Podcasts about Nylon Pink

Kaila Yu joins the podcast for a very unfiltered episode. We celebrate the release of her new book (Fetishized) and Kaila opens up about being a functioning drug addict for 20 years. Kaila takes us behind the scenes of the dark side of the entertainment industry and explains why victims of abuse and the vulnerable are often led into the world of addiction. Kaila discusses growing up with low self-esteem in a strict asian household, experiencing sexual assault in college, establishing her international modeling career while on drugs, and traveling the world as the lead singer of Nylon Pink. Kaila candidly talks about the ritualistic nature of drug usage and her time rotating between ecstasy, cocaine, ketamine, prescription drugs, and the damage it did to her life. Kaila breaks down the hypocrisy of feminism, how the patriarchy tricked women into thinking being a slut was empowering, and how men were tricked into suppressing their vulnerability. We debate OnlyFans, conspiracies behind Diddy's light verdict, and why cocaine turns you evil. I even share my own experiences dating a man who had an asian fetish and later an older man with a drug addiction who tried to ruin my life. No subject is off limits here! 

In this week's episode of The Fake Ass Book Club, the hosts welcome author, journalist, singer, and cultural critic, Kaila Yu, to discuss her brand-new memoir-in-essays, Fetishized: A Reckoning with Yellow Fever, Feminism, and Beauty. The conversation is equal parts funny, insightful, and timely, as Kaila unpacks her personal journey through the lens of identity, beauty standards, and the harmful stereotypes that shaped — and often constrained — her sense of self. With unflinching honesty and reflection, she shares what it means to reclaim your story in a world that insists on defining you. From laughter to hard truths, this episode offers a thoughtful exploration of culture, resilience, and healing that listeners won't want to miss.

Shauna interviews author Kaila Yu, whose fascinating and deeply personal debut memoir Fetishized: A Reckoning with Yellow Fever, Feminism, and Beauty was published on August 19th. Kaila, who is also a singer, travel and culture writer and model, discusses everything that led her to writing the book: the terrible lessons of The Little Mermaid (both versions), life as an import model, and experiencing society's stereotypes of Asian women, pervasive in everything from classic Hollywood films to rap music to porn to anime culture. Kaila and Shauna also bond over their youthful soul searching and feminist ideology, and Kaila tells of her career touring the world as the singer for the band Nylon Pink, writing for publications like Rolling Stone, The New York Times, National Geographic and more, as well as her memorable appearance in The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift. Order Fetishized: A Reckoning with Yellow Fever, Feminism, and Beauty here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/738645/fetishized-by-kaila-yu/  Follow Kaila Yu on Instagram: @kailayu and follow her book account: @fetishizedbook You can watch the Pop Culture Junkie Podcast on YouTube! Click here: https://www.youtube.com/@popculturejunkiepod/videos We have affordable and rewarding Patreon tiers! Be the first to hear new and uncensored content, if you dare! Click here: https://www.patreon.com/popculturejunkiepodcast/posts Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/pop-culture-junkie/id1536737728 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7k2pUxzNDBXNCHzFM7EL8W Website: www.popculturejunkie.comFacebook: PopCultureJunkiePodcastInstagram: @pop.culturejunkieThreads: @pop.culturejunkieBluesky: @pop-culture-junkie.bsky.socialEmail: junkies@popculturejunkie.com Shauna on Instagram: @shaunatrinidad Shauna on Threads: @shaunatrinidad Olivia on Instagram: @livimariez 

