Wisp: Live From KCRW HQ (Full Performance)

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LA-based, San Francisco native multi-instrumentalist Natalie Liu — better known as Wisp — stopped by the KCRW Annenberg Performance Studio, bringing the voice of a restless, romantic generation. While studying computer science at San Francisco State, she felt a pull toward something else. With a mind for experimentation, she added vocals to a moody instrumental and uploaded it on a lark. The response was immediate and overwhelming. One hundred thousand views overnight became a million in less than a week on TikTok, and a follow-up single would climb to No. 10 on the Billboard Hot Hard Rock Songs chart. This year, the shoegaze musician released her full-length debut, If Not Winter. Searching and otherworldly, its textured guitars and spectral vocals convey an emotional immediacy that lingers long after the melodies dissipate. Borrowing its title from a fragment by the ancient Greek lyric poet Sappho, If Not Winter finds Wisp contemplating a step into the unknown. Black Swan: 0:00-4:33 Save Me Now: 4:05-8:08 Breathe Onto Me: 8:40-12:08 Guide Light: 12:10-16:31 If Not Winter: 16:32-21:21 Band Principal: Natalie Lu (Wisp) Drums: Zach Capitti-Fenton Bass: Ryder McLaughlin Guitar: Max Epstein Staff VP of Music Content: Alejandro Cohen Executive Producer: Ariana Morgenstern Lead Recording Engineer: Katie Gilchrest A2 / FOH Engineer: Kai Usami A2 / FOH Engineer: Nick Lampone Lighting Designer: Jack Arthur Director/DP/Editor/Stills: Kylie Hazzard Camera Operators: Laura Oderm

Published 2026-01-08 · Watch on YouTube ↗
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