Gabbie Hanna
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Biography
Gabbie Hanna is an American Internet personality and singer-songwriter. She rose to prominence on the video platforms Vine and YouTube before releasing her debut single "Out Loud" in 2017. Her debut extended play, 2WayMirror, was released on May 31, 2019 and her second EP, Bad Karma, was released on May 15, 2020. Her debut album, Trauma Queen, was released on July 22, 2022.
Hanna has also published two poetry books, Adultolescence (2017) and Dandelion (2020), both of which are New York Times Best Sellers.
Early life
Hanna was born on February 7, 1991, 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. While at Pitt she was a member of Sigma Sigma Sigma sorority. 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
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. In December of 2015, a video accusing Gabbie Hanna of stealing jokes went viral on Reddit. In Hanna's response to these claims, she states she "never have and never will consider [herself] a comedian".
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.
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. 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.
On February 2, 2019, Hanna released "Medicate", the first single from her debut extended play titled 2WayMirror. On May 31, 2019, 2WayMirror was released. For a period of time after the songs' release, Hanna peaked at number 5 on Billboard's Top Emerging Artists chart. 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".
The first single from Hanna's second EP, Bad Karma, "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 October 13, 2020, Hanna released a new book of poetry, Dandelion (2020), named after one of her songs from her EP, Bad Karma.
After many public controversies, Hanna took an extended break from social media on a few different occasions. To celebrate New Years 2022, Hanna returned to social media and dropped "Rewired", a single from her upcoming album. She later announced that she had entirely deserted This Time Next Year and her new upcoming debut album would be called Trauma Queen, putting the album up for pre-order, as well as restarting and rebranding her podcast. Hanna hosted her first live performance since November 2019 on February 22, 2022.
Filmography
Film and television
| Year | Work | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Access Hollywood | Herself | 1 episode |
| 2014–15 | Sanders Shorts | Friend, girlfriend | 2 episodes |
| 2015 | Anxt | Herself | Full series |
| Teens Wanna Know | Herself | 1 episode | |
| Dance Showdown | Herself | Dancer; won the competition | |
| Occupy Alice | Melissa Krass | Short film | |
| Oscar's Hotel for Fantastical Creatures | Snow Pea | 1 episode | |
| Janoskians: Untold and Untrue | Herself | ||
| 2016 | Laid in America | Lindsey | |
| Dance Showdown | Herself | Judge (6 episodes) | |
| AwesomenessTV's Betch! | Laura | 1 episode | |
| 2017 | Escape the Night | The Vaudevillian | 7 episodes (season 2) |
| Fantasies | Herself | Guest star (1 episode) | |
| MTV Video Music Awards | Herself | Backstage host | |
| 2017–18 | MTV's Total Request Live | Herself | Rotating co-host |
| 2018 | Escape the Night | The Vaudevillian | Season 3 season finale (flashback clip) |
| Shane Dawson's The Truth About TanaCon | Herself | Miniseries. Cameo in a clip in part 3, "The Real Truth About TanaCon" | |
| MTV's The Vault | Herself | Guest (3 episodes, season 1) | |
| MTV's Creator to Watch | Herself | Special guest (1 episode, season 3). Responsible for choosing the season 3 host, Megan Batoon | |
| 2019 | Escape the Night | The Hollywood Star | 5 episodes (season 4) |
| 2019–2020 | All My Plants are Dead | Herself | Host |
| Ice Cream Therapy | Gabbie | Series by Funny or Die | |
| 2021 | Red Table Talk: The Estefans | Herself | Guest |
Discography
Studio albums
| Title | Album details |
|---|---|
| Trauma Queen |
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Extended plays
| Title | EP details | Peak chart positions | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | USIndie | USHeat | AUS | BEL(FL) | UKDown. | ||
