Taimane Gardner was born on February 13th 1989 in Honolulu Hawaii and was performing by the time she could walk. Taimane has always loved attention and would sing and dance anytime, anywhere. At the age of 5, her father gave her an ukulele which gave her the perfect opportunity to add to her performances. “I remember the day I got it.” Taimane says. “It was lying on the table and the first thing that popped into my head was ‘rock star’. I picked it up and played in front of the mirror until I broke a string.”