2012–2017: Early career Deena Lynch was born in
Yokohama, Japan to a
Taiwanese mother and Australian father. By 2009, she was based in
Brisbane. Her two music videos under Deena, "Cupid" and "Turpentine", remain unlisted on YouTube.
2018–present: Later career In 2018 Lynch released her first single under the stage name Jaguar Jonze, "You Got Left Behind". She released three more singles, "Beijing Baby", "Kill Me with Your Love", and "Rabbit Hole" during 2019 to 2020. These were included on the extended play,
Diamonds & Liquid Gold, alongside two new tracks, "Rising Sun", and the title track. During 2019, as Spectator Jonze, she displayed her visual artworks at the Brisbane Street Art Festival, and in the following year she was a finalist for the Brisbane Portrait Prize with
Deena IX: Waking the Tiger. In February 2020, Jaguar Jonze was a contestant on
Australia Decides, entering "Rabbit Hole" to compete for Australia's
Eurovision entry. She came 6th place, with 46 points. While in New York, Lynch cut short her American tour and returned to Australia in mid-March, to land in Sydney, where she was diagnosed with
COVID-19. Later that year, she released two more singles, "Deadalive" and "Murder". In November 2020, Lynch was commissioned by
Christian Louboutin to create a concept film, visual artworks and photos featuring herself, in collaboration with Louboutin's Fall/Winter
2020 Cube Collection. In early 2021, she issued her first singles of the year, "Astronaut", and "Curled In", both accompanied by a music video. On 16 April 2021, Lynch released her sophomore EP, "Antihero", containing her four previous singles as well as one new track. On 8 October 2021, she released "Who Died and Made You King?". Later that month, it was announced that she would be competing in
Australia Decides 2022, later revealed to be with her 2022 single "Little Fires". She won the jury vote placing 3rd overall. Jaguar Jonze released her album "Bunny Mode" on 3 June 2022. A survivor of sexual assault, Jonze described writing "Bunny Mode" as a "cathartic process". Her 2024 album, "Victim Impact Statement", was a response to the 2019 sexual assault by two music producers, and her resulting
#MeToo advocacy. In that year, Paul de Zubicaray painted her portrait,
You can’t hurt me anymore, and entered it for the
Archibald Prize. == Health ==