I. Introduction
Milli, is a Thai rapper, producer, philanthropist and singer who debuted originally in 2019 at the age of 17. Milli was born on 13 November 2002 in Bangkok, Thailand. She graduated from Satrinonthaburi School.
II. Career
Milli began her career on stage by competing on the Thai TV show The Rapper 2. She was praised by the contest's judges for her exotic acting and singing style. She is registered as an artist under YUPP!, a Thai rapping-centred label.
She recorded her first single "Phak Khon" (พักก่อน) in February 2020, a sarcastic hip-hop fused song about her friends in school and a message of anti-bullying. This song uses Lu, Isan and English. It launched her into popularity, with the music video reaching 90,226,674 views on YouTube as of April 2022. In June 2020, she recorded a second single "Sud Pang" (สุดปัง), that is about her life, dreams and beauty. This song uses Thai (Northern and Southern), Isan, Japanese, phasa lu, and English. This song has 43,308,512 views on YouTube as of April 2022.
"Mirror Mirror" was released in October 2021 and is a collaborative song by Milli, F.HERO, and Changbin, a prominent member of the South Korean boy group, Stray Kids. The track gained significant popularity in Thailand, garnering over 100 million views on YouTube. She notably was rapping in Korean, Thai and English on the track.
III. 2021 Ratri
Milli would debut in 2021 Ratri (2021 ราตรี), a five-member girl group project under White Music. They debuted on February 4, 2021 with the digital single "Genie Ja (2021)". They were formed as a revived, new version of 2002 Ratree. Sadly, the group would be disbanded by the company in less than a year, in late 2021.
IIII. Coachella 2022 Performance and Debut as an Actress
Milli performed as an lineup of many artists brought in by 88rising at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival on 17 April 2022, making her the first Thai solo artist to perform there. Her performance included a rapping that mentioned "trains from Rama V's reign – in use for 120 years"; referring to the outdated trains still used regularly in modern Thai Railway, and "hundred-thousand-baht Kinnari light poles"; referring to the notorious corruption case of Racha Thewa subdistrict government spending state funds on the Kinnari-topped light poles, costing THB 100,000 each and THB 68.2 millions in total. She finished her show eating a dish of Thai dessert mango sticky rice on the stage, leading to a surge in consumption of the dish in Thailand, with orders for mango sticky rice doubling in some stores. A mango sticky rice store in Bangkok reported that an additional 30 kilograms (66 lb) of sticky rice had to be prepared following the unprecedented surge for the dish.
Around the same time, the Thai film Fast & Feel Love in which she made a cameo has been released in cinemas. She coincidentally mentioned her dream of becoming an internationally recognised artist as part of her dialogue in the film. This prompts the film's director Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit to post on Facebook congratulating her, saying "the film and reality have now crossed and co-exist at the same time".
In 2022, she would also become the first Thai artist to be on a billboard in Time Square in New York City, on a Spotify advert.
IIIII. Speaking Out Against Thai Government's Putting Citizens in Danger
On 21 July 2021, the military government of Prayut Chan-o-cha charged her for criticizing its poor response to the COVID-19 pandemic. She was accused of posting information which "threatens the national security", a crime punishable by up to five years in prison. Thai netizens, including multiple artists and music entities, voiced out their support of her using the hashtag "#Saveมิลลิ" (#SaveMilli). The government additionally vowed to prosecute at least 20 more Thai artists for criticizing the government. She was fined 2,000 baht according to the Criminal Code Section 393.
In 2023, as an result of actions in 2021 and her global impact as an artist at an very young age she would be named Bangkok Post's Woman of the Year.
IIIV. DREAMGALS
Milli would form the group DREAMGALS alongside label mates; GALCHANIE and Flower.far on June 20th, 2024. The group would see success immediately and as a result the songs from the release would end up becoming some of the top songs of each artist. This would mark the second girl group Milli debuted in.
III. Solo Discography
IIII. Thai Discography
IIIII. Studio Albums
Babb Bum Bum (2022)
IIIIII. Digital Singles
"พักก่อน" (2020)
"Sudpang!" (2020)
"Nu Tum Aeng" (2021)
"Not Yet" (2021)
"17 mins" (2022)
"Sad Aerobic" (2022)
"Hey Hey" (2024)
IIIIIII. Remix Singles
"The Weekend (MILLI Remix)" (2021)
Special Singles
"Mirror Mirror" (2021)
"Mango Sticky Rice" (2022)
"Mind Games" (2022)
IIIIIV. Promotional Singles
"ไหนเล่า" (2020)
"Goggle-eyed" (with Wonderframe) (2020)
"To the Max" (2021)
"Say It" (2021)
IIIIV. Collaborations and Features
"Mai Ru Jak" (with RAMASUON) (2020)
"โนสน โนแคร์" (with NEW JIEW & Waii) (2020)
"Tiid Tiiw" (with Various artists) (2020)
"7YUPP" (with Various artists) (2020)
"Whip it" (with Tsunari) (2021)
"Good Brats" (with Bomb at Track) (2022)
F.HERO - "ยับ BOTCASH Remix" (2019)
F.HERO - "Chang Mang" (2019)
MEAN - "Lookout" (2020)
MAIYARAP - "แฟนใหม่หน้าคุ้น" (2020)
Tilly Birds - "Just Being Friendly" (2021)
Don't try this at home - "Mana Manee" (2022)
Twopee Southside - "Bao Dao Bao" (2022)
Zom Marie - "แม่งเอ๊ย" (2023)
pH-1 - "Rosetta" (2023)
ATARASHII GAKKOU - "Drama" (2024)
IIIIVI. OSTs
"Friend Zone 2 OST" ("เอาให้ชัด") (2020)
"The Graduates OST" ("คนจะรวย") (2020)
"Cracked OST" ("ไม่มีใคร") (2022)
"Bangkok Blossom OST" ("ปรารถนาเพียงเชื่อ") (2024)
IIIII. Japanese Discography
IIIIII. Digital Singles
"Boy Pablo" (2023)
