Initially, he was in doubt of his abilities and musical direction, but slowly his distinct style, which relies on his dreamy vocals combined with lo-fi beats and guitar, garnered more attention and popularity. He credited watching YouTube tutorials for teaching him how to write, produce, and engineer his music. He created the moniker "Keshi" and began to share music via his SoundCloud page around 2017. Whenever he visited, her parents would call him "Keshi", which they still do to this day. They have been childhood friends since 5th grade. The stage name "Keshi" comes from the childhood name that his fiancée's parents gave him. He then worked as an oncology nurse at the Texas Medical Center for two years. Austin High School in Sugar Land and earned a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University of Texas at Austin. He cites John Mayer and Ed Sheeran as his biggest influences as a kid. Another one of his motivations for learning guitar came from watching Drake Bell on the Nickelodeon TV show Drake & Josh. He began teaching himself the instrument while using his grandfather's Vietnamese music book. When he was 13, he began learning the guitar after picking it up from his grandfather. He also added that he "wasn't the same as my American friends either, who would have the traditional American experience with the barbecues and all." Despite living in an ethnically diverse community with a large Asian American population, he recalls that he often felt out of place and disconnected from his heritage while growing up, as others around him were mostly of other ethnic groups. Luong was born in Houston, Texas, to parents of Vietnamese ancestry and grew up in Sugar Land. Known for his distant falsetto vocals and textural instrumentals, he has accumulated over one billion streams with songs such as "Like I Need U", "Limbo" and "drunk". Casey Thai Luong (born November 4, 1994), known mononymously by his stage name Keshi (stylized in all lowercase), is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and multi-instrumentalist.
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