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“Growing up, I didn’t understand the weight of my family.
This week, Nu revealed that she’s planning to release new music soon.
In an interview withPeople, said that she took a much-needed break from creating songs.
“My relationship with music has had more ups and downs,” she said.
I came back to it when I was 12,” Nu toldInto the Glossin 2019.
And that’s really hard when you’re pubescent and hormonal and just want to be loved.
So I took a break from it all and quit modeling.”
“I wish I could be considered just a normal model,” she toldUsthis week.
“The industry has a long way to go until there is no divide between sizes.”
Nu went on to describe her experiences with racism growing up in a predominantly white neighborhood in Maryland.
But as an adult, she says she has gained a new perspective.
“It’s so beautiful to be Asian and I’m learning more and more about it.”
“It’s hard not to see my mother or my grandmother in this situation.
My heart is with the Asian community right now.
“The Asian community isn’t always a loud one,” she said.
“Our society’s view of Asians in the model minority myth lens has silenced us for many years.
I want to create a space for people to feel heard and safe.
That’s my purpose on this earth.”
“In 2016, I went to Hawaii to visit my family,” she said.
She continued: “I was so embarrassed.
I never lived life fully.
I never wore what I wanted to wear.
Or, ‘I’ll go in the water without insecurities when I’m a certain weight.’
There were all these thresholds that I could never reach.”
“It’s given me so much confidence to believe that anything is possible for us.”
