This research describes how COVID-19 has prompted government reactions, changed the operations and exposed the resilience of the creative industries in Singapore. To answer this question, the author examined materials published by the government in support of the creative industries during the pandemic, as well as organisation websites. The author also analysed newspaper articles, commentaries, speeches and social media material from the Singapore government and creative organisations. The findings revealed that the state implicitly shaped Singapore's creative sectors, and therefore its dependence on state support has strengthened its resilience in times of adversity. The findings also demonstrated how the local creative industries diversified their support channels by utilising technology and relying on other industries. However, the resilience of the creative industries has exposed a need to rethink the infrastructure of the creative industries in order to achieve future self-sustainability goals. Considering that COVID-19 is still an evolving virus, this research only covers data from January 2020 to December 2021. Thus, this research would fall short of documenting the complete responses of the local creative industries to the pandemic as they continued to adjust to working with COVID-19.