BIO

Han Han is a Filipina-Canadian artist and operating room nurse. At the hospital, she saves lives. Onstage, she inspires audiences. Her kinetic, high-energy performances offer unique perspectives. Her songs grapple with social issues and her experiences as a woman and an immigrant.

Han Han can broadly be described as an emcee, using rap and spoken word techniques to deliver her vocals. Her approach is melodic, and she chooses to sing almost exclusively in Filipino languages — Tagalog and Cebuano — rather than shoehorning her ideas into translation in order to cater to English-speaking audiences. Her songs combine contemporary, 808-hip-hop beats with traditional Filipino rhythms and cadences, yielding fresh sounds that tend to spur dancing wherever they’re heard.

After immigrating to Toronto in 2006, she took part in an ongoing poetry workshop. This experience organically drew her into the city’s music and arts communities, as she joined collectives and performed at local events. In 2014, she self-released her debut album, Han Han which she was praised for by NOW Magazine, the Huffington Post, Bandcamp, SOCAN Magazine, the CBC. Single ‘World Gong Crazy’ was nominated for "Best Song" in Berlin Music Video Awards 2017. The record also led to a publishing deal with EMI, high-quality film / television placements, and international radio play in Germany, France, and the Philippines.

Recently, she released a single, BABAE KA a perfect first track of her upcoming sophomore album set to be released in January 2020.

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URDUJA - Comig Soon! January 2020

Babae Ka - Single 2019

Visaya- Konqistador feat. Han Han - 2019

Mare - Single 2019

Take A Muna - Single 2018

Han Han - Album 2014

Other projects:

Santa Guerrilla - collective / album 2013
In Transit - poetry album by PSL (Poetry as a Second Language) collective 2011

"*Considering the current state of the world, Han Han’s voice seems especially crucial. *" - NOW Magazine

"Han Han delivered on all fronts with fiery, headliner-level intensity that ignited even the most contained introverts." - Exclaim Magazine

"It’s easy to compare her to other South Asian rappers out there, but her voice is more vital than it seems. Hailing from a country brimming with colonial mentality still, her verses are more prominent and much more needed than ever." - Status Magazine

"An operating room nurse by day and a rapper by night, Han Han has people talking. The Filipina-Canadian musician combines her rhymes with funk, hip hop and tribal-gong music from the Philippines to create a fusion that sounds unlike anything else." - CBC

2019

• Make Some Noise (Toronto Public Library Sanderson Branch) - Toronto, ON
• Sofar Toronto (The Burroughes) - Toronto, ON
• Venus Fest 2019 (The Opera House) - Toronto, ON
• Mabuhay Filipino Festival (Nathan Phillip Square) - Toronto, ON
• First Five Festival (Aga Khan Museum) - Toronto, ON
• Indian Summer Festival 2019: Conjuring the Future (Imperial Vancouver) - Vancouver, BC

2018

• Stern Grove Festival (Stern Grove) - San Francisco, California
• Grand Performaces (California Plaza downtown) - Los Angeles, California
• Dancing in the Park (Aga Khan Museum) - Toronto, ON
• International Women's Day (Toronto City Hall) - Toronto, ON
• SoFar Toronto (House of VR) - Toronto, ON
• Monster World Mash-Up (Rose Garden) - Brampton, ON
• Canadian Music Week (Super Wonder Gallery) - Toronto, ON

2017

• Long Winter Festival (The Gladstone Hotel) - Toronto, ON
• Wavelength Music festival (The Garrison) - Toronto, ON
• Kazoo Fest (Mitchel Hall) - Guelph, ON
• Canadian Music Week (The Garrison) - Toronto, ON
• Berlin Music Video Awards (Nuke Club) - Berlin, Germany
• Gongster’s Paradise (Oakland Asian Cultural Center) - Oakland, California
• Fringe Manila (Cultural Centre of the Philippines) - Manila, Philippines
• Our Home on Native Land festival (Harbourfront Centre) - Toronto, ON
• Open Studios, Summerworks Festival (Pia Bouman) - Toronto, ON
• Small World Music Festival (Trillium Park) - Toronto, ON
• Film Series (TIFF Bell Lightbox) - Toronto, ON
• Kultura Filipino Festival (Daniel Spectrum) - Toronto, ON

2016

• Kultura Festival (Field Museum) - Chicago, Illinois
• High Blood for Summerworks Festival (Pia Bouman) - Toronto, ON
• Kultura Filipino Festival (Nathan Phillip Square) - Toronto, ON

2015

• Kultura Filipino Festival (Dundas Square) - Toronto, ON
• AGO's First Thurday (Art Gallery of Ontario) - Toronto, ON