of watching another girl seemingly embody everything she feared she wasn’t, the song traces a shift from comparison and projection towards the uncomfortable acceptance that the relationship she wants may never become reality.

“I shows my jealousy and madness in a fun upbeat way,” Liao explains. “At first I was doubting the upbeat drums and electric guitar, aiming for a soft mellow vibe, but the more I stuck with the process, the more I understood what this letter was really trying to explain to the receiver.”

That tension between sound and subject sits at the centre of ‘Lose’.

Liao originally imagined the track as a sparse, Adele-inspired piano ballad, leaving its vulnerability almost completely exposed. Once she entered the studio, however, the song took an unexpected turn.

Upbeat drums and electric guitar transformed it into something far more energetic, creating a playful contrast with lyrics steeped in jealousy, insecurity and emotional turmoil.

It’s a sound that reflects Liao’s wider approach to songwriting. Moving between indie pop, R&B, bedroom pop, contemporary singer-songwriter influences and modern doo-wop, she resists being confined to a single genre.

Instead, each song is allowed to develop its own musical personality around the emotion at its core.

That instinct has been developing since Liao began writing songs at seven. Before stepping out alone, she served as principal songwriter for Navillera, writing material across the band’s seven singles.

Their 2024 debut, ‘Too Young’, won the Yamaha National Best Popular Music Award, while another Liao composition, ‘I Need You’, took first place in the YMS 2025 National Composers competition.

Now, with Dear… on the horizon, Liao is turning those experiences into something distinctly personal.

Inspired by artists including Adele, Bruno Mars, Regina Song and Olivia Rodrigo, her solo project embraces the contradictions of love and heartbreak — from wanting to be noticed to feeling rejected, and ultimately learning when it’s time to let go.

Listen to Lose below.