Trevi Moran

Background

Trevi Moran was born in Poway, California as Trevor Moran. Her mother is Nicole Moran and her father’s name is Tim Moran. She has an older brother named Blake. When Moran was 10 years old, she started uploading “Apple Store Dances” videos on YouTube of herself dancing to hit songs in the Apple Store. She founded the YouTuber group “Our2ndLife” with Connor Franta, J.C. Caylen, Kian Lawley, Ricky Dillon, and Sam Pottorff in August 2012. The group amassed three million subscribers before breaking up in December 2014.

Moran initially rose to popularity in 2012 when she performed the LMFAO song “Sexy and I Know It” during her audition for “The X Factor” at the age of 13. Before being disqualified in the Boot Camp stage, Moran received the support of four judges. She was subsequently chosen to take part in the live casting in San Francisco. Early in September 2013, Moran’s first major-label single, “Someone,” was released. She also released “The Dark Side,” which debuted at number 25 on the Billboard Dance/Electronic Digital Songs chart, in December 2013. In June 2014, she released the single “Echo,” which was followed by the singles “XIAT,” “Now or Never,” and “Slay” from her EP “XIAT.”

On December 9, 2014, Moran released her first EP, “XIAT,” which debuted at number one on Billboard’s Top Heatseekers chart. On October 9, 2015, Moran came out as gay in a YouTube video. In December 2017, she admitted that she had an “identity crisis” throughout the year and had doubts about her gender identity before deciding she was not transgender at the time. On June 6, 2020, two months after starting the medical transition process, she came out as transgender.