VNGEL

cathartic. /ˈānjəl/

vngel (stylized in all lowercase and pronounced as “angel”) started as a passion project for undergraduate college student Brettan O’Beirne who wasn’t ready to face the real world.

Before attending college at Virginia Tech, O’Beirne grew up completely enveloped in music, her number one passion. What started off as learning the lyrics to entire songs at the age of two eventually progressed into singing in elementary school talent shows. From there, O’Beirne began guitar lessons at the age of twelve, participated in middle school choir, and auditioned for the television music competition called the “X Factor”. In high school, she expanded the range of her performance passions by participating in show choir and theater, adding more styles of vocal music to her repertoire as well as picking up some minor dance skills.

When the COVID-19 pandemic struck the United States, O’Beirne found herself stuck at home in online classes and unable to dance - so, she turned back to what she loved most - singing. In 2020, she began posting to YouTube under the cover artist moniker of “VOID Angel”. After teaching herself how to audio mix and master using Adobe Audition, she slowly became less content with covering other people’s songs and wanted to create her own. Moving forward, O’Beirne decided to create her official artist name, vngel, which pays homage to her YouTube cover artist name as well as her go-to gaming username.