JX Soo works across photography, music, and writing. They are the lead songwriter for noisepop band freereina!—set to release their debut in late 2026—whose live history includes opening slots for internationally touring acts including Weatherday (SWE) and Chestnut Bakery (CN). They were previously co-founder of local music promoter and webzine Big Duck Music. They have worked as a music journalist with bylines across NME, Esplanade Offstage and Asian Film Archive, with a special focus on Japanese and Asian indie scenes. They hold a photo/video-based practice revolving around recurring interests in memory, transmission, and materiality, and compose scores with a distinct DIY lens, cutting across hybridised indie rock to tender ambient electronics — intimately inspired by the transience of their formative childhood across East Asia in Taiwan and Hong Kong. They majored in Art and Urban Studies at Yale-NUS College — winning its annual arts prize upon graduation in 2025 — and is an affiliate alumnus of Camberwell College of Arts, studying Fine Art Photography.