15 Facts About Inch Chua

Inch Chua is backed live by her band, The Metric System.

At 10 years old, Inch Chua had been bitten on her face by a dog, necessitating 135 stitches and leaving some permanent scarring, which increased her sense of social isolation at the conformist all-girls' school she attended.

Inch Chua grew up without any musical training and became involved in the rock scene during a period of transition in Singapore, when eclectic artists were beginning to rise from the margins to challenge the conservative status quo.

Shortly before the scheduled performance, the band's founder "pulled an Axl Rose," according to Inch Chua, and fired all the other members, including Inch Chua, the lead singer.

Singapore's Allura became titans of the local rock scene, developing a cult following for their energetic gigs and the diminutive Inch Chua's soaring, jazz-inflected vocals.

Inch Chua began recording in her bedroom on acoustic guitar, self-producing and teaching herself Garageband and Reason software.

Inch Chua became an early adopter in Singapore of DIY digital distribution methods, making her own songs and dozens of covers and collaborations available to fans worldwide through intimate performances posted to YouTube.

Inch Chua was later invited to represent Singapore at the Shanghai Expo in China the same year.

In 2010, after returning from these international gigs, Inch Chua released her first full length album, Wallflower.

In 2021, Inch Chua participated on the second season of the Singaporean cooking reality show MasterChef Singapore, and was eliminated on the second week of the competition.

Late in 2011, Inch Chua decided to move to US temporarily.

Inch Chua sought to challenge herself with a new environment beyond Singapore's cozy indie music scene, where touring was more of a challenge.

In December 2012, she was invited to perform at global TEDxWomen Conference in Washington DC Inch Chua had recently gone through a romantic break-up, and she began writing rawer songs, with a harsher rock sound than the softer style that marked her solo debut.

Inch Chua wrote many of the songs for her second studio album, Bumfuzzle, during her time away from home, living in Los Angeles and playing small gigs throughout North America.

Inch Chua covered the song Rubber Duckie, from Sesame Street.