{"id":2048214,"date":"2026-07-17T13:00:25","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T10:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2048214"},"modified":"2026-07-17T13:00:25","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T10:00:25","slug":"wasia-project-is-running-on-jet-lag-genius","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2048214","title":{"rendered":"Wasia Project Is Running On Jet Lag & Genius"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Wasia Project Is Running On Jet Lag & Genius<\/h1>\n

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Who needs sleep when inspiration strikes after midnight?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Wasia Project<\/a> is running on equal parts jet lag and adrenaline. \u201cI woke up at 6 a.m. and scrolled,\u201d admits William Gao<\/a>, one half of the alt-pop duo. Though don\u2019t ask him to find what he was looking at again. \u201cI don\u2019t like anything because I don\u2019t want to feed the algorithm.\u201d<\/p>\n

For Gao, 23, and Olivia Hardy<\/a>, 21, jet-lagged mornings are becoming increasingly familiar. When I meet the siblings at Little Ruby\u2019s in the West Village, they\u2019re in the middle of a whirlwind New York visit packed with press stops, studio sessions, an album listening party, and a visit to the New York University Steinhardt School, where Hardy is set to perform later that day. Spread across our table are eggs, toast, and a yogurt granola bowl \u2014 breakfast squeezed into the margins of an increasingly packed schedule.<\/p>\n

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New York is just the beginning. Since forming Wasia Project in 2019, Gao and Hardy have built a genre-blurring sound of classical composition, indie pop, and electronic experimentation, taking their music from festival stages to tours alongside Laufey<\/a>. In the months ahead, the duo will take their music from Berlin to Manila, Hong Kong to Sydney, in the lead up to their 12-track debut studio album, Nocturne<\/em>, out Sept. 18.<\/p>\n

For now, Hardy curls into the cafe\u2019s banquette in a brown velvet blazer and low-rise bell-bottom jeans, a pair of oval sunglasses perched neatly atop her head. Beside her, Gao sits in crisp black trousers and a denim Tang shirt, a nod to half of their heritage. Hardy weighs the merits of New York\u2019s bustling creative scene versus London\u2019s tranquility in comparison: \u201cI feel like I am more of a calmer vibe. I\u2019m still not old enough for New York. I\u2019ll get there \u2014 give me two years.\u201d The conversation moves rapidly; they compare notes on the best way to consume coffee, riff on philosopher memes, and run through the rest of the day\u2019s itinerary.<\/p>\n

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