Mad Tsai

Born in Huntington Beach, California, Jonathan Tsai releases his music under the name Mad Tsai, in a pop register that is at once alternative, bedroom pop, and indie pop, with short, melodic songs focused on writing. His trajectory began very early with initial tracks uploaded by the end of the 2010s, before he gained visibility from 2020 onward by sharing his tracks on TikTok, where his universe developed in parallel with content related to his student life. Mad Tsai belongs to a generation of pop, propelled by themes of relationships, identity, and sexuality, with a direct and often ironic tone. Singles such as Boy Bi in 2020, heartbreak honeymoon in 2021, or Stacy's Brother in 2022 helped structure his path and refine an aesthetic that blends very pop choruses, light production, and touches of rock or electronic. American of Taiwanese and Peruvian descent according to several biographical sources, Mad Tsai studied at UCLA, a context that accompanies the emergence of a project conceived both for writing songs and for the contemporary uses of networks and independent pop scenes.