Kaila Yu
American singer-songwriter
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::summary American singer-songwriter ::
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| Field | Value |
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| name | Kaila Yu |
| birth_name | Yu Li Ting (于麗萍) |
| birth_date | |
| birth_place | Taipei, Taiwan |
| education | University of California, Los Angeles (BA) |
| occupation | Singer, songwriter, actress |
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| name = Kaila Yu | birth_name = Yu Li Ting (于麗萍) | birth_date = | birth_place = Taipei, Taiwan | education = University of California, Los Angeles (BA) | occupation = Singer, songwriter, actress
Kaila Yu is a Taiwanese American singer, songwriter, former model, and freelance journalist for The Rolling Stone, CNN, Glamour, and more.
Life
She was formerly the lead singer for the all-Asian-American, female rock band Nylon Pink. Yu is also one of the founders of the jewelry/fashion line "Hello Drama" which is affiliated with the Nylon Pink band and style.
She has also been an import model and appeared in magazines including Stuff Magazine, Maxim, FHM and House of Roses. Yu had a brief role as an Asian stripper in Dark Blue, appeared as a race girl in The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift, and also hosted shows on channels such as MTV Asia, MTV Chi, Music Plus TV, TorqueTV, Octane TV and Ripe TV.
Yu is a graduate of UCLA (with a degree in economics), after transferring there from the University of California, San Diego, where she initially majored in biology.
Works
References
References
- "Pardon Our Interruption".
- AllKPop, Girl Pop Rock Band 'Nylon Pink' reveals English Cover of "Gee", [http://www.allkpop.com/2012/02/girl-pop-rock-band-nylon-pink-reveals-english-cover-of-gee Allkpop.com]
- [http://www.hellodrama.net Hellodrama.net]
- ''Id.''
- All Music, Kaila Yu Bio, [http://www.allmusic.com/artist/kaila-yu-mn0000852323 AllMusic]
- MacDonald, Joan. "Kaila Yu's 'Fetishized' Examines Yellow Fever, Feminism And Beauty'".
- Damatac, Jill. (2025-08-19). "Book Review: 'Fetishized,' by Kaila Yu".
- (2025-09-16). "My Reading Life: Fetishized author Kaila Yu reads and writes about body".
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