Official biography / Bangkok, Thailand

PYRA

พีรลดา สุขวัฒก์

Pyra (Peeralada Sukawat) is an award-winning Thai artist, songwriter and producer from Bangkok.

She counts 2016—the year she released her debut EP, “Stray,” led by its first single, “Levitate”—as the beginning of her professional career as Pyra. Before that release, she studied electronic music production at SAE Institute Bangkok and spent around four years DJing in clubs.

Her self-defined dystopian pop draws electronic pressure, Thai-rooted rhythm and social commentary into vivid, confrontational worlds. Her music has carried her from Bangkok to international stages, including becoming the first Thai artist to perform at Burning Man.

Pyra won Best Solo Act From Asia at the 2022 BandLab NME Awards, was named to Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia in 2022 and Prestige Thailand’s 40 Under 40 in 2024. Her work has also been recognised by Spotify EQUAL and Tatler Asia.

Alongside her own creative work, Pyra founded Change Music Asia to support artists using music to move culture and society through grants, mentorship and regional visibility.

Her public speaking includes the TEDx talk “Why you should make death your best friend,” Music Matters in Singapore and SXSW Sydney’s “Edge of the Future: Music x AI” panel.

Her festival history spans the United States, United Kingdom, Singapore, Japan, South Korea, Thailand, Australia and India. It includes Burning Man’s Center Camp and Reverbia, Garden Beats, The Great Escape in person in 2022, Liverpool Sound City, Pride in London, Y Not Festival, 110 Above, Waves Vienna, Tallinn Music Week, Shambala, Gotobeat, London’s Roundhouse Rising Festival and SXSW Sydney. She also opened for Flume Live in Bangkok.