Hong Kong-born, US-raised singer-songwriter Jane Lui is single-handedly keeping quirky from becoming a dirty word. Take the single “Illusionist Boy” from her forthcoming self-released third album Goodnight Company. It’s a rootsy, country-folk track sung in a rich, breathy voice with a lilt to it like sunlight glancing off water. It’s a little strange but there’s also something familiar about it you can’t quite put your finger on.

Nerdy-cool and stupid talented, she seems able to take any genre from dance pop to jazz as a starting point for her songwriting and effortlessly make it into something uniquely hers.

Watch this adorable video for her song “Jailcard” and see what I mean. Sooo much geek chic! And she has back-up dancers! If you really like that one, well, here’s the link to that one too.

Latest, greatest music crush for sure.

Watch this video of her performing “Illusionist Boy” and you’ll crush hard too:

Illusionist Boy by Jane Lui, presented by Cafe Henrici from Henrici on Vimeo.

Photo: Team Clermont