| 2WayMirror |
| 126 | 4 | — | 76 | 174 | 31 |
| Bad Karma |
| — | — | 22 | — | — | — |
Singles
As lead artist
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Bub | USDigital | AUS Hit | CANDigital | NZHot | SCO | UKDigital | |||
| "Out Loud" | 2017 | — | 30 | 6 | 39 | — | 47 | 60 | Non-album singles |
| "Satellite" | — | — | — | — | — | 65 | — | ||
| "Honestly" | 2018 | 21 | 10 | — | 24 | — | 61 | 81 | |
| "Honestly (Encore)" | — | — | — | — | — | 86 | — | ||
| "Monster" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Monster (Reborn)" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Medicate" | 2019 | — | 31 | — | — | 32 | 80 | 97 | 2WayMirror |
| "Butterflies" | — | — | — | — | 37 | — | — | ||
| "Dandelion" | 2020 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Bad Karma |
| "Glass House" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Call Me Crazy" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | |
| "Shut Me Up" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "You Oughta Know" | 2021 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Happy (In the End)" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Trauma Queen | |
| "Rewired" | 2022 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "I Sold My Soul" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Head in the Clouds" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Trouble" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||
Promotional singles
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USComedyDigital | USRapDigital | |||
| "Roast Yourself" | 2018 | 1 | 19 | Non-album promotional singles |
| "Antisocial Media" | 2020 | — | — | |
| "Warning Shots" | 2022 | — | — | Trauma Queen |
| "Hangups" | — | — | ||
Guest appearances
| Title | Year | Artist(s) | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| "F Pacing" | 2021 | Landon Tewers | Frontal Lobe Submission |
Videography
| Title | Year | Artist(s) | Director(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| As lead artist | |||
| "Out Loud" | 2017 | Gabbie Hanna | None credited |
| "Satellite" (Lyric Video) | |||
| "Roast Yourself (Harder)" | 2018 | Peter Macaluso | |
| "Honestly / Honestly (Encore)" | Ryan Parma | ||
| "Monster / Monster (Reborn)" | |||
| "Medicate" | 2019 | ||
| "Butterflies" | |||
| "Perfect Day (A True Story)" | |||
| "Pillowcase" | Spencer Sharp | ||
| "Broken Girls" | Nayip Ramos | ||
| "Dandelion" | 2020 | Hok Konishi | |
| "Glass House" | |||
| "Bad Karma" | |||
| "Special" | |||
| "Happy" | None credited | ||
| "Goodbye, For Now" | |||
| "Call Me Crazy" | Hok Konishi | ||
| "Antisocial Media" | Jerize Bravo | ||
| "Shut Me Up" | Hok Konishi | ||
| "You Oughta Know (Alanis Morissette cover)" | 2021 | None credited | |
| "Happy (In the End)" (Performance Video) | |||
| "Rewired" (Visualizer) | 2022 | ||
| "I Sold My Soul" | |||
| Cameo appearance | |||
| "Bitch, Please!" | 2014 | Jessi Smiles | Robert A. Dobbins |
| "Sad Song" | 2017 | Scotty Sire | 80Fitz |
| "My Life Sucks" (Lyric Video) | |||
| "Gateway" | 2019 | Elli Moore | Nayip Ramos |
Awards and nominations
| Year | Award | Category | Recipient | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Shorty Awards | YouTube Comedian | The Gabbie Show | Nominated | |
| Teen Choice Awards | Choice Web Star: Female | ||||
| Choice Viner | |||||
| 2017 | Shorty Awards | Vlogger of the Year | The Gabbie Vlogs | ||
| 2018 | iHeartRadio Music Awards | Social Star Award | Gabbie Hanna | ||
| Shorty Awards | YouTuber of the Year | ||||
| Best YouTube Ensemble | Vlog Squad | Won | |||
| Streamy Awards | Creator of the Year | Gabbie Hanna | Nominated | ||
| First Person | |||||
| Storyteller | Won | ||||
| Ensemble Cast | David's Vlog | ||||
| 2019 | Teen Choice Awards | Choice Comedy Web Star | Gabbie Hanna | Nominated | |
| Streamy Awards | Ensemble Cast | Escape the Night: Season 4 |
Bibliography
- Adultolescence. Atria Books. September 19, 2017. ISBN 9781501178320.
- Dandelion. Atria Books. October 13, 2020. ISBN 9781982153380.
