Gigi Perez (born February 4, 2000 in Hackensack, New Jersey) is an American singer-songwriter and YouTube creator known for her intimate indie-folk and indie-pop music �. Raised in Florida by Cuban immigrant parents, she learned guitar, piano, and ukulele in her teens, and fronted the fuzz-folk band Wendy Lane before briefly attending Berklee College of Music �. en.wikipedia.org +15 en.wikipedia.org +4 Perez first broke out in 2021 via TikTok, gaining massive attention for heartfelt tracks like “Celene”—a tribute to her late sister—and “Sometimes (Backwood)” �. This led to a deal with Interscope Records and the release of her EP How to Catch a Falling Knife (April 2023), featuring emotionally raw storytelling and lush acoustic arrangements �. en.wikipedia.org +11