Hana Vu Explained

Hana Vu
Origin:Los Angeles, California, United States
Genre:Indie rock, lo-fi, indie pop
Label:Luminelle Recordings

Hana Vu (born 2000) is an American DIY singer-songwriter from Los Angeles, California. She is of Vietnamese and Korean descent.[1] Vu began writing songs as a child and started performing around L.A. by the age of 14, eventually opening for bands like Soccer Mommy and Wet. After sharing music for several years on SoundCloud and Bandcamp, she released her self-produced debut EP How Many Times Have You Driven By (2018) at the age of 17.[2] It was released through Fat Possum imprint, Luminelle Recordings.[3] Prior to the EP she had collaborated with Willow Smith on the track "Queen of High School".[4] [5] In 2019 Vu released the double EP Nicole Kidman / Anne Hathaway, named after her two favourite actresses.[6] The EP cover features a painting Vu did of Anne Hathaway accepting an award that she later distorted to mimic plastic melting.[7] The same year she was included in The NME 100: Essential new artists for 2019 credited with "[t]earing up diary scribbles and mangling them into a scrunch of daydreaming indie rock."[8] Following graduation from high school, Vu moved out of her parents house and resides in the Echo Park area of Los Angeles.[9] [10]

Discography

Studio albums

Mixtapes

EPs

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Yasmin Tayag . HANA VU KNOWS YOU'RE FEELING LONELY . Cero Magazine . May 5, 2024 . February 26, 2022.
  2. News: Coffey . Skyler . Lefcowitz . Eli . Hana Vu Plays the Starring Role in Double EP Nicole Kidman / Anne Hathaway . 5 June 2020 . The Georgetown Voice . 25 October 2019.
  3. News: Bourton . Lucy . The cars and ocean of LA are already getting old for 17-year-old Hana Vu . 5 June 2020 . Loud And Quiet . 11 June 2018.
  4. News: Morehead . Jason . "How Many Times Have You Driven By" by Hana Vu (Review) . 5 June 2020 . Opus . 31 January 2019 . en.
  5. News: Moore . Jacob . Meet Hana Vu, a Self-Produced, Self-Deprecating 17-Year-Old Who's Trying Her Best . 5 June 2020 . Complex . 28 April 2018 . en.
  6. News: Stubblebine . Allison . Hana Vu Loves Nicole Kidman And Anne Hathaway So Much She Named Her EP After Them . 5 June 2020 . Nylon . en.
  7. News: Baila . Morgan . Hana Vu Debuts New Track Off Nicole Kidman/ Anne Hathaway EP . 5 June 2020 . www.refinery29.com . 9 October 2019 . en-CA.
  8. News: Smith . Thomas . The NME 100: Essential new artists for 2019 NME . 5 June 2020 . NME. 8 January 2019.
  9. News: Bjella . Braden . hana vu . 5 June 2020 . Schön! Magazine . 23 October 2019.
  10. News: Graves . Colin . Hana Vu . 5 June 2020 . Notion.online . 29 May 2020.