pastels is the artist project of Melbourne producer and musician Annie Bui—the name pastels refers to the soft yet eternally growing nature of her sound. Growing up in a music-forward environment, Annie picked up both the piano and the violin at a young age and went on to major in music composition in college. During her senior year, a trip to Los Angeles sparked her interest in music production, and pastels was born. Her first release came in late 2018 with the Thoughts on Keys EP and she has consistently delivered new music since. Notably. pastels has made strides in bringing her lofi-influenced sound beyond the digital world. Her debut live performance was held alongside the opening of the popular Korean bingsu ice cream shop Scoopy. Additionally, pastels has created a 2020 radio mix in conjunction with 88rising, worked on a 2021 future/soul vinyl compilation album curated by Ta-ku, and most recently, released a rendition of “Bare Necessities” from The Jungle Book for a Disney-backed compilation album reimagining classic Disney tunes with a fresh lens. pastels’ most recent project Love Garden was released in the summer of 2023. Landing editorial placements, blog coverage, radio play, and even Joe Budden's podcast, the nine song LP was her most ambitious and most successful project to date. Her newest single is "How Romantic, Pt. II". Building off of her 2018 isolated piano track, this version is a much more cinematic and atmospheric listening experience, complete with strings and flutes. This sweeping modern classical instrumental is the final single before pastels' new EP dedicated to Hayao Miyazaki, fittingly titled To: Miyazaki, out next month.