myohmy Are Turning the Tragedy of Youth Into Something Dreamy

Words by Kasia Krawczyk

In a Soho conversation filled with dreams of Grammys, world tours, and rooftop video shoots, Tycho and Jagun from myohmy open up about their new EP and finding beauty in growing up. There is something appropriately cinematic about meeting myohmy in Soho.

Outside, central London moves at its usual relentless pace. Inside, though, the conversation drifts somewhere else — into nostalgia, dreams, late-night rooftops and the strange, sometimes painful process of growing up.

The occasion is the release of tragedy of youth, the leading single from myohmy’s debut EP of the same name. For the band, the title isn’t just a dramatic phrase. It is a way of tying together the stories, experiences and emotions that have shaped the record.

“We’ve got our EP called Tragedy of Youth coming out,” the band explains. “That’s why we’re here.”

The single arrives first, with the full EP following on August 26. Asked to describe the project in just three words, they don’t hesitate.

“Ethereal, nostalgic and dreamy.”

But are MYOHMY themselves dreamers when they step away from the music?

“I feel like it,” says Jagun.

“Oh yeah,” Tycho adds. “Sometimes I can get a bit wistful.”

That sense of wistfulness runs through Tragedy of Youth. The title suggests something deeply personal, and according to Tycho, that is exactly the point.

“I mean, it’s the name of the lead single, but also the whole EP,” he says. “It kind of encapsulates the whole vibe because all of the songs are about real stuff that we’ve experienced as humans and people growing up.”

The stories on the record might be dressed in myohmy’s dreamy, atmospheric sound, but the emotions underneath are real.

“Each story we have on that EP is a real story or situation,” Tycho continues. “So it’s inspired by real life. And I feel like people will be able to connect and relate to it more.”

That connection between reality and escapism feels central to the MYOHMY universe. Their sound reaches for something cinematic and otherworldly without losing its pop instincts.

For Jagun, artists such as Twenty One Pilots helped inform that balance.

“We kind of went for that dreamy but still poppy style,” he says. “So I’d say Twenty One Pilots were definitely there.”

“For me, definitely the film Enter the Void,” he says. “That really inspired me for the whole visual world of myohmy.”

The band is clearly interested in worlds that are beautiful but slightly unsettling — the kind of places where fantasy and reality start to blur.

“I really recommend those kinds of films,” Tycho says. “They’re very utopian and beautiful — kind of scary, but beautiful.”

A London Band With Their Eyes on the World

London is part of myohmy’s DNA, although the duo aren’t interested in being confined by it.

“It’s kind of a mixture, I guess,” Tycho says when asked whether the city has shaped their identity. “You’re from the south, I’m from North London, so we’re the perfect mix.”

There is a London energy in their story, but also a desire to escape it.

“We’ve kind of got the London vibe, but we’re also dreamers,” Tycho says. “We want to get out of London, and we’ve spent a lot of time outside of it. We really enjoy playing everywhere.”

So what does the dream look like?

“To tour the whole world with myohmy and get a Grammy,” Tycho says without hesitation.

Jagun’s ambition is a little more collective.

“To experience and bring everyone together with music.”

Tycho immediately agrees.

“Oh yes. We’ve got amazing fans who understand our music. We love them, and that’s why we’re doing it.”

Before the Grammy speeches and the world tour, though, there is still plenty happening.

myohmy recently filmed a new music video — an experience involving an East London rooftop and a very late night.

“We were out on the roof until 2 a.m.,” they say, laughing. “So we’re super excited for it.”

There are also more events on the horizon, more club nights and, possibly, some headline shows.

And then there is the question every artist gets asked when a new EP is about to arrive: what about an album?

“Yeah,” Tycho says. “We’re working on the second EP now, so by January we’re hoping to have an album.”

Jagun reveals that the process is already well underway.

“Regardless of this EP coming out, we’ve been writing an album.”

Tycho smiles.

“Oh yeah. We’ve got the flow, and the music is on the way.”

myohmy are living inside the Tragedy of Youth era — an era built from real stories, dreamy textures and the complicated business of becoming yourself.

If growing up is tragic, myohmy seem determined to make it sound beautiful.

myohmy’s debut EP tragedy of youth is out now!