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If you’re familiar with the Youtube series NPR Music’s Tiny Desk Concerts, you’ll know that invitations for performers aren’t handed out lightly. Not just anyone gets to snag the Tiny Desk hot seat. With that, here’s a recent breakthrough for our city: a Singapore-born artist has graced the platform for the very first time.
Founded in 2008 by NPR Music’s creator Bob Boilen, NPR Tiny Desk is a series where artists perform stripped-down, intimate sets at a desk in NPR’s offices, giving viewers a closer, more personal look at their music.
The platform has since hosted global superstars like Taylor Swift, Coldplay, Paramore, Sabrina Carpenter, Sting, Tame Impala, Sixpence None The Richer and so much more – odds are, the last artist you streamed has been there too.
Yeule (also known as Nat Cmiel), recently took over the famously intimate Tiny Desk stage in a stripped-back performance filmed at NPR’s offices in Washington, DC. Uploaded to NPR Music’s YouTube channel two and a half weeks ago, the session has already pulled in over 232,750 views (at the time of writing).
Currently based in London, Yeule is a non-binary musician, performance artist, and painter with close to a million monthly listeners on Spotify. Their journey started early – they began releasing genre-defying music independently at just 14, steadily building a loyal global following. Since then, Yeule has released critically praised albums like Softscars (2023) and Evangelic Girl Is A Gun (2025), collaborated with major fashion houses, and expanded their practice into visual art and performance, drawing on their Fine Arts training from Central Saint Martins at the University of Arts London.
Their Tiny Desk sesh is a great introduction to Yeule’s discography. Yeule delivered a four-track set backed by a live band – featuring Dudu and VV from their latest album, alongside fan favourites Dazies and Sulky Baby from the album Softscars (2023).
Watch the full video on NPR Music’s Youtube channel here.
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