Lee Emi

Born in South Korea and raised in Michigan, singer-songwriter Lee

Emi has performed her music for audiences across the country and

overseas, using those experiences to add grit to her dark, thematic

songwriting. Her indie-pop-rock music bears sharp teeth, leaning

into the rawness of anger, grief, and self-doubt, weaving powerful

melodies around potent lyrics that ask all of us “am I good enough?”

Originally named Lee Sang-Eun and raised under the name Emilee

Petersmark, Lee Emi began her career in 2010 as a primary

songwriter and co-lead singer/guitarist in beloved West Michigan

indie band, The Crane Wives. For the next 15 years, she would play

bars, listening rooms, theatres, and concert venues across the

continental US and release 5 studio records with the Crane Wives,

all while quietly building a personal cache of songs that would

eventually become her first solo record, DESTROY EVERYTHING, to

be released in October 2026.