London-based artist yeule (aka Nat Ćmiel) creates dreamy experimental pop that reflects a lifetime of online immersion. Their songs are often riddled with glitches, static, and bitcrushed effects, along with atmospheric guitars, intimate vocals, and occasional dance beats. Their debut full-length, Serotonin II, appeared in 2019 and gradually developed a following; second album Glitch Princess arrived in 2022. A more guitar-heavy third effort titled softscars was released in 2023.

Nat Ćmiel was born Natasha Yelin Chang in Singapore in 1997, and started playing classical piano at the age of six. They later took up guitar and drums, and as a high school student, they played in an indie rock band called Riot Diet and sang in a jazz group. They relocated frequently as a child, and had a hard time fitting in at school, leading to constant feelings of isolation. Video games and online communities provided inspiration and solace, and as Ćmiel began making and performing music on their own, they took the name yeule, as a reference to a Final Fantasy character as well as their birth middle name. Heavily influenced by indie electronic artists like Grimes, Holy Other, and Purity Ring, their self-titled debut EP appeared in 2014, followed by Pathos in 2016 and Coma in 2017. They additionally wrote music for Lost Memories Dot Net, a game inspired by group chats and online culture of the 2000s.

In 2019, yeule signed to Bayonet Records and released the dreamy ambient pop full-length Serotonin II. They issued a few additional tracks during 2020, with the glitchy spoken word piece "My Name Is Nat Ćmiel" appearing on the final day of the year. The remix EP Serotonin X was released in 2021, followed by Nuclear War Post X, a digital album containing covers of songs by the Breeders, Frank Ocean, the Velvet Underground, Grouper, and others. They also released a nearly five-hour drone piece titled "The Things They Did for Me Out of Love" and the emo-tinged single "Don't Be So Hard on Your Own Beauty." The dancehall-influenced, Danny L. Harle-produced single "Too Dead Inside" appeared in early 2022, preceding the February release of yeule's second full-length, Glitch Princess. The album's songs deal with an outpour of emotions as well as a desire to leave the body. Drawing more heavily from shoegaze and punk, their third album, softscars, appeared on Ninja Tune in 2023. ~ Paul Simpson