ena mori wins Best Asian Creative Artist at Taiwan’s 17th Golden Indie Music Awards

Singer-songwriter ena mori, born in Tokyo and raised in the Philippines, won Best Asian Creative Artist at the 17th Golden Indie Music Awards at the Taipei Music Center on 31 October for her EP “Ore”.

Singer-songwriter ena mori won the Best Asian Creative Artist award at Taiwan’s 17th Golden Indie Music Awards (GIMA), held on 31 October at the Taipei Music Center, ABS-CBN News and Dot Daily Dose reported on 4 November.

Mori took home the award for her extended play “Ore”, which was released in February, according to ABS-CBN News. Born in Tokyo and raised in the Philippines, she is a singer-songwriter whose music typically combines classical piano with experimental pop.

What she said

The artist took to Instagram to celebrate the achievement, ABS-CBN News reported.

Thank you GIMA for recognizing this record. It’s such an honor to have won in the Best Asian Creative Artist category

“I feel so proud and happy, and even more inspired to keep creating what I love,” she added. In her post, mori also gave a shoutout to Filipino rapper SHNTI, who was nominated in the same category for her album “Melting PT.”.

About the category

The Lookout reported in October that Best Asian Creative Artist was created to recognize outstanding original music from artists across Asia outside Taiwan. The category drew 105 entries from artists outside Taiwan, the highest number in the award’s history, and the Golden Indie Music Awards received 4,242 submissions for its 17th edition.

Other notable winners on the night included Taiwanese indie band Sunset Rollercoaster, which claimed Best Album for “QUIT QUIETLY”, and Taiwanese jazz musician Yuhan Su, who took home three awards, according to Dot Daily Dose. The outlet added that mori’s 2022 album “DON’T BLAME THE WILD ONE!” topped NME Asia’s list of the best Asian albums of the year, and that she has performed at SXSW and Japan’s Summer Sonic Festival.

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