Freya Fox

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Freya Fox
Birth nameJanelle Kao
Occupations
  • DJ
  • record producer
  • singer
  • songwriter
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • piano
  • guitar
Years active2016–present
Website freyafoxtv.com

Janelle Kao, known professionally as Freya Fox, is an American DJ, record producer, singer, actress, and TV personality and former professional gamer. She is most notable for her collaboration with Joel Kim Booster and Atsuko Okatsuka at Life is Beautiful Music Festival in Las Vegas, NV in 2022 and her performance at LA3C in 2022. [1] [2] [3] [4]

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Personal life

Kao was born and raised in San Diego, California. [5] 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. [6] [7]

She is lesbian. [8]

She is sober and admits to losing friends over quitting alcohol at age 23. [9]

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. [10] [11]

As of 2018, Kao was also signed with Playerunknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG) as an official PUBG Philippines Partner [12]

On Giving Tuesday in November 2018, Kao as Freya Fox collaborated with the American Cancer Society and raised $2,000. [13]

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. [14]

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" [10] [15]

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. [16]

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. [8]

Music career

According to MYX TV Kao is a classically trained pianist and learned how to play the piano at the age of three. [17]

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. [18] [11] [19] [20] Freya Fox specializes in electronic dance music (EDM), performing and streaming her music on TikTok LIVE. [7] 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. [7] This opportunity was facilitated by a TikTok manager dedicated to supporting live streamers on the platform. [7]

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". [21] [22]

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. [23] [11]

References

  1. "[Exclusive Interview] Freya Fox Talks LA3C and Following Your Dreams". KpopWise. December 14, 2022. Retrieved May 9, 2025.
  2. Earl, Cynthia Littleton, William (October 6, 2022). "LA3C Festival Unveils Full Music Lineup and Pact With Hot Import Nights Auto Event Producer". Variety. Retrieved May 9, 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. "Streamer Freya Fox Gets Real On the Gaming Industry—Don't 'Pander' For Inclusivity". Archived from the original on February 6, 2023. Retrieved May 9, 2025.
  4. "Nữ streamer xinh đẹp hợp tác cùng Tổ chức Ung thư Hoa Kỳ". Yêu Thể Thao (in Vietnamese). September 6, 2020. Archived from the original on September 18, 2020. Retrieved August 26, 2025.
  5. "Meet Freya Fox: SoCal DJ Performing At The First-Ever LA3C Festival". Los Angeles, CA Patch. December 10, 2022. Retrieved May 9, 2025.
  6. "FREYA FOX - DJ profile on DjaneTop". DjaneTop. Retrieved May 9, 2025.
  7. 1 2 3 4 Stokel-Walker, Chris (2023). "Creator Focus: Freya Fox". TikTok Boom: China's Dynamite App and the Superpower Race for Social Media. Sourcebooks. pp. 82–86. ISBN   978-1-728283-45-6 . Retrieved May 9, 2025.
  8. 1 2 Hanson, Sophie (January 13, 2023). "Streamer Freya Fox Gets Real On the Gaming Industry—Don't 'Pander' For Inclusivity". StyleCaster. Retrieved May 9, 2025.
  9. Kelleher, Patrick (January 8, 2023). "Giving up alcohol helped me find peace and confidence without missing out". PinkNews. Retrieved May 12, 2025.
  10. 1 2 "Nữ streamer xinh đẹp hợp tác cùng Tổ chức Ung thư Hoa Kỳ". December 2, 2020. Archived from the original on December 2, 2020. Retrieved May 9, 2025.
  11. 1 2 3 Dov, Yotam (May 8, 2025). "AAPI DJ & Freya Fox unite with Suno 4.5 on 'Sparkle + Suki (すき)'". We Rave You. Retrieved May 9, 2025.
  12. Stories, Local (September 13, 2018). "Meet Freya Fox of Freya Fox TV". SDVoyager - San Diego. Retrieved May 9, 2025.
  13. "Nữ streamer xinh đẹp hợp tác cùng Tổ chức Ung thư Hoa Kỳ". Yêu Thể Thao (in Vietnamese). September 6, 2020. Archived from the original on September 18, 2020. Retrieved August 26, 2025.
  14. USC Games (May 11, 2020). Freya Fox @USCGames Expo! . Retrieved May 9, 2025 via YouTube.
  15. "Freya Fox & American Cancer Society team up for 'Gamers vs Cancer'". InvenGlobal. May 5, 2020. Retrieved May 9, 2025.
  16. "TikToker goes viral after recreating Will Smith's Oscar slap in WWE 2K22". Dexerto. April 7, 2022. Retrieved May 9, 2025.
  17. "MYX Global Official Facebook Page". MYX Global / ABS-CBN International. 2025. Retrieved August 5, 2025.
  18. "Life Is Beautiful Festival Las Vegas, Tickets for Concerts & Music Events 2025 – Songkick". www.songkick.com. Retrieved May 9, 2025.
  19. "Female EDM DJ Freya Fox Joins Joel Kim Booster at Life is Beautiful as a Surprise Guest". September 15, 2022. Archived from the original on September 15, 2022. Retrieved May 9, 2025.
  20. Messina, Lara; Orellana, Tian; Orellana, Lara Messina and Tian (December 28, 2022). "Atsuko Okatsuka, la comediante del momento". Reporte Asia (in Spanish). Retrieved May 9, 2025.
  21. Evans, Greg (October 6, 2022). "LA3C Culture Festival Announces Additional Performers To Join Megan Thee Stallion and Maluma". Deadline. Retrieved May 9, 2025.
  22. Tsai, Ephney (December 14, 2022). "Musical Acts Take Center Stage at Inaugural LA3C Festival". asia pacific arts. Retrieved May 9, 2025.
  23. "Freya Fox Wins Contest to Open for HALIENE - A Victory for Pride Month". KpopWise | Kpop News and Exclusives. June 13, 2023. Retrieved May 9, 2025.