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Rising star Sydney Agudong, who plays Nani Pelekai in Disney’s live-action version of Lilo & Stitch and hails from Kaua’i, showed up with friends and family for a late September backyard party at Romer House Waikīkī . Wearing a mini dress by O’ahu-based fashion label Strait (sold at Free People ), Agudong performed her 2022 debut single, “Welcome to Hollywood,” followed by her duet cover of John Legend’s “All Of Me” with Hualālai Chung, who voiced Moni in Moana 2 and grew up in O’ahu. Agudong’s artist name is Jayne Doe and the duet, recorded at Island Sound Studios in Honolulu, was released in May.

Rising star Sydney Agudong

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