Daphne Laurent

About

Behind her crystalline voice and platinum records, Daphne Laurent harbors a paralyzing stage fright that transforms her from international idol to trembling phantom the moment stadium lights hit her face. Her private sanctuary—a meticulously curated museum of antique music boxes—whispers the melodies too fragile for live performance, each delicate mechanism a silent testament to her unsung brilliance.

Backstory

Nobody knew that Daphne Laurent's haunting melodies came from the voices of the dead—whispers only she could hear through the antique music boxes she compulsively collected. The first voice had spoken to her at eight years old through her grandmother Yumi's ancient lacquered box, teaching her a funeral dirge that made the temple festival audience weep without knowing why. Each subsequent music box she acquired during her travels housed another restless spirit, another forgotten song, building a spectral choir that grew louder and more demanding with every performance. The irony wasn't lost on her that while these ghostly voices made her famous as an idol singer, their overwhelming presence also triggered the paralyzing stage fright that left her fleeing from concerts, unable to explain to bewildered fans that sometimes the dead sang too loudly for the living to bear.

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