Audrey Nuna

Biography

Audrey Chu (born April 2, 1999), known by her stage name Audrey Nuna, is an American singer and rapper. She is best known for her singles "Damn Right×damn Right10 September 2020 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1damn Right2:45" and "Comic Sans×Comic Sans6 December 2019 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Comic Sans2:33" (featuring Jack Harlow). She was born and raised in New Jersey, and studied in the Clive Davis Music Institute of New York University for her freshman year, but has since taken a break to focus on music. Her songs have been described as pop, R&B, rap and trap.
She is also known for providing the singing voice for the character Mira in the animated musical film KPop Demon Hunters (2025). "Golden", one of the songs she co-performed for the film, topped the Billboard Hot 100 and charts in other countries. It received the Critics' Choice Award, Golden Globe Award, and Academy Award for Best Original Song. At the 68th Grammy Awards, the song received four nominations (including Song of the Year) and won Best Song Written for Visual Media. It is the first K-pop song to win a Grammy Award or an Academy Award.

Early life

Raised in Manalapan Township, New Jersey, Audrey Nuna – known first professionally as Audrey – started making music in her teens uploading covers. Her first experience singing for a large crowd was performing "America the Beautiful" at the US Open when she was ten. While attending the Clive Davis Institute in Brooklyn, she was contacted by producer and future manager Anwar Sawyer, who saw her Instagram covers.

2018–2024: Independent tracks and Trench

In 2018, Nuna began releasing independent tracks. In 2019, after she released two more singles, Sony Arista Records signed her to the label. She made her label debut with her singles "Time", "Paper×Paper20 September 2019 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Paper2:37", and a collaboration with Jack Harlow in "Comic Sans×Comic Sans6 December 2019 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Comic Sans2:33".
In 2020, she changed her stage name to Audrey Nuna and released more singles, including "damn Right×damn Right10 September 2020 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1damn Right2:45" and "damn Right Pt. 2×damn Right Pt. 29 October 2020 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1damn Right Pt.23:06" with DJ Snake. The next year, she issued a ten-track project of previous singles and new tracks named A Liquid Breakfast. In 2024, she released her debut album, Trench×TRENCH18 October 2024 · Studio albumSpotifyYouTube MusicTracklist · 16 tracks · 2 discsDisc 11Nothing Feels The Same3:092Me & My Baby1:313Suckin Up2:174Mine2:505Ca$h2:336Jokes On Me2:367Pajamas2:368Baby OG3:31Disc 21Dance Dance Dance2:072Doggie Pound2:0731-Way3:144Locket1:375Starving3:386What About Me?2:237Jitterbug2:3382High3:07.

2025–present: KPop Demon Hunters

On the soundtrack of the 2025 film KPop Demon Hunters, Nuna provided the singing voice for the character Mira, in the songs "Golden", "How It's Done", "What It Sounds Like", and "Takedown" (soundtrack version). On October 4, 2025, she along with her fellow KPop Demon Hunters cast-mates Ejae and Rei Ami made a cameo appearance on the season 51 premiere of Saturday Night Live in a sketch based on the film, reprising their respective roles as Rumi, Mira and Zoey. On October 7, they together performed "Golden" live in full for the first time on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. On December 25, she and the other voices of Huntrix performed "12 Days of Christmas" at the Snoop Dogg 2025 NFL Halftime Show.
Nuna performed at the opening ceremony for the 2026 AFC Women's Asian Cup at Perth Stadium in Australia, then at halftime of the first game. On April 10, 2026, she and the other voices of Huntrix appeared during Katseye's Coachella 2026 performance as surprise guests and performed "Golden" alongside Katseye.
In August 2026, it was reported that Nuna had signed with Republic Records.