
“Lily Chou-Chou” released two singles in 2000, but their gloomy rock sound did not catch on with the public. In 1998, she began auditioning as an aspiring performer, and was eventually scouted by Takeshi Kobayashi, who worked with and Hitoto Yo, to play the title character in the upcoming Shinji Iwai movie All About Lily Chou-Chou. Born Ayako Mori in 1980, she studied piano from an early age and joined a school choir to combat pneumonia she contracted in primary school (it was either this or swimming lessons, and she made her choice). Many J-pop stars perform under pseudonyms, but Salyu took it a step further, debuting as Lily Chou-Chou, a fictional rock star with very real songs, one of which was even used by Quentin Tarantino, before launching a career as a real person (though still under an alias). Salyu is the voice behind the fictional charater, Lily Chou-Chou as posted on Salyu’s Spotify About section, Lily Chou-Chou is not a person, but a fictional character. Initially a fictional band that produced music for the 2001 Shunji Iwai film All About Lily Chou-Chou, the group later reformed in 2010 for the 10th anniversary of the film.

Lily Chou-Chou (リリイ シュシュ, Rirī Shushu) is a Japanese band that debuted in 2000. According to the Wikipedia page on Lily Chou-Chou,
