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Cookiee Kawaii
Cookiee Kawaii in 2023
Background information
Birth name	Vanice Brittany Palmer
Born	(1993-08-05) August 5, 1993 (age 31)
Origin	Irvington, New Jersey, U.S.
Genres	Jersey club R&B
Occupation	Singer
Years active	2011–present
Labels	Empire

Vanice Brittany Palmer (born August 5, 1993), known professionally as Cookiee Kawaii, is an American singer. She is best known for her song "Vibe (If I Back It Up)", which became popular on TikTok in 2020. After the song went viral, she signed to Empire, and released her debut studio album, Vanice, in 2021.

Life and career

Vanice Palmer was born on August 5, 1993, and raised in Irvington, New Jersey. Her parents are both DJs, who mostly played Chicago house music. She attended Catholic school, where she performed in choirs. At age 12, she began writing poetry and performing her poems over beats and in 2011, she started making her own music. She worked various jobs, including as a stripper and a delivery driver for DoorDash and Uber Eats. While she was homeless and living out of her car, she worked as a live-in caregiver.

She began making music under the name Harajuku Cookiee, before changing it to Cookiee Kawa, and finally to Cookiee Kawaii, inspired by her love of cookies and anime. She released her debut project, Zen, in 2016. In July 2019, she released her debut mixtape Club Soda, Vol. 1. In February 2020, her breakout single, "Vibe (If I Back It Up)", went viral on TikTok after originally being released in March 2019, and was called one of the best songs of 2020 by Noisey and Vulture.

She signed to Empire in March 2020, and released her second mixtape Club Soda, Vol. 2 in August 2020, which included "Vibe (If I Back It Up)". She released an animated music video for "Vibe (If I Back It Up)" in May 2020, a live-action music video for the song in August 2020, and a remix of the song featuring Tyga alongside a music video, also in August 2020. She released the single "Relax Your Mind" in May 2021. Her debut studio album, Vanice, was released on July 30, 2021 through Empire, preceded by the single "Press Play (Gamer Girl)".

Musical style

Cookiee Kawaii's music has primarily been described as Jersey club. Early in her career, she made mostly R&B music, but began making Jersey club music per a suggestion from DJ Jayhood, with whom she made her first Jersey club song. Kadish Morris described her music as feeling "fluorescent, high-energy and made for partying". She has cited Missy Elliott as an influence.

Personal life

Cookiee Kawaii is pansexual. Before signing with Empire, she was studying business and marketing at Essex County College. As of 2020, she lives in East Orange, New Jersey.

Discography

Studio albums

Extended plays

Mixtapes

Singles

As lead artist

As featured artist

Other charted songs

References

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6. Ukiomogbe, Juliana (October 7, 2020). "Cookiee Kawaii Is Listening to Daft Punk, Missy Elliott, and Journey". Interview. Retrieved October 8, 2021.
7. ^ Morris, Kadish (October 10, 2020). "One to watch: Cookiee Kawaii". The Guardian. Retrieved October 8, 2021.
8. "Cookiee Kawaii: In Short". London in Stereo. May 19, 2020. Retrieved October 8, 2021.
9. "Zen, Prose and Pose with Cookiee Kawaii". Soulcial Dreamin' Ent. September 26, 2016. Retrieved October 8, 2021.
10. Maicki, Salvatore (February 19, 2020). "Meet Cookiee Kawaii, the Jersey club savant who wants you to "throw it back"". The Fader. Retrieved October 8, 2021.
11. Whitmer, Savannah (June 25, 2020). "Checking the Vibe with Cookiee Kawaii". Office. Retrieved October 8, 2021. Best known for her insanely addicting single and TikTok mega hit "Vibe," Cookiee didn't expect the song to hit us the way it did, but she says she may have manifested her success.
12. "The 100 Best Songs of 2020". Noisey. December 9, 2020. Retrieved October 8, 2021.
13. Lockett, Justin Curto, Dee (December 14, 2020). "The Best Songs of 2020". Vulture. Retrieved October 8, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
14. Torres, Eric (August 4, 2021). "Cookiee Kawaii: Vanice". Pitchfork. Retrieved October 8, 2021.
15. Wang, Steffanee (May 6, 2020). "Cookiee Kawaii Drops Animated Video for TikTok's Biggest Song, 'Vibe'". Nylon. Retrieved October 8, 2021.
16. ^ Kuperinsky, Amy (August 15, 2020). "Cookiee Kawaii is leading Jersey Club music's viral TikTok domination. It's a 'Vibe.'". NJ.com. Retrieved October 8, 2021.
17. "First Spin: The Week's Best New Dance Tracks From Skrillex & Four Tet, Cookiee Kawaii, Ghastly & More". Billboard. May 14, 2021. Retrieved October 8, 2021.
18. ^ Ju, Shirley (August 4, 2021). "Cookiee Kawaii - Debut 'Vanice' Album & Always Reppin' Jersey Club Music". Flaunt. Retrieved October 8, 2021.
19. Sahai, Fred (August 28, 2020). "Cookiee Kawaii Wants to Serve You a Giant Glass of 'Club Soda'". Paper. Retrieved October 8, 2021.
20. "Vanice by Cookiee Kawaii". Retrieved October 8, 2021 – via Apple Music.
21. "Satori by JTBS & Cookiee Kawaii". Retrieved October 8, 2021 – via Apple Music.
22. "Club Soda, Vol. 1 - EP by Cookiee Kawaii". Retrieved October 8, 2021 – via Apple Music.
23. "Club Soda, Vol. 2 by Cookiee Kawaii". Retrieved October 8, 2021 – via Apple Music.
24. "Canadian Hot 100 - Week of April 25, 2020". Billboard. Retrieved May 13, 2023.
25. "Discography cookiee kawaii". irishcharts.com. Retrieved May 13, 2023.
26. "Hot Dance/Electronic Songs Chart". Billboard. October 2, 2021. Retrieved October 8, 2021.

External links

• Cookiee Kawaii on Instagram

• 1993 births
• People from Irvington, New Jersey
• 21st-century American women singers
• 21st-century American singers
• African-American women singers
• Jersey club musicians
• American contemporary R&B singers
• Electronic dance music musicians
• American LGBTQ singers
• Singers from New Jersey
• LGBTQ people from New Jersey
• Pansexual musicians
• Living people
• 21st-century American LGBTQ people