Milck

Los Angeles-based pop artist MILCK first captured widespread attention in early 2017, when the introspective ballad “Quiet” emerged as a rallying cry for survivors of sexual violence. The following year she issued her Atlantic debut, the EP This Is Not the End.

Born in Los Angeles to Chinese immigrant parents, Connie Lim began classical piano lessons in childhood and later taught herself songwriting during her time at Berkeley. For roughly ten years she worked in the industry under her birth name, honing material and playing live before adopting the MILCK moniker in 2016. Her initial release under the new name, the dark-hued single “Devil, Devil,” landed on series such as The Royals and Lucifer, yet it was the follow-up track “Quiet” that ultimately drew national notice. Drawing from personal encounters with domestic abuse and trauma at age fourteen, Lim composed the song in 2015 and first performed it publicly at the Women’s March in Washington, D.C., joined by an impromptu choir of strangers after minimal rehearsal. Footage captured spontaneously by onlookers spread rapidly online; within weeks she had appeared on multiple national broadcasts and secured a recording contract with Atlantic Records.

A studio version of “Quiet” arrived in November 2017 and anchored the 2018 EP This Is Not the End. Early 2020 brought a second EP, Into Gold, followed in May by her Tiny Desk (Home) Concert premiere on NPR Music.