Jonny Ong was born in Singapore and started his musical journey aged 10, performing Frank Sinatra covers at family gatherings. Since then, he has discovered the Beatles, fallen in love with psychedelia, and released music that includes one of the most unusual instruments you will hear in the charts today - a handpan.

His latest release - single ‘Isolation’ - is the culmination of all these differing influences, cultures, instruments and one hell of a lot of experimentation whilst honing his craft.

The song is a cry for company and appreciation in the face of a life-altering break-up, but is something we can certainly all relate to right about now. It’s a lamentation of loneliness, but it’s also so much more - an example of the kind of intuitive and impressive songwriting that Ong is capable of.

It’s a song which revels in its unconventionality, presenting it confidently in the form of a topic we can all relate to (even aside from quarantine, that post-breakup loneliness is a universal feeling if ever there was one). It’s also not a song which wallows in sadness, instead celebrating the exquisite range of human emotion, painful emotions included.

Blast ‘Isolation’ from your bedroom now!