
In May 2008, Hana revealed that she had been signed to Ben Moody's new record label, FNR Records. Hana shopped for a record label during 2007, sending her music to labels in Los Angeles and New York. Hana contributed backing vocals to the song "This Time" by Céline Dion, from Dion's 2007 album Taking Chances. She began working with the pair on her debut album in April 2006, while she was a senior in high school. Hana traveled with her family to Los Angeles to meet with Moody and Herring in 2005, upon which they recorded some demos.

I have never in my life been more in awe of such a breathtaking natural talent". Upon discovering Hana, Moody reportedly said of her, "It only took Hana singing one song and I was sold. In 2005, a video of Hana performing in Montana reached producers and writers Michael "Fish" Herring and Ben Moody, who subsequently decided they wanted to work with her. Career 2005–11: Career beginnings, Hana Pestle, This Way and For the Sky She would play at local cafés and book stores in Billings, and at the local farmers' market each weekend. Hana began performing live at the age of fourteen. During her youth she took guitar and vocal lessons, and performed in choirs. Her parents also got her a piano around the same time. Hana received her first guitar, which her parents bought from a garage sale, as a Christmas present when she was in fifth grade. She moved to Salt Lake City, Utah when she was six years old, and to Billings, Montana, when she was eight. Hana Pestle was born July 11, 1989, in Atlanta, Georgia.


Her debut body of work as Hana, the self-titled Hana EP (2016), saw her explore a more electronic style. In 2015, she re-emerged on the music scene with the single "Clay" now recording under the mononym Hana. Dissatisfied with the music she was making, she decided to rebrand herself and change the direction of her music. In 2013, upon befriending producer BloodPop, Hana chose to take a break from recording to focus on learning music production. As Hana Pestle, she released three extended plays- Hana Pestle (2008), Live in the Studio (2009), and For the Sky (2011) -and one full-length album titled This Way (2009).
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During this period, she recorded under her full name Hana Pestle. Her early work was largely acoustic-based, utilizing the guitar, which Hana plays. Hana began working on music in 2006, with the help of producers and writers Ben Moody and Michael "Fish" Herring. Hana Gabrielle Pestle (born July 11, 1989), known mononymously as Hana ( / ˈ h ɒ n ə/ HON-ə stylized in all caps), is an American musician, singer-songwriter and record producer.
