While Julia Denise Lee refers to Denise Julia as a persona, her honeyed contemporary R&B ballads resonate with her audience on an intimate level. The New York-based Filipina artist made her commercial debut in 2020 and has released a handful of EPs, namely Sweet Nothings (Chapter 1) (2023) and Sweet Nothings (Chapter 2) (2024), followed by Love Again (2026), her first project distributed by Empire. Born and raised in Manila, Julia was in her early teens when she started writing songs and teaching herself how to produce tracks with a digital audio workstation. At the age of 18, she was inspired to further pursue music when she appeared in the video for Juan Caoile and Kyleswish's "Marikit." Within a couple months of the video's June 2020 release, Julia made her commercial debut, partnering with Filipino singer Steve Hansen for the romantic duet "High On Me." The singer steadily offered one atmospheric slow jam after another during the next couple years, with the P-Lo collaboration "B.A.D." both previewing and highlighting Sweet Nothings (Chapter 1), her 2023 debut EP for Sony Music Philippines. Sweet Nothings (Chapter 2) landed the following year with the singles "Don't Matter" and "Twin Flames" featuring respective assists from DENȲ and Thủy. Near the end of 2025, Julia relocated to New York, and with a distribution deal through Empire, she issued her third EP, Love Again, in 2026. - Biography by Andy Kellman