Gabbie Hanna

Gabrielle Jeannette Hanna (born February 7, 1991) is an American singer-songwriter, Internet personality, author, and actress. She started her career on the short form video service Vine, under the name The Gabbie Show, then started a YouTube channel with the same name a year later; both were nominated for awards. She won a Streamy Award for storyteller in 2018. Hanna released a poetry book titled "Adultolescence" in September 2017 and another titled "Dandelion" in October 2020. She ventured into the music industry with her debut single "Out Loud" (2017), and has released multiple singles and two EPs as of 2020. Her debut extended play, "2WayMirror", was released on May 31, 2019, and her second EP, "Bad Karma" was released on May 15, 2020.
Early life.
Hanna was born in New Castle, Pennsylvania. She has six siblings and is of Lebanese, French, and Polish descent. In 2013, Hanna graduated from the University of Pittsburgh with a degree in psychology and communications. After college, she worked for a marketing company that sold products out of a Sam's Club; she became the top salesperson in the U.S. for the company and moved to Cleveland, Ohio, to help start a new branch of the company. However, she departed after realizing that they relied on a pyramid scheme.
Career.
2013–2016: Vine and YouTube success.
Hanna began uploading skits to Vine in late 2013 and later gained recognition for her activity on the Vine app, where she accumulated around five million followers. In 2014, she set up a YouTube channel under the name "The Gabbie Show", which was changed to "Gabbie Hanna" in 2017. In 2015, Hanna and partner Matt Steffanina won the fourth season of the dance competition web-series "Dance Showdown". After college, Hanna moved to Los Angeles, California, to work with internet media company BuzzFeed, but eventually left to focus on her YouTube and Vine platforms. She later created a second YouTube channel, "The Gabbie Vlogs" (changed to "More Gabbie Hanna" in 2019), which has gained over 1.5 million subscribers and nearly 200 million views . After Vine shut down in 2016, Hanna focused on YouTube. Meanwhile, she was nominated for two Teen Choice Awards — Choice Web Star: Female and Choice Viner. In late 2016, Hanna joined the lip sync tour "Drop the Mic" alongside other YouTubers.
2017–2018: Acting, music, and "Adultolescence".
In 2017, Hanna released a book of poetry, "Adultolescence" (2017). Around the same time, she premiered her debut single "Out Loud" along with its music video and announced plans to release an album. A few months later, Creative Artists Agency signed Hanna and she joined MTV's social media team. In June 2017, Hanna joined the main cast of web series "Escape the Night" as the vaudevillian and appeared in seven episodes. She co-hosted the revival of "Total Request Live" in October 2017. In November 2017, she released a non-album single "Satellite" with an accompanying lyrics video. However, the song has since been removed from all platforms.
In January 2018, Hanna was nominated for YouTuber of the Year at the 10th Shorty Awards and for the Social Star Award at the 2018 iHeartRadio Music Awards. Hanna released her third single "Honestly" and its encore "Honestly (Encore)" in August 2018. "Honestly" gained minor success in the United States, where it peaked at number 21 on "Billboard" Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart. She released the single "Monster" and its encore "Monster (Reborn)" in October. At the 8th Annual Streamy Awards, Hanna won an award for Storyteller and was nominated for First Person and Audience Choice: Creator of the Year.
On a 2018 interview on Genius' "Verified", she sang her song "Monster" a cappella but due to technical errors, the microphone was unable to record her voice properly. Fans spliced in clips, including vines and voice distortions, at the point of technical error to create a meme. Hanna has since released merchandise showcasing her singing face during the meme.
2019–present: "2WayMirror", "Bad Karma", and "This Time Next Year".
On February 2, 2019, Hanna released "Medicate", the first single from her debut extended play titled "2WayMirror". On May 31, 2019, "2WayMirror" was released, alongside the music video for "Butterflies", the second single from the EP. The project's high sales allowed Hanna to peak at number 5 on "Billboard's" Top Emerging Artists chart. On June 7, 2019, Hanna released the music video for "Perfect Day (A True Story)", and on August 17, 2019, Hanna released the music video for "Pillowcase".
Hanna reprised her role in the fourth season of "Escape the Night" and portrayed a Hollywood Star. She was nominated for Choice Comedy Web Star at the 2019 Teen Choice Awards. Hanna headlined at the inaugural Patreon Assembly on November 2, 2019.
On November 16, 2019, Hanna released the music video for her song "Broken Girls". Ten days later, Hanna released the debut episode of her podcast "Unfollow Your Dreams" (formerly named "Box Of Thoughts"), co-hosted by Irene Walton.
On April 30, 2020, Hanna announced the preorder of her second EP, "Bad Karma". The first single from the EP, "Dandelion", was released on April 17, 2020, and the second single, "Glass House", was released on May 1, 2020. The EP was released on May 15, 2020.
On September 25, 2020, Hanna released "Call Me Crazy", the lead single from her then planned studio album, "This Time Next Year". On October 30, 2020, she released "Shut Me Up", the album's second single.
In February 2021, Hanna signed with the record label FrtyFive. Hanna stated that she scrapped "This Time Next Year" and her new album would be released in late 2021.
Personal life.
In July 2019, Hanna purchased a house in Studio City, Los Angeles for $2.2 million, which was previously owned by actor Rhys Darby. She has been dating Payton Saxon since August 2019.