Htwe Lin Ko · Mandalay → Mae Sot → Houston, TX
Songwriter, producer, mix & mastering engineer and filmmaker. More than 300 songs, seven albums and three singles of writing songs that say what they mean, now based in Houston.
About
Lynn Lynn (Htwe Lin Ko) is a Myanmar rock musician, songwriter, music producer and filmmaker now based in Houston, Texas.
A lifelong revolutionary for democracy, through his art. Even after Myanmar’s military junta seized his studio, his home and everything he owned, he has never bowed his head in the fight for democracy and never knelt before the dictatorship.
Born in Mandalay, he taught himself guitar at age nine, played professionally from 1998, and from 2000–2001 established himself as a professional songwriter, writing original songs in a scene then dominated by adaptations of foreign music. He has written more than 300 songs for Burmese singers. His 2008 album Think About It, his first as a vocalist, became a major success and established him as a nationally known performer, followed by six more albums and three singles through 2026.
After Myanmar’s military seized power nationwide in February 2021, and while living as an exile artist on the Thai–Myanmar border, he created the short film The Beginning and The Way, Myanmar’s first musical film, as works of revolutionary art. His short film The Beginning explores the values needed to build a democratic nation. His musical feature The Way, Myanmar’s first musical film, portrays the trauma of a family living through conflict and was shot entirely on an iPhone 13 Pro. Both films won awards at international festivals, including the Cannes World Film Festival.
Profiled by The New York Times in 2023, Lynn Lynn continues to use music and film as instruments of witness, resistance and human connection. He arrived in the United States as a refugee in 2025 and is building the next chapter of his career in Houston, with a focus on music production, mixing and mastering.
The youngest of four sons, Lynn Lynn was born in Mandalay to a railway-worker father. After high school he moved to Yangon, working as a bus conductor and security guard while pursuing music. He learned to navigate state censorship: lyrics were routinely returned for changes, and he sometimes found ways to restore his intended words.
A longtime pro-democracy voice, he marched with monks in the 2007 Saffron Revolution and later volunteered as a bodyguard for Daw Aung San Suu Kyi during the 2012 by-election and 2015 general election. His album The Fourth Revolution spoke openly about military rule.
After the February 2021 coup, the junta charged him and his wife, actress and singer Chit Thu Wai, with incitement. He crossed through jungle and swam to Mae Sot, Thailand, in September 2021; his family followed. There he turned to filmmaking, borrowing an iPhone 13 Pro as his camera and teaching himself new sound-mixing techniques for The Way, which also earned recognition for its soundtrack.
“I want to show that even while we are on the run, our art will continue to live powerfully.”Lynn Lynn
Press
The New York Times · The Saturday Profile · Sept. 8, 2023
By Sui-Lee Wee · Reporting from Mae Sot, Thailand
Read the article ↗“The military junta can oppress an artist physically, but the spirit and art cannot be oppressed.”
Lynn Lynn
CH 1 · Songwriting
Lynn Lynn built his name writing originals at a time when most Myanmar releases were adaptations. He has written 300+ songs for Burmese singers. Think About It was his first album as a vocalist, and it brought him further success.
He writes melody and lyric together, in Burmese and English, from ballads to full-band rock.
CH 2 · Music Production
Arrangement, programming, guitars and vocal production, shaped around the song. Lynn Lynn’s roots are in rock, and he produces and designs music for films. For The Way he arranged, composed and performed the entire score alone.
He works with artists across cultures and languages, and welcomes cross-cultural collaborations.
CH 3 · Mixing & Mastering
Stereo mixing and mastering for singles, EPs, albums and film. Lynn Lynn taught himself the craft under pressure while finishing The Way, and it is now the main focus of his work in Houston.
$300/ song
Full stereo mix from your multitrack stems.
Book mixing$300/ song
Streaming-ready master from your final stereo mix.
Book mastering$500/ song
Both stages, one engineer. Saves $100 per song.
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Quoted per project, based on scope and deliverables.
Ask for a quoteCH 4 · Film Script Writing
Lynn Lynn writes and directs films about conflict, trauma and the search for peace and justice. He leaves Myanmar unnamed in The Way so its story can belong to audiences anywhere.
The values and shared responsibility needed to build a democratic nation, made by artists fleeing Myanmar after the coup.
Myanmar’s first musical film. A family living through conflict, shot entirely on an iPhone 13 Pro.
“Who could stop the blowing wind… Who could stop the flowing water… The flag of victory will rise in the land where we live on.”Lynn Lynn, director · The Way
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