{"id":34624,"date":"2020-03-22T18:28:08","date_gmt":"2020-03-22T18:28:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/traklife.com\/featured\/who-is-audrey-nuna\/"},"modified":"2023-09-16T22:59:14","modified_gmt":"2023-09-16T22:59:14","slug":"who-is-audrey-nuna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traklife.com\/culture\/who-is-audrey-nuna\/","title":{"rendered":"Who is Audrey Nuna?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hope everyone is doing alright with the “Stay-at-home order” if it has been applied to your community. The whole state of California is pretty much observing the new order due to the COVID-19. I’m not even gonna lie, I’ve been a bit anxious with it even when at first I took it very lightly. It was when SXSW was officially cancelled that I started to feel the impact of the seriousness of it all. Erv mentioned it in his last post with the playlist of artists we were looking forward to seeing. You can peep that here, “SXSW 2020 – Quarantine Playlist<\/a>.” I’ve been practicing social distancing for the most part, but ironically, even though I can be a bit of an extrovert, I’ve always been a homebody. In a sense, I feel like I’m in my element. We can get into that another time. I digress. If there’s anything keeping me sane these days, it’s definitely listening to music.<\/p>\n

\"\"One of the artists I was REALLY looking forward to seeing at this year’s SXSW is 20-year-old Audrey Chu, best known as her stage name, Audrey Nuna<\/strong><\/a> from New York. I discovered her track on the Official SXSW 2020 Playlist<\/a>. The first track I heard was “Comic Sans<\/strong>” featuring Jack Harlow<\/strong><\/a>. It was her rapping that captivated me and when I looked her up I saw that she’s Asian-American, Korean-American to be exact. Being an asian woman myself, I thought it was pretty cool to see such a talented asian woman artist emerge since, let’s be real, there aren’t too many that I know of (especially mainstream). She shared her thoughts on it with a Paper Magazine<\/em><\/a> interview when asked what it takes to “normalize Asian-American representation in pop culture.”<\/p>\n

“If we’re talking long term, mainstream exposure is definitely part of my vision. I think there are so many Asian-American artists who are succeeding, subculture wise, and there are a lot of pockets and sub-communities that are really doing it. I just think it hasn’t really been normalized yet in mainstream culture, and there’s a part of me that really wants to see that, even if it’s not me. I just want to be involved in some way.”<\/strong> – Audrey Nuna (Paper Magazine Interview March 2019)<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

On top of her rapping AND singing skills, her visuals reeled me into her music even more. She actually co-directs her music videos according to her recent interview with Hypebae<\/a>. Her videos tend to be spontaneous, random, ambiguous, and eerie. It’s a whole vibe, I’ll tell ya. With a fashion sense to match her peculiar visuals, there’s nothing ordinary about Audrey, which is what I love most. Don’t believe me?
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Check out the official video with Jack Harlow below:<\/p>\n