My name is Mei-Lin Germs, I'm a singer, musician, and maker living in Groningen. As a freelance vocalist, I move between different worlds: I give singing lessons, work as a session musician, and regularly perform on stage with cover bands, duos, big bands, and orchestras. I also make my own music under the name M.E.I..
While studying at the Academy for Pop Culture, I experimented a lot with style and identity — from rock to symphonic metal — but it was only after my internship at Noordstaat and various freelance projects that I found my own sound. It lies somewhere between funk, soul, disco, Broadway, and pop. In 2024, I released my debut single 'Jazzual': a playful and musical calling card of my new direction.
My debut performance 'Breaking the Bowl' is personal and reflective, born from the desire to dwell on the small things in an increasingly fast-moving world. In this performance, I explore what I call the fishbowl life — an existence in which everything is visible, but little truly lands. Using retro-revival as a form of escapism, I call for slowing down, paying attention, and having fun.
About Me
Eat, sleep, work, repeat. Recognizable? 'Breaking the Bowl' is an interdisciplinary music performance that's about breaking the cycle of today's "goldfish human" and reflecting on living in the now.
Short Bio
Breaking the Bowl is a multidisciplinary performance by artist Mei-Lin, where music, image, and narrative come together in a poetic plea for calm in an overstimulated world. From a personal starting point – living with overstimulation – Mei-Lin explores how, as modern people, we are increasingly alienated from stillness, recovery, and slowness. With mesmerizing visuals, a symbolic goldfish, and her own written music, she invites the audience to stand still, feel, and reflect. Breaking the Bowl is both an artistic statement and an urgent call to slow down in a time that keeps on going.
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