Biography
Foaʻi was born in New Zealand in the mid-1990s, and she grew up in Auckland.[1][2][3] She is of Tokelauan, Tuvaluan, and British heritage.[4]
Her father is the musician and producer Opetaia Foaʻi, the founder of the group Te Vaka, and her mother is Julie Foaʻi, the band's manager. She began performing with Te Vaka at a young age, touring with the group around the world.
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Alongside fellow members of Te Vaka, she was featured prominently as a singer on several of the tracks for the 2016 Disney film Moana, including the opening song "Tulou Tagaloa." That song earned her the award for Best Pacific Language Song at the 2017 Pacific Music Awards.
Foaʻi then branched out on her own, releasing her first solo album, Candid, in 2019. Her solo music combines Polynesian music, pop, and R&B.
Biography text from Last.fm, available under CC BY-SA.