Audrey Nuna

Audrey Nuna
Audrey Nuna performing at Rapbeat Festival 2022
Audrey Nuna performing at Rapbeat Festival 2022
Background information
Birth nameAudrey Chu
Also known asBlueberry Cheeto
Born (1999-04-02) April 2, 1999 (age 24)
Manalapan, New Jersey, U.S.
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Singer
  • rapper
  • songwriter
  • director
Years active2018–present
LabelsArista Records
Websiteaudreynuna.com

Audrey Chu (born April 2, 1999), known by stage name Audrey Nuna, is an American R&B singer and rapper.[1] She is best known for her singles "damn Right" and "Comic Sans" (featuring Jack Harlow).[2] She was born and raised in New Jersey,[3] and studied in the Clive Davis Music Institute of NYU for her freshman year, but has since taken a break to focus on music.[4] Her songs are known to combine multiple genres such as pop, R&B, rap and trap.[5] She is signed with Arista Records, under Sony Music Entertainment.[6]

Early life and career

Raised in suburban Manalapan, New Jersey, Audrey Nuna – known first professionally as Audrey – started making music in her teens covering artists from Childish Gambino to Drake and uploading the videos to combat the boredom of her hometown. Her first experience singing for a big crowd was performing ‘America the Beautiful’ at the US Open Tennis when she was ten.[7] Producer– and future manager – Anwar Sawyer contacted her after seeing her Instagram covers while she attended the Clive Davis Institute in Brooklyn. In 2018 she began releasing independent tracks. After producing three striking ballads, the confident sound of “Honeypot” showcased her musical versatility as a multi-genre artist. In 2019, after releasing two more singles, Sony Arista Records – coincidentally the record company that was founded by her university -- signed her to the label. She made her label debut with her single “Time”, then “Paper”, and her assertive collaboration with Jack Harlow in “Comic Sans”. She changed her stage name to Audrey Nuna after being inspired by her younger brother. In Korean, the suffix is a term boys use to address their older sisters, and younger males generally use it to refer to older females.[8] Her name change incorporated her identity as a Korean American after years of trying to keep a low profile in her suburban hometown by reflecting the social hierarchy of respect built into Korean culture. The diversity of New York inspired her to embrace herself.[9] After the name change, in 2020, she released more singles alongside “damn Right” and its DJ Snake-assisted sequel.[10] She issued a ten-track project of previous singles and new tracks in 2021 named ‘A Liquid Breakfast’.

Discography

Projects

Title Details
A Liquid Breakfast[11]
Chump Change[12]
(with Deb Never)

Singles

Title Year Album
"80deg" 2018 Non-album singles
"Party"
"I Try"
"Honeypot"
"Empty Hands" 2019
"Soufflé"
"Time"
"Paper"
"Comic Sans"

featuring Jack Harlow

a liquid breakfast
"Long Night" 2020 Non-album single
"damn Right" a liquid breakfast
"Space" 2021
"Blossom"
"That XX -- Spotify Singles" Non-album single
"IdgaF" 2023 TBC
"Locket"

References

  1. ^ Thompson, Stephen (17 March 2020). "The Austin 100: Audrey Nuna". NPR. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  2. ^ Kim, Soey (1 April 2021). "'The Bluest Eye' & Endless Sushi: Inside The Mind of Audrey Nuna". Vogue. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  3. ^ Potter, Logan (12 September 2020). "'Damn Right' You'll Love Audrey Nuna". PAPER Magazine. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  4. ^ Moore, Jacob; Gardner, Alex (29 June 2020). "Best New Artists of the Month (June)". Complex Magazine. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  5. ^ Hsieh, Vanessa (28 April 2020). "AUDREY NUNA Dazed 100". DAZED Magazine. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  6. ^ Herman, Tamar (9 August 2019). "Audrey Signs to Arista Records, Releases Captivating 'Time': Watch the Music Video". Billboard. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  7. ^ Lochrie, Conor (June 4, 2021). "On the Rise: Audrey Nuna | Interviews | Best Fit". The Line of Best Fit. Retrieved 2023-03-09.
  8. ^ Daly, Rhian (2021-04-26). "Audrey Nuna: modern R&B's new visionary cooking up a storm". NME. Retrieved 2023-03-09. "I've been called that since I was six so it's something that felt right and like me, but I also just think it's cool to make the entire world your younger brother," Audrey explains now, just over a year after she changed her name. "I think that's just an interesting relationship – between a younger brother and older sister – where you sometimes don't traditionally see respect, but it's embedded in the word."
  9. ^ Kheraj, Alim (April 23, 2021). "Audrey Nuna is the Korean-American singer-rapper who's hustling hard". The Face. Retrieved 2023-03-09. "The world went from monochrome to technicolour," she says. First of all, no one gives a fuck. You can walk out in New York in your underwear and no one has the time to give a shit about you. I think that's really liberating. Secondly, there are so many interesting people making interesting things. It's inspiring as fuck.
  10. ^ Kellman, Andy. "Audrey Nuna Biography, Songs, & Albums". AllMusic. Retrieved 2023-03-09.
  11. ^ Lochrie, Conor (4 June 2021). "On the Rise: Audrey Nuna". The Line of Best Fit. Retrieved 20 May 2022. When I ask why it's called a project rather than an EP, Audrey's answer is conclusive. "I decided to call it a project because it didn't really feel like an album to me. It's a weird mix of different sounds and feelings. This feels more like an introductory piece, a way of saying 'hi' to everybody."
  12. ^ Ward, Steven (14 June 2022). "AUDREY NUNA AND DEB NEVER HYPE EACH OTHER UP ON THEIR "CHUMP CHANGE" EP". Grimy Goods. Retrieved November 7, 2022.