Kayla Yu, former pinup model and lead singer of Nylon Pink, and her new book Fetished - a deeply personal memoir-in-essays, reckoning with being an object of Asian fetish and how media, pop culture, and colonialism contributed to the oversexualization of Asian women. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're chatting with Kaila Yu, author of "Fetishized," about her experience growing up online in the 90s and 00s and reckoning with her relationship to Asian fetishization. Yu started as an "import model" and pin-up girl who appeared in "Playboy" and the "Fast and Furious" franchise, then became a MySpace star and lead of the all Asian-American punk band Nylon Pink, and now, she's a writer and content creator studying the portrayal of Asian women in the media.Links"Fetishized" by Kaila YuKaila's Instagram & TikTokFind Us Online Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/wowiftrue.bsky.socialTwitter: https://twitter.com/wowiftruepodInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/wowiftruePatreon: https://www.patreon.com/wowiftrueWebsite: https://wowiftrue.com/ Email: wowiftruepod@gmail.comAbout Us Wow If True was created by Isabel J. Kim and Amanda Silberling. Our editors are Allison Mills and David Newtown. Wow If True is a member of Multitude, a podcast collective, production studio and ad sales provider.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week we're joined by Kaila Yu, author of the new book Fetishized: A Reckoning with Yellow Fever, Feminism, and Beauty.Kaila tells her story: from growing up in Southern California idolizing pinup models to working in the import car scene to appearing in The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift and touring internationally with the girl band Nylon Pink. We discuss the concept of the Asian fetish as it exists in pornified mass media vs. real-world relationships, its roots in American military occupation, and the genesis of the ABG trope, influence of Stargirl Sung Hi Lee, Sam Rockwell's monologue from White Lotus, and more. Kaila also shares her ultimate dissatisfaction with performing an object of desire, how she got sober, and how she's re-inhabited her body after decades of alienation from it. Big thank you to Kaila for all that you shared

EP289 Kaila Yu is on the Mount Rushmore of Asian American models and influencers from the early 2000's. She joined the show to talk about her new book Fetishized (available August 19, 2025) and also share her thoughts about the modern culture and the historical media exploitation of Asian women. From Kaila's website https://kailayu.com/ : Kaila is an author based in Los Angeles. Her debut memoir, ‘Fetishized: A Reckoning with Yellow Fever, Feminism, and Beauty,' will be published on August 19th, 2025, with Penguin Random House's Crown Publishing.She is also a luxury travel, food, and culture writer and on-camera correspondent based in Los Angeles, who has written for The Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, Rolling Stone, Conde Nast Traveler, National Geographic, and more. She's a certified PADI scuba diver, freediver, and mermaid.Her former band, Nylon Pink, has toured in Australia: Melbourne and Sydney, played in Shanghai at the launch party for Havaianas in China, Costa Rica, played at the Hard Rock in Tokyo, Japan, Macau, China, and Penang, Malaysia.You can follow Kaila on all her social media accounts as just @KailaYuLinks from episode: Man Accused of Killing 8 in Atlanta Pleads Guilty https://www.npr.org/2021/07/27/1021144933/georgia-man-pleading-guilty-to-4-of-8-atlanta-area-spa-killingsRemembering the victims of Atlanta Spa Shootinghttps://people.com/crime/victims-of-atlanta-spa-shootings/Jeremy Lin, Knicks top NBA jersey saleshttps://www.espn.com/blog/new-york/knicks/post/_/id/11845/jeremy-lin-knicks-top-nba-jersey-salesThe Dangerous Privilege of Yellow Feverhttps://www.newsweek.com/dangerous-privilege-yellow-fever-opinion-1577449Main Show Sponsors:Right Honda:⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://righthonda.com/Right Toyota: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.righttoyota.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Arcus Foundry: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://arcusfoundry.comAutocannon Official Gear: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://shop.autocannon.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Contact Hard Parking with Jhae Pfenning:email: Info@HardParking.com Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.Hardparking.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.patreon.com/hardparkingpodcast/Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠instagram.com/hardparkingpod/YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://youtube.com/@HardParking

Send us a textKaila Yu is a Los Angeles–based luxury travel and culture journalist whose bylines include The Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, Rolling Stone, and more. Before her journalism career, she was an actress, an import model, the lead singer of the rock band Nylon Pink, and a student at UCLA. Each chapter of her life, as she shares in her upcoming memoir Fetishized: A Reckoning with Yellow Fever, Feminism, and Beauty (Crown, releasing August 19, 2025), was deeply marked by fetishization—often by others, but painfully, at times, by herself.In her memoir, Kaila traces how growing up in the late '90s and early 2000s with limited and hypersexualized Asian female representation shaped her identity. Without authentic role models in media, she learned early that being seen often meant being objectified. She leaned into visibility through modeling, music, and entertainment, but struggled with constant performance—writing overtly sexual lyrics, undergoing body-altering surgeries, and living through years of haze and internal disconnection.Fetishized boldly dismantles the narratives media, culture, and history have forced onto Asian American women. Kaila writes with raw honesty about coercion, trauma, and pain—including being manipulated by a pornographer and having the footage distributed without her consent. She weaves these personal stories with cultural critique, referencing everything from the War Bride Act of 1945 to the myth of the “submissive Asian woman,” and how tropes like these continue to impact real lives. Her writing is both personal and political—an act of truth-telling, resistance, and healing.Now, as she nears publication of her debut book, Kaila is stepping into long-form storytelling with courage and clarity. Her goal: to provide strength and education for others who have experienced similar objectification, and to invite everyone—especially Asian American women—into a deeper understanding of their worth. Through her journalism, her art, and her voice, Kaila Yu is fighting for a world where visibility isn't conditional on being fetishized.__________Music CreditsIntroEuphoria in the San Gabriel Valley, Yone OGStingerScarlet Fire (Sting), Otis McDonald, YouTube Audio LibraryOutroEuphoria in the San Gabriel Valley, Yone OG__________________My SGV Podcast:Website: www.mysgv.netNewsletter: Beyond the MicPatreon: MySGV Podcastinfo@sgvmasterkey.com

