Daphne Khoo Pheng Yi | |
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| Born | January 22, 1987 |
| Alma mater | Ngee Ann Polytechnic RMIT University |
| Years active | 2004–present |
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| Also known as | Haneri |
| Genres | English pop |
| Labels | Daphne Khoo |
| Website | www |
Daphne Khoo (born 22 January 1987) better known by her stage name Haneri is a Singaporean singer.[1][2] She was a contestant in the first season of Singapore Idol, finishing up in fourth place (third runner up) during Asian Songs week.[3] She was also host of Idol-on-Demand, an online programme for Singapore Idol. She was video-featured on Singapore youth TV station CTV. She was also one of the contestants in the television show The Dance Floor in the group Snaap!
Khoo was born in Perth, Australia, and moved to Singapore when she was eight, where she lived with her family. She has an older and a younger sister. She studied in St Margarets Secondary School in Singapore. She is also a cancer survivor.[4][5]
Daphne released her debut album in December 2007 titled "Desperate' featuring twelve tracks, one of which was contributed by Ling Jia Hao (Track 8 "Rescue"). She has released a few unofficial singles, and one for the Idol-based show, Shooting Stars. She was formerly the lead singer of West Grand Boulevard. She was a Mass Communications student at Ngee Ann Polytechnic's School of Film and Media Studies where she pursued a diploma. She completed her degree in communications at RMIT University in 2009 in Melbourne, Australia.
In 2010, she began studying Songwriting at Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts and graduated with a degree in Professional Music. Daphne currently resides in Los Angeles, California.
