Annie Hardy
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| Birth name | Annie Summer Hardy |
| Born | June 5, 1981 San Clemente, California, U.S. |
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| Years active | 2003–present |
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Annie Summer Hardy (born June 5, 1981) is an American musician. She is the lead vocalist, guitarist, and songwriter of the indie rock band Giant Drag, which she formed in 2003. After releasing their debut EP, Lemona (2004), the band was briefly signed to Kickball Records, a subsidiary of Interscope, who distributed their debut album, Hearts and Unicorns (2005). Their second album, Waking Up Is Hard to Do (2013), was independently released through the band's own label, Full Psycho Records.
Hardy was voted one of NME's "50 Coolest People," and has received major news coverage in NME, Spin, MTV News and Rolling Stone, among others. She started her own record label October 2012 launching Full Psycho Records, TV & Crafts in a soft launch via her YouTube channel. She is known for her quick-witted stage persona and retorts to insults. Hardy released her first solo album, Rules, in 2017.
In addition to music, Hardy has also occasionally worked as an actress; she appeared in Spike Jonze's short film I'm Here (2010), and later starred as a semi-fictionalized version of herself in the 2021 horror film Dashcam.