Kaila Yu is a Taiwanese American singer, songwriter, former model, and freelance journalist. She was formerly the lead singer and vocalist for the all-Asian-American, female rock band Nylon Pink. As  a journalist and on-camera correspondent based in Los Angeles for KEYT which broadcasts on CBS/NBC/FOX. Her writing has appeared in the  New York Times, CNN, VICE, Business Insider, Travel and Leisure, Rolling Stone, Newsweek, Thrillist, and more.  Give her a follow at @kailaYu   Episode 85 is sponsored by Uncruise the small boat adventure company.  Use the code TWM500 to get $500 off per person when you sign up for an Uncruise adventure. 

Today, we had the pleasure of connecting with Nylon Pink for such a fun yet inspiring event on How to Monetize Your TikTok and Instagram. Kiki Wongo shared her experience, tips & tricks on how to achieve ultimate success on this important Hit play ▶️ Get a snack

​Hell Yes Lifers, today my guest on the show is Kiki Wong. Kiki was the lead guitarist and singer for the band Nylon Pink. Kiki has shared the stage with acts like Taylor Swift, Usher, Bret Michaels, The Misfits, and more. Currently, Kiki loves traveling the world with her best friend and former band mate, Kaila Yu, and they are both founders of the Travel/Beauty/lifestyle blog NylonPink.tv They are the authors of the best-selling book, 30-Day Travel Challenge: How to Make Your Travel Dreams a Reality and have recently appeared as travel experts on multiple news networks such as Fox, CBS, and NBC.… Read more

Former K-pop star Kiki Wong comes on the podcast to discuss her career in Nylon Pink, a successful girl band. Kiki could only get on stage if she had been drinking, which matched with the rock-star lifestyle she was living at the time. Now she is two years sober she has had some of the best creative experiences of her life and never wants to go back.   To learn more, visit the show notes.

We sometimes see people doing glamorous jobs and travelling the world and think: wow, they have a great life! It's those kind of people who are in Episode 176 of The Thoughtful Travel Podcast: I have a travel journalist, a guidebook writer and a guitarist who have all had the opportunity to travel widely and for long periods of time as part of their work. All of them are grateful for the travel and work they've been able to do, but there are definitely pros and cons to these kinds of careers. First up, I talk to Anna Chittenden who is a guidebook writer, travelling extensively throughout Asia. I'm a little envious of her in-depth experience of Japan, but it is definitely not a glamorous lifestyle. Next, I chat with Christine Retschlag, a travel journalist who darts around the globe with barely a break. We discuss that while much of this is a lot of fun there are some significantly difficult parts too. Finally, I speak with Kiki Wong who spent some years touring the world with her band Nylon Pink. We chat about two very different experiences of tours, and although Kiki says it's always worth it, there are definitely some tough moments. Links: Anna Chittenden of The Lost Guides - http://thelostguides.com/ Anna’s new Lost Guides book - Tokyo & Beyond  https://amzn.to/2T7Q8WG  Christine Retschlag - https://www.theglobalgoddess.com  Kiki Wong - Nylon Pink - https://www.nylonpink.tv  Join our Facebook group for Thoughtful Travellers - https://www.facebook.com/groups/thoughtfultravellers Show notes: https://notaballerina.com/176

