Artist/producer/creative-director CHAII is an Iranian Artist from Aotearoa New Zealand. CHAII’s creative vision was apparent on debut EP Lightswitch and her recent Album ‘Safar’. Having music featured in EA Sports’ FIFA 21 Soundtrack + Trailer for Ms Marvel, ‘Nobody Know’ iPhone 12 + featured in Netflix Original film ‘The Old Guard’, ‘South’, featured in Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater soundtrack + FENDI’s global FENDIVA campaign and more, leading to CHAII being announced as the most synched artist in The Rolling Stone Australia/NewZealand. Being the first ever NZ Spotify RADAR artist and NZ’s first artist on a Coke Studios collab, collaborating with Australian artist Tones and I and Australian DJ/Producer Young Franco to create their single ‘Can’t get you off my mind’.

CHAII’s dynamic multicultural blend of influences not only brings listeners into her world, but also digs deep into the roots of her Persian background. Born in Iran where music was a big part of her culture she showed a lot of interest in creative outlets, by the time her family moved to New Zealand when she was eight years old, that interest had bloomed into an obsession and now a full time life of making music.

CHAII’s (Mona’s) background - Early university years completing Design/Audio engineering qualifications. For 10+ years CHAII has worked and done various different roles in the creative industry including working for music labels, creative directing, film producing, audio engineering & Producing. As of 2019 CHAII went into pursuing music full time. Her Track ‘Digebasse’ went viral and led to her signing a global deal with label BMG.