{{short description|American singer-songwriter}} {{family name hatnote|Yu|lang=Chinese}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2020}} {{Infobox person | name = Kaila Yu | birth_name = Elaine Yang | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1979|5|16}} | birth_place = Taipei, Taiwan | education = University of California, Los Angeles (BA) | occupation = Singer, songwriter, actress | website = {{URL|kailayu.com}} }}
'''Kaila Yu''' is a Taiwanese American singer, songwriter, former model, and freelance journalist for [https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/import-cargirl-girlracer-tiktok-1202190/ The Rolling Stone], [https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/asian-pacific-american-sites-to-visit-us/index.html CNN], [https://www.glamour.com/story/chinese-postpartum-cuisine-motherhood Glamour], and more.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://muckrack.com/kaila-yu|title = Pardon Our Interruption}}</ref>
== Life == She was formerly the lead singer for the all-Asian-American, female rock band Nylon Pink.<ref>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]</ref> Yu is also one of the founders of the jewelry/fashion line "Hello Drama" which is affiliated with the Nylon Pink band and style.<ref>[http://www.hellodrama.net Hellodrama.net]</ref>
She has also been an import model and appeared in magazines including ''Stuff Magazine'', ''Maxim'', ''FHM'' and ''House of Roses''.<ref name="Id">''Id.''</ref> 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.<ref name="Id"/>
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.<ref name="Id"/><ref>All Music, Kaila Yu Bio, [http://www.allmusic.com/artist/kaila-yu-mn0000852323 AllMusic]</ref>
== Works ==
* 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}}.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Staff |first=G. G. M. |date=2022-01-27 |title=Tone Talk with Kiki Wong |url=https://guitargirlmag.com/interviews/tone-talk-with-kiki-wong/ |access-date=2026-04-26 |website=Guitar Girl Magazine |language=en-US}}</ref>
* {{cite book |last=Yu |first=Kaila |title=Fetishized |date=2025-08-19 |publisher=Random House |isbn=978-0-593-72801-7 |publication-place=New York}}<ref>{{Cite web |last=MacDonald |first=Joan |title=Kaila Yu's 'Fetishized' Examines Yellow Fever, Feminism And Beauty' |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/joanmacdonald/2025/08/14/kaila-yus-fetishized-examines-yellow-fever-feminism-and-beauty/ |access-date=2025-10-29 |website=Forbes |language=en}}</ref><ref name="u312">{{cite web |last=Damatac |first=Jill |date=2025-08-19 |title=Book Review: 'Fetishized,' by Kaila Yu |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/books/review/fetishized-kaila-yu.html |access-date=2025-10-29 |website=The New York Times}}</ref><ref name="j629">{{cite web |date=2025-09-16 |title=My Reading Life: Fetishized author Kaila Yu reads and writes about body |url=https://debutiful.net/2025/09/16/my-reading-life-fetishized-author-kaila-yu-reads-and-writes-about-body/ |access-date=2025-10-29 |website=debutiful}}</ref>
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==External links== *{{IMDb name|1082737}} *{{Twitter}} *{{YouTube|u=NylonPinkOfficial|Kaila Yu}} *[http://www.reverbnation.com/nylonpink Nylon Pink on Reverb Nation] *[http://www.hellodrama.net Hello Drama Jewelry and Fashion Line] *{{tumblr|nylonpink}} *[http://www.kailayu.com Kaila Yu's Official Website] *[http://www.hellodramapr.com Kaila Yu's PR Company] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160905190936/http://www.hellodramapr.com/ |date=September 5, 2016 }}
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