Narelle Kheng

In this Chinese name, the family name is Kheng.

Narelle Kheng (born 24 September 1993) is a Singaporean singer, actress, and former national swimmer.^[2][1] She made her debut in the Singaporean band The Sam Willows in 2012.^[3][4][5][6]

Narelle Kheng
金颂旖
Born	(1993-09-24) 24 September 1993 (age 31) Singapore
Alma mater	Nanyang Technological University
Occupations	Singer actress
Years active	2012–present
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)[1]
Relatives	Benjamin Kheng (brother)
Musical career
Origin	Singapore
Genres	Indie pop
Labels	Sony Music Singapore Warner Records
Website	thesamwillows.com
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	金頌旖
Simplified Chinese	金颂旖
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Jīn Sòng Yī

Personal life

Kheng was a national youth swimmer, having trained at the Singapore Sports School^[7] since the age of six.

She was educated at Methodist Girls' School, Anglo-Chinese Junior College and Singapore Sports School, before graduating from the Nanyang Technological University, where she majored in communication studies.^[8][2]

Narelle is the younger sister of Benjamin Kheng.^[9][10][11]

Music career

Kheng is the bass guitarist and vocalist for The Sam Willows. After announcing their hiatus in May 2019, she has since pursued her solo career.^[12]

Narelle released her solo single "Outta My Head" on 4 April 2019.^[13] She released her debut EP "Part 2" on 10 October 2019, in conjunction with World Mental Health Day.^[14] On 26 March 2021, Narelle released "Complicated Love Song", which is part of her three-song EP, "Part 3".^[15]

Acting career

Kheng had cameo roles in drama serials Zero Calling, Against The Tide and Peace & Prosperity.^[7][16]

In 2014, she and her brother, Benjamin, starred in a Channel 5 show, Do It Yourself creating DIY furniture.^[7]

In 2017, Kheng played the lead role, Cindy in the Toggle Original series Lifespam.^[7]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2016	Young & Fabulous	Orange Tan	Singapore 1st Cosplay theme movie	[17]
	Parandhu Sella Vaa	Min Yuan	Tamil film	[18]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2014	Zero Calling	Jena	Cameo	[19]
	Against the Tide	Jennie	Cameo	[19]
2016	Peace & Prosperity	Ice	Appeared in episode 81	[7]
2017	Lifespam	Cindy "Comatose Girl"	Main Role	[20]

Variety

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2014	Do It Yourself	Herself	A magazine infotainment variety show and a mockumentary sitcom	[21]

Discography

Main article: The Sam Willows discography

Singles

Year	Title	Format	Album	Other notes	Ref
2016	"Some They Lie"	Digital download, streaming	Non-album single		[22]
2019	"Outta My Head"		Non-album single		[23]
	"Tears"		Part 2	Solo EP	[24]
	"Let Me Be"
	"Blue"

References

1. "10 Narelle Kheng Facts That'll Make You Fall In Love With Her". mustsharenews.com. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
2. "Swimmer-turned-singer-turned-actress Narelle Kheng is stretching her wings". straitstimes.com. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
3. "Narelle Kheng Talks About Toxic Relationships, Chasing Happiness And How She Found Healing". toggle.sg. Retrieved 7 June 2019.^{[dead link‍]}
4. "Meet the weeping Sam Willows". tnp.sg. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
5. "MTV ASKS: THE SAM WILLOWS OPEN UP ABOUT THEIR EVOLVING RELATIONSHIP + ANSWER BURNING FAN QUESTIONS". mtvasia.com. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
6. "Home-grown pop quartet The Sam Willows' second album a result of 'confusing' times". straitstimes.com. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
7. "10 facts you might not know of local songbird Narelle Kheng". Her World Singapore. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
8. "The ladies from The Sam Willows share the secret to their popularity".
9. "5 Things You (Probably) Didn't Know About Benjamin & Narelle Kheng". 8days.sg. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
10. "HERE'S WHY THE KHENG BROTHER-SISTER DUO HAVE A STRONG, UNBREAKABLE SIBLING BOND". herworld.com. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
11. "WATCH: BENJAMIN AND NARELLE KHENG ON WHAT IT MEANS TO LOVE THEMSELVES". herworld.com. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
12. "Singapore's Most Talked-About Siblings - Benjamin and Narelle Kheng". magzter.com. Retrieved 20 November 2019.
13. "Narelle releases haunting music video for 'Outta My Head' – watch". Narelle releases haunting music video for 'Outta My Head' – watch | Bandwagon | Music media championing and spotlighting music in Asia. 6 May 2019. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
14. "Narelle on Instagram: "💙 it's out! 💙 Thank you guys for all the messages of support, honestly I really bloody appreciate every single one. Usually when people..."". Instagram. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
15. "Watch Narelle Kheng's whimsical new music video for 'Complicated Love Song'". NME. 5 April 2021.
16. "7 things in her bag: Narelle Kheng". Archived from the original on 10 September 2016. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
17. "Young & Fabulous is S'pore's first cosplay-themed film". MediaCorp. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
18. "I Do not want to be Typecast: Luthfudeen". newindianexpress.com. Archived from the original on 3 May 2016. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
19. "7 things in her bag: Narelle Kheng".
20. "The anti-social (media) club: Narelle Kheng". entertainment.toggle.sg. Archived from the original on 18 August 2017. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
21. "DO IT YOURSELF". toggle.sg. Retrieved 20 November 2014.^{[dead link‍]}
22. "Narelle Kheng talks independent effort Some They Lie and working with Gentle Bones". buro247.sg. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
23. "The Sam Willows' Narelle Kheng goes solo after a period of grief". buro247.sg. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
24. "Emerging Stronger". wkwscialumnimagazine.com. Retrieved 12 December 2019.

External links

• Official website at The Sam Willows Band
• Narelle Kheng at IMDb
• Narelle Kheng on Instagram
• Narelle Kheng on Twitter
• Narelle Kheng on Facebook