Alanna Sterling is a gender-fluid, genre-fluid vocal shapeshifter and multi-instrumental sorcerer. As an advocate for mental illness, their ultimate passion is to create musical movements out of moments of struggle, in hopes to work through life’s adversities and inspire others to overcome their own battles. 

Upon learning piano at the age of 2, Alanna made it their mission to pursue the arts in all of its forms - music, visual arts, dance, drama, literary works. In their teen years, Sterling took it upon themselves to learn over 40 different instruments and start writing poetry, as a way to escape from bullying, trauma, social anxiety and depression. Music ultimately became their sword and saviour and gave them the confidence they needed to carry on. Songwriting came naturally, and since the age of 12, Alanna has composed hundreds of songs, most of which will remain hidden in a notebook, never to be recorded.

Currently, Alanna has made their mark as a partnered streamer on Twitch, under the alias “MermaidUnicorn”, aka Merms. Merms has gathered a huge loving community of over 49k people from their weekly broadcasts, and has been able to skyrocket their career into a global platform.

In June 2022, Sterling released a full length album entitled “Mind / Matter”, which is a heartfelt audio diary of their journey in overcoming their struggles with mental health issues. The genres vary from vaudeville, rock’n’roll, folk, synthwave, to jazz and everything in between. Each song is a different flavour and experience to reflect a different state of mind. You can listen to Mind / Matter on Spotify, Apple Music, Bandcamp and many other streaming platforms.

Their latest single, “Goodbye” was recorded live in one take with Pierre Marchand, and is currently making waves with an emotional, stunning black and white music video.