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Karencici (born January 12, 1998), is an American singer and songwriter.

Career
At age 14, Karencici competed in a local singing competition with her mother in Los Angeles and met music producer Bing Wang, who was judging the competition. She moved to Taiwan at the age of 16 to pursue a career in music. She began sending music demos to record labels in Korea in early teens. She later competed on the first season of the Sing! China in 2016. While on the show, at the suggestion of show producers, she sang rock songs. She gradually gravitated towards R&B music as her preferred music style. Karencici released an English extended play in South Korea in July 2018 under HIM International Music. Prior to that, she wrote songs for Hebe Tien, Jolin Tsai and Yoga Lin. She released her debut full-length album Sha Yan later that year.

In 2021, Karencici collaborated with idol singer Jackson Wang on the music group Panthepack, which released an album and conducted a tour. She released her sophomore album, 99% Angel in 2022. HipHopDX described the album as a "collection of house-inflected dance-pop and R&B tracks."

Personal life
Karencici was raised by a single mother. Born Karen Lam, her family called her "Xi Xi" growing up, which she combined with her first name to come up with her stage name. She attended singing, dancing and piano lessons from the age of five at the encouragement of her grandmother She is fluent in Mandarin and English and records songs in both languages. At age 13, after watching Taylor Swift performing, Karencici decided to try writing her own music.