Growing up in a large, traditional Vietnamese family to blue collar immigrant parents, SAILORR found refuge watching music videos on MTV during family functions and stealing her sister’s iPod to put herself on: “André 3000 and Erykah Badu,” she lists. “I have a very deep love for neo soul.” ⁠ ⁠ An avid journaler and performer, she took up the musical theater track at LaVilla, a local performing arts high school. But after realizing she didn’t enjoy “telling other people's narratives,” she pivoted to teaching herself how to make her own beats: first on a SP-404 digital sampler, then D.A.Ws like Fruity Loops and Ableton. From there, she integrated herself in a community of music-making friends.⁠ ⁠ Read our GEN F profile on SAILORR at the link in bio.⁠ ⁠ ✍️ eenaffets⁠ 📸 tracythnguyen⁠ 💇‍♀️ colorbyjulz⁠ 💄 ariellepark⁠ ⁠ #SAILORR #GENF