Plàsi, originally Mikael Bitzarakis, was born on the island of Crete with a Greek father but mainly raised in Sweden with his mother where he moved by the age of four. He writes and produces his music himself, and has studied songwriting at the music school Rytmus in Stockholm. After further studies in Stockholm, Milan, and Vienna his songwriting ignited under his new stage name.The inspiration comes from related acts within the acoustic folk genre, such as Passenger, José González, Sufjan Stevens, and Kings of Convenience.