[6][7] Gurevich was born in Toronto, Ontario, to Russian-Jewish immigrants[8] and was raised with Russian as her first language.

[4][7][9] Gurevich originally wanted to become a filmmaker and worked ten years in the industry before turning to music.

[5][11] After receiving criticism for being a non-Chinese woman inappropriately using the word Chinawoman, Gurevich distanced herself from her stage name and began to perform under her own name.

[12] Gurevich has cited Alla Pugacheva, Adriano Celentano, Charles Aznavour, Yoko Ono, Leonard Cohen, Francis Lai, Nino Rota, Xavier Dolan, Todor Kobakov, Jennifer Castle, and filmmaker Federico Fellini as influences on her music.

[8] In 2022, "Feel More" was the theme song for the American documentary miniseries Keep Sweet: Pray and Obey.