Qveen Herby

In 2017, Amy Noonan (aka Qveen Herby) took creative control of her career. Formerly known as the frontwoman of the duo Karmin, Noonan started releasing music independently and with a completely different style. Instead of putting out pop songs, Qveen Herby (pronounced Queen Herby) releases rap music that empowers and uplifts her fans. With her newest release, EP 8, she’s ready to take the rap world by storm (plus her DMs are open for creatives wanting advice).

When did you know you wanted to be a musician full-time?

I knew I wanted to be a musician full-time probably in high school at some point. I thought, ‘wow I’m pretty good at this’ and I decided to pursue a music education at an actual college, so that was a pretty big commitment. I was scared shitless because when I grew up, and where I grew up in the midwest, it was like unheard of to pursue music as a career or even try to formalize it in any way. So I definitely decided but it wasn’t really until after I graduated music school and we like hit that first recession in 2009 that I was like, ‘alright we’re gonna figure this out’ cause I definitely don’t want to work a normal job.