Kaila Yu
American singer-songwriter
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Kaila Yu is a Taiwanese American singer, songwriter, former model, and freelance journalist for The Rolling Stone, CNN, Glamour, and more.[1]
May 16, 1979
Kaila Yu | |
|---|---|
| Born | Elaine Yang May 16, 1979 |
| Education | University of California, Los Angeles (BA) |
| Occupations | Singer, songwriter, actress |
| Website | kailayu |
Life
She was formerly the lead singer for the all-Asian-American, female rock band Nylon Pink.[2] Yu is also one of the founders of the jewelry/fashion line "Hello Drama" which is affiliated with the Nylon Pink band and style.[3]
She has also been an import model and appeared in magazines including Stuff Magazine, Maxim, FHM and House of Roses.[4] 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.[4]
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.[4][5]
Works
- Yu, Kaila (August 19, 2025). Fetishized. New York: Random House. ISBN 978-0-593-72801-7. [6][7][8]
