Serrini

{{Short description|Hong Kong singer-songwriter}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2022}}

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Serrini

| image = Serrini 20230220.jpg

| caption = Serrini in 2023.

| native_name = 梁嘉茵

| native_name_lang = zh-hant

| birth_name = Serruria Leung Ka-yan

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1990|08|13|df=yes}}

| birth_place = British Hong Kong

| occupation = Singer-songwriter

| background = solo_singer

| genre = {{hlist|Cantopop|alternative pop|R&B}}

| instrument = {{hlist|Vocal|guitar}}

| years_active = 2011–present

| website = {{URL|https://www.jengsbunka.com/}}

| module = {{Infobox Chinese|child=yes

|c=梁嘉茵

|j={{tone superscript|Loeng4 Gaa1 Jan1}}

|p=Liáng Jiā Yīn}}

}}

Serruria Leung Ka-yan ({{zh|c=梁嘉茵}}; born 13 August 1990), better known by her stage name Serrini, is a Hong Kong independent songwriter-singer who started her singing career in 2012. In recent years, her songs mostly relate to current affairs and romantic relationships among young people.{{cite news|url=https://hk.news.appledaily.com/local/daily/article/20190430/20667435|title=蘋人誌：無力感時代　 開發新秩序　獨立音樂人Serrini|author=鍾嘉瑩|newspaper=Apple Daily|date=2019-04-30|accessdate=2019-11-10|archive-date=2019-11-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191110083739/https://hk.news.appledaily.com/local/daily/article/20190430/20667435}}{{cite news|url=https://hk.entertainment.appledaily.com/enews/realtime/article/20180525/58228335|title=【歌詞夠本土】油尖旺金毛玲Serrini 住劏房的享樂主義|newspaper=Apple Daily|date=2018-05-25|accessdate=2019-11-10|archive-date=2019-11-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191110083738/https://hk.entertainment.appledaily.com/enews/realtime/article/20180525/58228335}}

Serrini graduated from Chinese University of Hong Kong with a bachelor's degree in English and studied at a Master of Arts program at the University of Hong Kong.{{cite magazine |author=芭姐 |date=2021-04-13 |title=年輕人需要的偶像就是這樣！SERRINI 憑甚麼贏得大眾歡心？|trans-title=This is the idol that young people need! Why does SERRINI win the public's favour? |language=zh |url=https://www.harpersbazaar.com.hk/celebrity/serrini-leung-ka-yan |magazine=Harper's Bazaar |accessdate=2022-05-09 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220509090058/https://www.harpersbazaar.com.hk/celebrity/serrini-leung-ka-yan |archivedate=2022-05-09 }} She received a Doctor of Philosophy (Literary and Cultural Studies) degree from the University of Hong Kong.{{cite news |last=Lau |first=Henry |date=2022-01-07 |title=Move over, Mirror? 5 of Hong Kong's rising music stars – from Serrini's unique lyrical style to MC $oho and KidNey's popular YouTube channel Trial & Error |url=https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/celebrity/article/3162484/move-over-mirror-5-hong-kongs-rising-music-stars-serrinis |newspaper=South China Morning Post |accessdate=2022-01-31 |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20220131092643/https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/celebrity/article/3162484/move-over-mirror-5-hong-kongs-rising-music-stars-serrinis |archivedate=2022-01-31 }} The South China Morning Post{{'}}s Henry Lau said that Serrini "has a strong connection with her audience, owing to her unique and fun lyrics covering a wide range of themes, from love to current affairs, through refreshing and catchy tunes".

In January 2022, local media reported that ten Canto-pop singers and groups had been put on a blacklist of government-funded broadcaster RTHK, with radio DJs having been ordered not to play their songs. Serrini was reportedly on the list.{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2022/music/asia/hong-kong-rthk-blacklists-musicians-1235164826/|title=Hong Kong’s RTHK blacklists pro-democracy musicians (reports)|first=Vivienne|last=Chow|work=Variety|date=2022-01-26|access-date=2023-03-08}}