WHAT IT IS: With a pan-global approach to songwriting, London-based siblings Will Gao (20) and Olivia Hardy (18) meld styles and influences that cut across genre lines. In Wasia Project’s songs, hushed bedroom DIY combines with classical nous, and spiky disco melds with freewheeling jazz in a merger that’s underpinned by the duo’s deep knowledge of both Western and East Asian classical styles.
ALBUM: TBA
RELEASE DATE: Q3 2024
SINGLE: “ur so pretty”
TV: “ur so pretty” featured in Netflix’s Heartstopper
LIVE: Sold-out London headline show at Omeara; Latitude Festival, Standon Calling; headlined Sian Eleri’s Tonna Club Night; sold-out seven-date U.K. headline tour, including London’s Heaven; support for Tom Odell EU tour (March)
INTERNET: Amazon Music U.K. Breakthrough Artist to Watch 2024; 350% streaming increase; 53m+ global streams; 2+ monthly Spotify listeners; 6m+ YouTube views; 650k+ social following, 259k+ Instagram followers, 203k TikTok followers
RADIO: “Remember When” named KCRW Today’s Top Tune; U.K. supporters include R1’s Sian Eleri, Clara Amfo, R2’s Jo Wiley; 50+ Radio 1 plays to date, 20+ Radio 2 plays
PRESS: British Vogue, Hunger, Rolling Stone U.K., Notion, Dazed, Dork, Clash, i-D, Taiker (Taiwan), NME, Wonderland, Office, more
BOOKING: Tom Windish, Zac Bluestone, Clementine Bunel, Alex Hardee, Tom Schroeder, Shanae Dennis/Wasserman
PUBLISHING: Sentric Music Pub.
MANAGEMENT: Robert Swerdlow/Starwood Management