Pastelpower is the pop-up electronic bedroom project of Cherie Ko, who is also the lead guitarist of fuzz-pop quintet Obedient Wives Club, and lead vocalist of noire-pop duo, TOMGIRL. Contrary to her guitar heroics in her bands, Cherie weaves off-kilter tales of quirky and eccentric characters from her cleverly crafted imaginary world, all on the keyboard and in pastel colours.

Touted by MTV Iggy as part of the "future sounds from across the globe", Pastelpower has released two EPs: Sparkling Eyes Demo (October 2014) and Pastelpower: Broadcast Live (December 2014) under her own label, Deer Island Records, and played various festivals (Baybeats, Verve Arts, and 100 Bands Festival) in Singapore, as well as regional shows in Thailand and Malaysia. 

After a good three-year run, Pastelpower made her swan song at the last leg of the Singapore: Inside Out exhibition with a full length album release titled Farewell Cruel World on December 2, 2015. Featuring a talented girl gang of musicians from various local bands, the finale performance was a spectacular blip and a culmination of the magic and glitter that made up Pastelpower and more.

While good byes are never easy, the story of Pastelpower is like a collection of life's magical moments - always fleeting and ephemeral, and there will always be beauty in letting go. Instead of losing oneself somewhere at the end of the story, perhaps this will be the prelude to the beginning of another one.

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