User:Keyo26

Kaila (born June 6, 1989) better known by her stage-name Keyo or Key0, is an American artist based in Gainesville, Virginia.

Life and career
Smith was born in Johnson City, Tennessee. Shortly after her birth, she was moved to Virginia and has lived ever since. She started her drawing career at a young age and carried it throughout school. She kept her artistic side hidden throughout middle school until the early years of highschool. Recalling someone "watching her draw" during class, she then decided to bring it out of hiding. In her junior/senior years of highschool, she joined the National Art Honor Society. Her work, which is digital based, is influenced by anime with a twist of 'dark' bringing out the madness in beauty.

During this time, she had the idea of writing electronic dance music. Being given Fruity Loops, a music constructing program, she started studying it. You can now her music on remix cds such as the 'Everyday is Doomsday' ep from the artist Hexis or HexisLabs through Dark Mourning Productions. This lead up to the self produced 6 track Empirical ep, released in early 2010, with songs Dark Tea Party & Madd Hatter.

It has been stated that she carries the musical title, 'genre-bending' as she mixes vocals with electronic and pop production. She is known to have 'gamer'/electronic songs mixed with industrial/dark tones.

Personal Life
Kaila can be spotted by her pale skin and coloured synthetic dreads.

She can be found around the DC|Maryland|Virginia areas holding artist alley tables under the name KoaStudio at gaming/anime conventions. You can keeps tabs on her website. She plans to have a comic book released by mid 2014.

Keyo is also known as a model outside of her music and is very strong on social media websites Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. She's been featured in Essere Magazine (June 2012, Volume 2)and on websites such as www.chrismangune.com & www.kenshinphotography.com.

EPs

 * Empirical (2010), Self Produced
 * TBA (2014)