Kao was born and raised in San Diego, California.[5][6] She also lived in Taipei, Taiwan in her early 20s where she was a club singer. While in Taiwan, her cover of Eric Chou's "Ni Hao Bu Hao (How Have You Been?) went viral on SoundCloud's Top Streamed International Charts.[7][8]
She is sober and admits to losing friends over quitting alcohol at age 23.[10]
Gaming career
Before becoming a touring musician and DJ, Kao was a professional gamer. She specialized in Fighting Games and won the inaugural Facebook Gaming Fighting Game Championship in 2018 at Pax West 2018.[11][12] She grew up playing Call of Duty which inspired her career choice. [13]
As of 2018, Kao was also signed with Playerunknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG) as an official PUBG Philippines Partner [14]
On Giving Tuesday in November 2018, Kao as Freya Fox collaborated with the American Cancer Society and raised $2,000. [15]
On May 12, 2020, appearing as Fox, Kao partnered with the University of Southern California and appeared at their USC Games Expo 2020 as a featured streamer and panelist.[16]
In November 2020, Kao as Fox, partnered with the American Cancer Society in an effort to fight cancer around the world for a campaign entitled "Gamers Vs Cancer" [11][17]
In April 2022, in a report by Dexerto.com, Kao went viral on TikTok for recreating the viral Will Smith Oscar Slap in the video game WWE 2K22. The video received over 650,000 views and 16,000 likes.[18]
In 2022, Fox was signed to TikTok Live US as a sponsored and managed gamer. She subsequently appeared in various TikTok Live US takeovers where Fox would take over the official @Tiktoklive_US account and stream.[9]
Music career
According to MYX TV Kao is a classically trained pianist and learned how to play the piano at the age of three. [19] MYX TV called her the "EDM Queen". [20]
In September 2022, Kao performed as part of a comedy special at the Life Is Beautiful festival in Las Vegas, Nevada. She appeared alongside comedians Atsuko Okatsuka and Joel Kim Booster, providing musical accompaniment during their set.[22][12][23][24][25]Freya Fox specializes in electronic dance music (EDM), performing and streaming her music on TikTok LIVE.[8] Her popularity on TikTok LIVE led to a booking at LA3C, a music festival in Los Angeles, where she performed alongside artists such as Snoop Dogg and Megan Thee Stallion in 2022.[8] This opportunity was facilitated by a TikTok manager dedicated to supporting live streamers on the platform.[8]
In December 2022, Kao as Freya Fox performed a live EDM singing set at the inaugural LA3C music & arts festival in Los Angeles, CA at the LA historic park. At LA3C she performed her first complextro single "I'm Too Free".[26][27] She performed at the Hot Import Nights Stage alongside TOKiMONSTA, Meirlin, and Bling Empire Star Kim Lee. [28]
In June 2023, Kao as Freya Fox was personally selected by EDM vocalist HALIENE as the winner of the her Open Aux DJ Competition to open for her at the Fonda Theater in Hollywood, CA.[29][12]
↑ Messina, Lara; Orellana, Tian; Orellana, Lara Messina and Tian (December 28, 2022). "Atsuko Okatsuka, la comediante del momento". Reporte Asia (in Spanish). Retrieved September 6, 2025.
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