Kaila YU – The Holistic Approach To Working With InfluencersI am so happy to announce the return of Kaila Yu on today’s episode of Winning with Shopify! I sit down with Kaila for the second year in a row at our Social Media Influencers Online Summit! Kaila is a WEALTH of influencer knowledge and will take us through the changing nature of social media landscape, influencer diversification and platform usage. Kaila has tons of tips and brings a unique perspective to the Podcast this week. As the co-author of the best-selling book 30 Day Travel Challenge, Kaila is a seasoned travel & food writer and appears in a regular television travel segment for FOX news. She is the founder of two extremely popular women’s travel blogs titled, “Kaila Yu” and “Nylon Pink”. She is also a writer for various other travel, food and news outlets such as VICE, Extra Crispy, Fodors, The Matador Network, Skyscanner, FWT Magazine and many more! Today we are focusing on emerging social media platforms such as TikTok, how influencers can think outside the box, and the importance of promoting your content across social media platforms. There are easy and proven tactics you can employ to ensure your brand and products are seen by the right audience using influencer marketing, and we’re going to explore that today! Be sure to go and listen to the full podcast with Kaila over at www.winningwithshopify.com/summit. You can sign up today for free and you’ll get three days full access where you can listen to tons more interviews from the top minds in marketing!Questions I covered:What are the new trends in social media marketing for 2020?What audiences age group/ demo for TikTok? What are some of the best ways to showcase a travel or food brand on a platform like TikTok? What are some other emerging platforms and what audiences can you reach on them? How do you still find success with SEO search paid ads? How can you and your brand help drive sales for eCommerce merchants and Shopify merchants? What should our brand do with the content once the influencer has created that content, what can they do themselves once they've got it? What are the tools and apps that are available at the moment that you're recommending that you're seeing work really well for influencer marketing? Topics:Followers are not always the most important metric on every social media platformThe importance of diversifying your platformSEO search is still a strong marketing tactic despite all the emerging platformsBuilding solid traffic to a blog or site takes dedication and patience Frequency and repetition of messaging builds brand loveImportant tools and planning apps to help drive your influencer marketing forwardResources: Find out more and contact details are below.instagram.com/kailayukailayu.comMake sure you are giving your customers the best service possible. Gorgias is a customer support helpdesk specially designed for online stores. Get flawless customer service for eCommerce stores today! https://gorgias.grsm.io/askparkerofferGet free and VIP lifetime access to the Social Media Influencer Marketing Online Summit here: winningwithshopify.com/summit Support the show (https://www.facebook.com/groups/WinningWithShopify/)

Ever since Kiki was a wee little girl, she had a passionate burning desire to be a musician. After graduating from the University of California, Irvine with a bachelors in Biological Science/Pre-Medicine, she decided to take a break from the books and become a full-time shredder with the all Asian-American girl band, Nylon Pink, as the lead guitarist and, later, lead vocalist. After traveling the world as a musician, she discovered her obsession for travel. With her best friend and former bandmate, Kaila Yu, she created a successful travel blog and began to explore the world getting paid to write about her travels. Kiki Wong is also the co-founder of Nomlist.com and co-author of 30-Day Travel Challenge: How to Make Your Travel Dreams a Reality 30daytravel.com. ?Also catch her work at: https://fromhelltowellness.com/ & https://www.nylonpink.tv/  

Ever since Kiki was a wee little girl, she had a passionate burning desire to be a musician. After graduating from the University of California, Irvine with a bachelors in Biological Science/Pre-Medicine, she decided to take a break from the books and become a full-time shredder with the all Asian-American girl band, Nylon Pink, as the lead guitarist and, later, lead vocalist. After traveling the world as a musician, she discovered her obsession for travel. With her best friend and former bandmate, Kaila Yu, she created a successful travel blog and began to explore the world getting paid to write about her travels.Kiki Wong is also the co-founder of Nomlist.com and co-author of 30-Day Travel Challenge: How to Make Your Travel Dreams a Reality 30daytravel.com.Also catch her work at: https://fromhelltowellness.com/ & https://www.nylonpink.tv/

Kiki Wong is my guest on today’s podcast. Kiki is intense with everything she attempts including being a musician, fighter, author, traveler and newly formed podcaster. She was the guitarist and then lead singer for Nylon Pink, which started out as a musical band but now has converted into a growing business brand. It’s not often, or ever, you get to meet a person that graduated from a college in Pre-Med but then decides to pursue a career as a full time musician and singer in a band touring the world. A fantastic chat with a person wiser than her age and ready for what life brings her next.

