About

Aria Wells, known professionally as Greentea Peng, born in 1994, is a neo-soul and self-described 'psychedelic R'n'B' singer and songwriter from south east London, UK. Her musical influences include Lauryn Hill, Erykah Badu, Miss Dynamite and Lily Allen. Her stage name is taken from her love of green tea, and the London slang word 'peng', which means attractive or tasty. With her breezy, hypnotic vocals, Aria builds smoky soundscapes and spiritual anthems, lacing her music with genre-spanning influences and a hazy approach to contemporary neo-soul. Her genre-hopping debut album, Man Made, arrived in 2021, followed by the 2022 mixtape GREENZONE 108. Collaborations with artists including Tricky, Nightmares on Wax, and the late Lee "Scratch" Perry ("100lbs of Summer") soon followed, and fused neo-soul, breakbeats, and rap on singles in advance of her 2025 long-player, Tell Dem It's Sunny.

Taking her name from a box of Green Tea Seng she bought in Peru (and adding "Peng" for a splash of U.K. charm). After performing Lily Allen's "Smile" at an open mike, she was picked up by local band Los Hedonistas, with whom she toured in 2015. Upon returning to her London home, she set to work on a debut EP, releasing woozy singles like "Moonchild" and "Loving Kind" in early 2018. With her wide range of influences, and layered, drifting vocals, Wells crafted the first taste of her self-described "psychedelic R&B" -- the full EP, titled Sensi, arrived later that year, folding influences including dub reggae and hip-hop into her smoky, introspective sound. — via AllMusic

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Label: AWAL Recordings
Format: 2 x Vinyl, LP, Album
Released: 2025
Genre: Hip Hop, Reggae, Funk / Soul
Style: Neo Soul, Ragga Hip Hop

File under: Hip-hop 2000 & beyond
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