专业称为Yaeji的Kathy Yaeji Lee是位于纽约布鲁克林的韩裔美国电子音乐艺术家。她的风格融合了家庭音乐和嘻哈元素，以及用英语和韩语演唱的圆润，安静的人声。 　　从艺历程：毕业后，Yaeji搬回纽约市参与音乐界和DJ。她的第一首单曲“New York '93”，指的是她的出生年份，是在纽约市的标签Godmode上2016年2月29日发行的。随后5月份发行了澳大利亚DJ Mall Grab的“Guap”翻唱版本。 　　她的首张同名EP，包括之前的单曲，由Godmode于2017年3月31日发行。 　　她在2017年5月的第一次Boiler Room会议后开始受到关注，该会议有Drake的单曲“Passionfruit”的混音。这首歌后来正式发布在Godmode的Soundcloud页面上。 　　2017年7月发行了几首独立单曲“Therapy”，随后是8月1日的双轨数字单曲“Remixes”，第1卷，以及 8月28日的“Last Breath”单曲。 　　单曲“Drink I'm Sippin On”的电影视频于2017年10月在88rising的YouTube频道发布，两周内迅速获得超过一百万的观看次数。 　　2017年11月3日，Yaeji发布了她的第二张EP EP 2，获得了积极的评价并取得了商业上的成功。“Raingurl”的视频于11月16日发布。 　　她于2017年11月入选英国广播公司2018年的Sound of the longlist。 　　Yaeji在2018年的Coachella音乐节上演出。 　　Early life 　　Kathy Yaeji Lee was born August 6, 1993 in Flushing, Queens as a single child in a Korean family. Growing up, Yaeji moved from New York to Atlanta when she was 5, and then to South Korea in the third grade. While living in South Korea, Yaeji switched between different international schools on a yearly basis, causing her to find friends on the Internet, where she would first discover music. Yaeji also briefly attended school in Japan before moving back to Korea. 　　Yaeji eventually moved back to the United States to study conceptual art, East Asian studies and graphic design at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. Yaeji embraced DJing as a hobby while attending Carnegie Mellon, after learning how to use Traktor and beginning to DJ at house parties. She DJed for two years before learning Ableton, making her own music and debuting on Carnegie Mellon's college radio station. Yaeji graduated from Carnegie Mellon in 2015. 　　Career 　　After graduation, Yaeji moved back to New York City to get involved in the music scene and DJ. Her first single, "New York '93", referring to her year of birth, was issued on the New York City label Godmode on February 29, 2016, followed by a cover of "Guap" by Australian DJ Mall Grab that May. She had previously uploaded songs to SoundCloud, although they were removed; this included "Areyouami", which was released when she was at college. 　　Her debut eponymous EP, including both prior singles, was released by Godmode on March 31, 2017. 　　She began to gain attention following her first Boiler Room session in May 2017, which involved a remix of Drake's single "Passionfruit". The song was later released officially on Godmode's Soundcloud page. 　　The first of several stand-alone singles, "Therapy" was issued in July 2017, followed by a two-track digital single, Remixes, Vol. 1, on August 1 and the "Last Breath" single on August 28. 　　The music video for the single "Drink I'm Sippin On" was released on 88rising's YouTube channel in October 2017, quickly gaining over a million views in two weeks. 　　On November 3, 2017, Yaeji released her second EP, EP2, to positive reviews and moderate commercial success. The video for "Raingurl" was released on November 16. 　　She was named to the BBC's Sound of 2018 longlist in November 2017. 　　Yaeji performed at the 2018 Coachella Festival. 　　Yaeji did a virtual Boiler Room set to raise funds for The Bail Project on August 28, 2020.