Kiki Wong is my guest on today’s podcast. Kiki is intense with everything she attempts including being a musician, fighter, author, traveler and newly formed podcaster. She was the guitarist and then lead singer for Nylon Pink, which started out as a musical band but now has converted into a growing business brand. It’s not often, or ever, you get to meet a person that graduated from a college in Pre-Med but then decides to pursue a career as a full time musician and singer in a band touring the world. A fantastic chat with a person wiser than her age and ready for what life brings her next.

Kiki Wong is my guest on today’s podcast. Kiki is intense with everything she attempts including being a musician, fighter, author, traveler and newly formed podcaster. She was the guitarist and then lead singer for Nylon Pink, which started out as a musical band but now has converted into a growing business brand. It’s not often, or ever, you get to meet a person that graduated from a college in Pre-Med but then decides to pursue a career as a full time musician and singer in a band touring the world. A fantastic chat with a person wiser than her age and ready for what life brings her next.

In this week's episode of the podcast, we have a very special guest, Kaila Yu. Kaila is a travel & food blogger, the author of the best selling book “30 Day Travel Challenge: How to Make Your Travel Dreams a Reality” and the founder of "Nylon Pink".  When it comes to travel Kaila is your gal, she has been all around the world and has been sharing insightful travel advice for years! If you are looking to explore the world or simply take a getaway to an incredible destination, then you will love this travel-filled episode.  So grab your passport and enjoy this episode on travel! 

30 Day Travel Challenge Kiki Wong's new Book 30 Day Travel Challenge.   Kiki Wong Musician and Travel Expert. After graduating from the University of California, Irvine with a bachelors in Biological Science/Pre-Medicine, she decided to take a break from the books and become a full-time shredder and professional musician with the all Asian-American girl band, Nylon Pink, as the lead guitarist and, later, lead vocalist. Kiki found herself having an experience playing on stage with Taylor Swift at the MTV VMA’s and Usher at CBS’s Fashion Rocks. During this time, she was also the lead guitarist of Bret Michael’s in a commercial for Nissan. Always out for an adventure, Kiki followed up by joining the band She Demons, created by The Misfits' Jerry Only. Her venture providing an opportunity for touring internationally and nationally in the fall of 2015 as direct support for the Misfits. The band name was later changed to Hellfire Heart. After music took a halt, her and former singer of Nylon Pink, Kaila Yu, decided to pivot their brand into a travel, beauty, and lifestyle blog, which generated over 100,000 views per month in the first 6 months of release. Kiki and Kaila Yu co-wrote the best-selling book “30-Day Travel Challenge: How to Make Your Travel Dreams a Reality and speaking as travel experts on multiple news networks such as KTLA, CBS, NBC, and Fox News."     Kiki Wong Co-Founder, Nylon Pink info@kikiwongo.com www.kikiwongo.com | Skype: kikiwongo   Got a friend or colleague who dreams of traveling more? Let them know they can grab a free chapter of my best-selling book 30-Day Travel Challenge here (they'll love you for it!). Get it here!

Host Meghan Jones chats to Kaila Yu, influencer, blogger, and Co-Founder of Nylon Pink who provides insight on content creation and how to grow your social media following. Knowledge is dropped! Don't miss this rare opportunity to learn more about social media and personal branding.

Kaila Yu is a travel expert and writer based in Los Angeles. She has written for VICE, Extra Crispy, Fodors, Skyscanner, and more. She also writes for the blog Nylon Pink and was the former lead singer of an all-girl rock band! Many of the stamps that she earned on her passports were earned while touring the band.  She is co-writer of the best selling book “30 Day Travel Challenge: How to Make Your Travel Dreams a Reality” . She has also guest posted at Buzzfeed and is a social media pioneer, all the way back to when Myspace was a thing! She currently runs her PR company Hello Drama Pr, specializing in creating fully immersive brand experiences for Influencers. Her last event for Amika generated over generating over 3.5 million impressions. Kaila shares her realizations about travel being her true calling in life and how it gave her the confidence to create a successful career out of it.  She also shares her tips that can help you in your own journey to self confidence. Check out thetaoofselfconfidence.com for show notes of Kaila's episode, Kaila's website, resources, gifts and so much more.

This Show: Nylon Pink! Described as "Hello Kitty on Acid" and voted the Sexiest and Glitziest band by LA weekly, comes Nylon Pink. This All Asian-American band are also talented musician and songwriters. In this interview they talked to me about their music, their first tour of Japan, their own Jewelry line "Hello Drama Designs", and there love of Anime and their fans! In this interview we also get to hear their songs "2Am" and "Blue".