Gigi Perez

Born: 04 February 2000

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Years Active: 2018–present

Genre/s: Indie folk, indie pop

Label/s: Island, Interscope

Member of: Wendy Lane

Gianna Brielle "Gigi" Perez (born February 4, 2000), also known as simply Gigi, is an American singer-songwriter. Born in New Jersey to Cuban parents and raised in Florida, she went viral on TikTok for her songs "Celene" and "Sometimes (Backwood)" and spent a period signed to Interscope Records, on which she released the 2023 EP How to Catch a Falling Knife. After leaving the label, she released "Sailor Song," which peaked at number 22 on the Billboard Hot 100. "Sailor Song" topped the charts in Ireland, Latvia, and the United Kingdom, and peaked within the top ten of the charts in various countries, including New Zealand and Norway. She has also supported artists such as Coldplay, Noah Cyrus, Girl in Red, d4vd, and Hozier on tour.

Gianna Brielle Perez was born on February 4, 2000, in Hackensack, New Jersey to Cuban parents, and raised in West Palm Beach, Florida. She spent a year at a comprehensive before moving to a Christian school, The King's Academy, where she acted in musicals and was named 2017 homecoming queen. Perez is a lesbian and has credited "Girls Like Girls" by Hayley Kiyoko with helping her accept her sexuality.

She began writing songs at age fifteen and began releasing music in 2018 while in high school as part of the band Wendy Lane. Perez briefly attended Berklee College of Music in Boston but left during the COVID-19 pandemic. She had an older sister, Celene, who died in July 2020, shortly after which Perez's partner broke up with her.