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Orange County, CA (2001 – present)

Kina Kasuya Grannis (born August 4, 1985, of Japanese, English, Irish, French, and German descent) is a Japanese-American guitarist and singer-songwriter from Orange County, CA. She started performing in 2001 after getting over with her shyness. Kina independently released her first full-length album, Stairwells, on February 23, 2010. Her music is both sweet and melancholy, but always filled with hope.

Kina started playing shows at the age of four in front of her stuffed animals. Now she plays in front of people, though it wasn’t the quickest transition for the admittedly shy songstress. While attending college at USC, Kina often retreated to the secluded stairwells around campus where she could write and sing without being heard. Protected by their quiet confines, she found a safe haven and a creative outlet for her music. Armed with a guitar and a cup of tea, Kina wrote in every stairwell she came across. And it was within these stairwells that she developed her confidence as a songwriter and her poise as a performer.

In 2007, Kina joined YouTube, made a music video and entered herself into a contest. A few months later, her video for “Message From Your Heart” aired during the Superbowl and its 97 million viewers (or 194 million eyeballs, depending on how you’re keeping track) and she walked away with a record deal.
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  • leninmix

    :) :P ;) :U

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  • phillybird

    saw her. met her. love her even more.

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  • DarkElvick

    Anyone else watch her Stage It today? So good. Especially during the Encore when she did Make It Go <3 I love her. Can't wait to see her in Vancouver.

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    Everyone download her new song for $0.99 for charity! http://vsb.li/EkvElg [2]

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    Everyone download her new song for $0.99 for charity! http://vsb.li/EkvElg

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  • Cliquot_

    DAMN, SHE'S JAPANESE, IRISH, ENGLISH, FRENCH, AND GERMAN??? [2]

    March 2012
  • spychaj

    her smile always cheers me up

    March 2012
  • didimardiansyah

    fix you <3

    March 2012
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Free Song Downloads & Stairwells Pre-Order!

25 Mar 2011 | from blog.myspace.com/kinagrannis

In case you didn't know, you can get a free download of my Fleet Foxes cover at http://bit.ly/kinatweet! The track is from the deluxe version of my album, 'Stairwells,' coming …

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