Trevi Moran

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Trevi Moran
Personal information
BornTrevor Michael Moran
(1998-09-30) September 30, 1998 (age 22)
Occupation
  • Singer
  • YouTuber
YouTube information
Channel
Years active2009–present
Genre
Subscribers1.43 million subscribers[1]
Total views106 million views[1]
(December 13, 2020)
NetworkUnited Talent Agency

Trevi Michaela Moran (born Trevor Michael Moran; September 30, 1998)[2] is an American singer and YouTube personality. She rose to fame after participating in The X Factor in 2012 at the age of 13. As of April 2020, Moran's YouTube channel surpassed 1.4 million subscribers.

Early life[]

Trevi Moran (formerly Trevor Moran) was born in Poway, California, on September 30, 1998,[3] to Nicole and Tim Moran. She has one brother named Blake.[4] Trevi first joined YouTube in 2008 at age 10, where she began uploading videos of herself dancing to popular songs at the Apple Store ('Apple Store Dances').[5] In August 2012, Trevi joined a collab channel on YouTube known as O2L (Our2ndLife) with members Connor Franta, JC Caylen, Kian Lawley, Ricky Dillon, and Sam Pottorff, which hit 3 million subscribers before disbanding in December 2014.[6]

Career[]

In 2012, Moran first garnered attention when auditioning for The X Factor with the LMFAO song "Sexy and I Know It" (2011) at age thirteen. Moran received four votes from the judges, but was later eliminated during the "Boot Camp" stage.[7] She was then chosen to be part of the live auditions held in San Francisco.[8] In early September 2013, Moran released her debut major-label single entitled "Someone".[9] In early December 2013, Moran released another single, entitled "The Dark Side" with much success and entered the Billboard Dance/Electronic Digital Songs chart at #25.[10][11] In June 2014, Moran released a single titled "Echo"[12] and later another 3 singles titled "XIAT" (pronounced "anxiety"), "Now or Never", and "Slay"[13] from her EP titled XIAT. On December 9, Moran released her debut EP XIAT charting at number 1 on US Heat.[14] In June 2015, Moran released her single "I Wanna Fly".

On November 23, 2015, Moran released a music video for "Let's Roll", where she features her friend and fellow YouTube personality, Lia Marie Johnson.

On December 28, 2015, Ricky Dillon released "Steal the Show" on his album GOLD where Moran was featured with the former Our2ndLife member.

On January 22, 2016, Moran released her second EP Alive with 3 singles titled "Alive", "Got Me Feelin' Like", and "Cold Soul". In February 2016, Moran went on the Alive + GOLD tour alongside Ricky Dillon.

In September 2016, she released a single titled "Get Me Through the Night".

In December 2017, she released a single titled "Sinner".

In June 2021, she released a single titled "Faces"

In August 2021, she released the music video for "Faces" and with that she introduced her first visual release as a woman.

Personal life[]

On October 9, 2015, Moran publicly came out as gay in a YouTube video.[15] In December 2017, she announced that, during the year, she underwent what she called an "identity crisis" and questioned whether she may be transgender before concluding at the time that she wasn't.[16]

On June 6, 2020, Moran came out as transgender; she had begun the process of medically transitioning two months prior.[17]

Discography[]

Extended plays[]

List of extended plays, with selected chart positions
Title Album details Peak chart positions
US
Heat

[18]
US
Indie

[19]
XIAT 1 17
Alive
  • Released: January 22, 2016
  • Label: Gotham Alpha
  • Format: Digital download
1 10
Freedom
  • Released: July 3, 2020
  • Label: Self-released
  • Format: Digital download
- -

Singles[]

As lead artist[]

List of singles as lead artist, with selected chart positions
Title Year Peak chart positions Album
US
Dance/
Elec.

[20]
US
Dance/
Elec.
Digital

[20]
"Bust the Floor" 2011 Non-album
singles
"Someone" 2013 38 26
"The Dark Side" 24 18
"Echo" 2014 XIAT
"XIAT"
"I Wanna Fly" 2015 Alive
"Let's Roll"
"Got Me Feelin' Like" 2016
"Get Me Through the Night" N/A
"Sinner" 2017
"Bad Bitch" 2018
"On My Own" 2019
"Now You Got Me" 2019
"—" denotes a title that did not chart, or was not released in that territory.

As featured artist[]

List of singles as featured artist
Title Year Album
"Steal the Show"
(Ricky Dillon featuring Trevor Moran)
2015 Gold

Filmography[]

Television[]

Year Film Role Notes
2012 The X-Factor Herself Season 2 contestant
2014 Astronauts@ 2 episodes
2016 Shane & Friends Episode: "Trevor Moran"
2016 Zall Good Episode: "Trevor Moran"
2017 Apologies in Advance with Andrea Russett Episode: "Trevor Moran"
2017 Hey Qween Episode: "Trevor Moran on Hey Qween! with Jonny McGovern"

Film[]

Year Film Role Notes
2014 Jack & Jack the Movie Uncredited role Documentary
2015 #O2LFOREVER Herself

Awards and nominations[]

Year Award Category Recipient Result
2014 Teen Choice Awards Choice Web Star: Comedy Herself Won
2015 Macy's iHeartRadio Rising Star N/A Nominated[A]

Notes[]

  1. ^ Moran failed to win the award, ranking second after Christina Grimmie.

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "About TreviMoran". YouTube.
  2. ^ @TrevorMoran (September 30, 2015). "It's my birthday.. Do I get a boyfriend now?" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  3. ^ Moran, Trevor. "DRAW MY LIFE // Trevor Moran". Trevor Moran. Retrieved March 26, 2014.
  4. ^ Avants, Maggie. "Temecula's Trevor Moran Makes 'THE X FACTOR' Cut". Temecula Patch. Retrieved December 16, 2014.
  5. ^ Park, Andrea. "Trevor Moran: YouTube star grows into pop singer". Metro. Retrieved March 26, 2014.
  6. ^ @RickyPDillon (June 24, 2015). "thank you for 3 million subscribers on the O2L channel!!! We may not upload videos on that channel anymore but that still means the world