TAN KHENG SEONG, or Aniu as most of us know him, has done more than his fair share to uplift us with his music as we try to make sense of the world around us with Covid-19 forcing us to make so many crucial lifestyle changes.

This singer, who achieved international acclaim when Taiwanese singer Richie Jen covered his song Dui Mian De Nü Hai Kan Guo Lai (Look over here, girl in front of me), and who continued to make himself a mainstay on popular muisc charts with his signature style of music, has come a long way from his days of growing up in Butterworth.