Written by Komal Gupta | For Runyu Qian, a song can hold a childhood afternoon, a grandmother’s voice, a lonely year in New York or an entire fictional life. At Music Matters Live, the singer-songwriter and pipa player lets MIXTAPE 317 inside a few of them. Photo Runyu Qian Runyu Qian has had two hours of sleep. This is important information because I am about to get an unusually unfiltered version of her. “Whatever I’m telling you, it’s like the dead truth.” Fair enough.