which eventually lead to a number of other music videos, including one with Margaret Cho for the song “Green Tea.” Awkwafina is living proof that you can go from rapping on YouTube to being part of Hollywood’s biggest films. Teen Vogue: You have this incredible work ethic. Correct me if I'm wrong, but it sounds like it's been this way since you were young. You're a trained cellist, a skilled musician and singer. You nearly pursued professional tennis. You love academics. Have you always been someone who's juggled a lot of things?DS: I think if I were to ever really feel like I had any meaning, it would be that. It would be to show Asian-American girls that it's possible, that there are people out there like you. Because when I was growing up, I didn't have that. When you don't see people that are like you — it's not even just being an Asian-American woman, it's being like awkward, weird Americanized Asian girls — you don't see that, so you don't think it's a possibility to exist. Same with rap. I never saw that, either. But then you realize there's a lacking of something, so when you actually do do it, you can be received in really unique ways. I think that right now, I take a lot of college shows and I'm speaking to this generation who's even more woke than I was, than even I thought I was back in the day. I can tell that they're going to do serious damage to all of the industries, and I think also, because they're raised in an environment where it's not that weird. It's still not where it should be, but it's not that weird for them to imagine to dream big.TV:Speaking ofOcean's 8 after saying she wouldn't be attending. “If I get vaccinated it won’t for the Met. It’ll be once I feel I’ve done enough research. I’m working on that now. In the meantime my loves, be safe. Wear the mask with 2 strings that grips your head & face. Not that loose one." (If you're doing some research of your own, check out thesedebunked vaccine mythsand learn more abouthow the vaccine works)