Kaila Yu is a Taiwanese American singer, songwriter, former model, and freelance journalist for The Rolling Stone, CNN, Glamour, and more.[1]
Kaila Yu | |
|---|---|
| Born | Elaine Yang May 16, 1979 |
| Education | University of California, Los Angeles (BA) |
| Occupations | Singer, songwriter, actress |
| Website | kailayu |
Life
editShe 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
edit- Wong, Kiki; Yu, Kaila (2019). 30-Day Travel Challenge: How To Make Your Travel Dreams A Reality. Amazon Digital Services . ISBN 978-1-7337676-0-6.[6]
- Yu, Kaila (August 19, 2025). Fetishized. New York: Random House. ISBN 978-0-593-72801-7.[7][8][9]
References
edit- ↑ "Pardon Our Interruption".
- ↑ AllKPop, Girl Pop Rock Band 'Nylon Pink' reveals English Cover of "Gee", Allkpop.com
- ↑ Hellodrama.net
- 1 2 3 Id.
- ↑ All Music, Kaila Yu Bio, AllMusic
- ↑ Staff, G. G. M. (January 27, 2022). "Tone Talk with Kiki Wong". Guitar Girl Magazine. Retrieved April 26, 2026.
- ↑ MacDonald, Joan. "Kaila Yu's 'Fetishized' Examines Yellow Fever, Feminism And Beauty'". Forbes. Retrieved October 29, 2025.
- ↑ Damatac, Jill (August 19, 2025). "Book Review: 'Fetishized,' by Kaila Yu". The New York Times. Retrieved October 29, 2025.
- ↑ "My Reading Life: Fetishized author Kaila Yu reads and writes about body". debutiful. September 16, 2025. Retrieved October 29, 2025.
External links
edit- Kaila Yu at IMDb
- Kaila Yu on X
- Kaila Yu's channel on YouTube
- Nylon Pink on Reverb Nation
- Hello Drama Jewelry and Fashion Line
- Kaila Yu on Tumblr
- Kaila Yu's Official Website
- Kaila Yu's PR Company Archived September 5, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
