“Team” is one of my favorite songs off your new EP, and it’s softer than some of your other songs.What was the inspiration behind it? It’s hard to be like, “I try to replicate - Taylor Swift’s 2012 Red. I think it’s a hard question because people have so many different influences that subconsciously influence their music - what you grew up listening to, what is in right now, what your parents listen to, what your friends listened to in high school. When I was growing up, I pretty much only listened to Radio Disney, so probably Radio Disney. Right now, I’m listening to Alanis Morissette. Hana: It kind of depends on what I’m listening to in the moment. Who are your inspirations when writing music? I think it’s cool to see more people to come out as successful. And I think now people are starting to pay more attention to people of color and women of color. Hana: I think it’s cool! I think that it’s harder for any person of color to make it in any sort of indie capacity. How is the experience of being one of the few Asian-American people representing the demographic? What’s it like being an Asian-American woman in the music industry? When you get down to it, the indie-pop scene is very white-centered in a lot of different ways. You know, it’s the game - the entertainment game. But I think a lot of musicians that are coming out now are really young. People have strong opinions either which way, like if I’m deserving or not deserving, what have you. Hana: It’s sort of like the art is a part of the artist, so my age influences my music. How do you think your age influences people’s perceptions of you in the music industry? Hana: It just seems like little hippies live there! And they make stained glass art! Sebastian: It’s like a middle of nowhere vibe where you can just chill out. It’s a nice, quaint, little place and there’s like … lots of ice cream. It’s not one of those big city glam towns. Hana: But it’s also one of those vacation destinations. That’s so interesting because you’re from LA … We learned a lot and saw most of America. We went on a cross-country tour with SALES for the month of September, and we’ve never been on tour before, so it was a good experience. Hana: Yeah, we opened for Soccer Mommy in March, and that was really fun. You’ve written your EP, How Many Times Have You Driven By, released it and have been touring with SALES and Soccer Mommy in the past year. I caught up with her and her bandmates Chris, Jair, and Sebastian before their show at UT to get their experiences in the industry thus far. This up-and coming indie rock artist has already worked with Willow Smith and opened for Soccer Mommy and SALES in support of her new EP, How Many Times Have You Driven By. At the beginning of her hit song “426”, Hana (pronounced h-ahn-ah) Vu exclaims, “They always get my name wrong,” –– but that won’t be happening for long.
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