music
the debut EP
songs about food
out friday 14 august 2026
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songs about food is a bilingual English and Mandarin EP about family, identity, and growing up between cultures, with food doing the heavy lifting as the medium of storytelling. Across seven tracks, dān dān (she/they) traces food as culture, family, whakapapa, and the quiet language of love: the story of ancestry that survived on very little, and a generation that gets to make art in abundance.
Made with the support of the Asian Artists Fund.
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zine design by Lulu Qiu
the zine
The zine made to be served with the EP. Photography by Flora Xie, Struan Caughey and Bailey M G. Tap any page to read it, email dān dān for a physical copy ❤︎
the leading single
cigarette breakfast
Co-written with Jefferson Chen and Christian Tjandrawinata, cigarette breakfast is about supporting your loved ones even when you don't understand them.
"It's about taking a seat at the table without expectations, and holding space without presumptions. Or at least, attempting to."
dān dān
The music video, shot on Kodak 200T 16mm film, was directed by Flora Xie (pressure cooker) and features co-writer Jefferson Chen. Made with the support of New Zealand On Air's New Music Pan-Asian fund, it premiered at the EP release party on Saturday 22 August 2026. watch it here.
photos by Flora Xie