![]() For a while, I wasn’t writing because I was in this creative depression of not feeling good enough, and feeling scared that I would never write something that I liked again. I’m always stealing inspiration from my family in that way. Sonically and lyrically, it feels like the beginning of this place that I’m going with my music I wanted something that stamped the beginning of a new chapter for me. I was reading a little bit of her book and her first chapter is called “ Hajime.” When I saw the word and the explanation, I was like, This feels really good and aligned with what I want my project to be called too. She’s still processing, but started writing it. She’s lived this crazy immigrant life, and I feel like, at her age, it’s very normal to not talk about what you’ve been through or process your emotions, especially in Asian culture. I got the idea for the title because my uncle and everyone in my family have been trying to convince my grandma to write a book about her life. What’s the story behind the name of your EP, Hajime? Below, the New Jersey native discusses being constantly inspired by family, breaking toxic cycles, and looking to Kim Kardashian and Bella Hadid for style inspiration. It was an exhausting way to live.”Īlthough this isn’t the first time Nu has released music-in 2018, she put out a series of tracks through Steve Aoki’s label, Dim Mak- Hajime marks a comprehensive dive into motifs that Nu has been mulling for years: bucking other people’s judgments, healing from generational trauma, and existing with unapologetic visibility. “I felt like I needed to make a mindset change in my life, because I’m a huge people pleaser. ![]() “There’s a theme of losing myself and putting my work in all these different places,” Nu tells me over the phone from her home in Brooklyn a few days before the project drops. With the release of her debut EP, Hajime, the 25-year-old model introduces listeners to her bedroom pop-inflected style of hazy, soft R&B on tracks like “Illusions” she runs through themes of self-exploration and making the decision to live her life by her own rules. But today, Nu is adding another title to her already robust résumé: musician. You might even see her and think, That girl kinda looks like Devon and Steve Aoki (you would not be wrong-they are her aunt and uncle). ![]() You might recognize Yumi Nu as one of the foremost emerging models of the moment-one who’s walked countless runways (Jacquemus, Anna Sui, and Jason Wu among them) and landed covers for Vogue, Teen Vogue, and now, Sports Illustrated (she’s the first plus-size model of Asian descent to do so, to boot). ![]()
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