What’s your stage name and where are you from?

My stage name is Lucus Lin, and my Chinese name is (Lin Dalin). Im from Taiwan and currently based in Australia.

What’s the story behind your stage name?

I thought, how could you live in Australia and not support tennis, right?
Even though I dont really follow the sport, I still went to a match. One of the players looked super cool, and I saw his name was Lucus. Thats how I picked the name.
People always misspell it as Lucas, but from an artistic point of view, I see the two as completely different, even the shape of the letters feels distinct to me.

Describe your musical journey in three sentences.

Language cant really hold what music means to me.
I had to really try to get to know myself, otherwise Id stay stuck in I dont know, which is just a very clever way to procrastinate. Theres always something I could improve, which means theres always a reason to delay being honest.
Music became the place where I could say everything I didnt know how to speak. Its less about performing, and more about remembering who I am even when I forget.

Share an interesting experience you had while creating your latest track.

Suddenly we had a lot of inspiration for other songs, but no ideas at all for the one we were actually working on.

What message do you want to convey through your music?

To me, music isnt about dominance or competition.
Its not about who gets the loudest stage, its about who gets heard in the quietest moments.
Music should hold space for everyone, even for those who think they dont belong in it.
Thats the kind of beauty I believe in, the kind that reaches the overlooked, the unheard, the ones in between. When the opportunity with 21 Savage didnt happen, not once, but twice, we didnt take it as rejection. We saw it as a rhythm we werent meant to join yet.
If someones voice carries that much weight, it makes sense to keep trying. Not for validation, but because we believe in meeting great voices with honesty, not ego.
Music is one whole body fragmented only by fear. And I think were here to stitch it back together, one resonance at a time.
So I hope what we create gives people permission to feel what theyre really feeling, not what theyre told to feel. That, to me, is the real message: youre allowed to exist, exactly as you are.

Tell us about a challenge you faced during production and how you overcame it.

Many musicians carry an internal metronome were no different.
But when we decided to layer irregular, cinematic piano sections into the song, we had to face our own attachment to perfect timing. It became a direct confrontation with our perfectionism.
But in a way, it was a beautiful challenge a chance to grow by letting go.

If you could collaborate with any artist, who would it be and why?

Sasha Alex Sloan.
I remember the first time I heard her song Older, it hit me hard.
No matter how music trends evolve, it always comes back to raw emotional honesty. Her arrangements are simple, unpolished, and deeply affecting. I truly believe well cross paths one day.

Where do you see your music taking you in the next year?

Over the past nine years, I was obsessed with innovation in music.
But I realized: sometimes what moves people most is something that feels familiar. Extending from the past isnt a lack of progress its a form of continuity.
Like if someone could sing with the spirit of Elvis Presley today, his fans wouldnt see it as imitation, theyd feel comfort in it.

What’s the next big step for you as an artist?

I hope to connect with more unheard musicians.
Ive seen and heard so much beautiful music from people the industry never notices and that feels unfair. There was a time when I washed dishes in a restaurant for three years. Almost every waiter I met was a musical genius in disguise.
In the future, I hope I can create opportunities for people like them so they can live through their passion, and maybe even make the life they dreamed of real.

Where can we hear/watch your most recent work?

Were currently in conversation with Apple Music, so some of our upcoming releases may be available exclusively on that platform.
Other platforms sometimes dont reflect the value of music through fair revenue sharing, so were trying to be more intentional with where we release.
Our latest releases are still streaming on Spotify, YouTube, and various other platforms for now.