Mish Barber-Way (born 15 July 1985) is a Canadian singer, songwriter and writer. She founded punk band

White Lung White Lung were a Canadian punk rock band. The band consisted of Mish Barber-Way (vocals), Kenneth William (guitars) and Anne-Marie Vassiliou (drums). They have released two albums on Deranged Records and their latest two on Domino Recording C ...

in 2006 and served as its vocalist until the band's breakup in 2022.

Early life

Barber-Way was born on 15 July 1985 in Vancouver, British Columbia. As a child, she competed in figure skating before focusing on music and writing. In university, Barber-Way originally studied writing before switching to programs in philosophy and gender studies. During her post-secondary education, she worked as an intern for

Vancouver Magazine ''Vancouver Magazine'' is an English-language lifestyle magazine focused on Vancouver, British Columbia and the Lower Mainland. ''Vancouver Magazine'' describes its mission as informing, guiding and entertaining residents of a "dynamic, internati ...

and Hearty. During her teens, she worked as a dry cleaner.

Career

Barber-Way started playing music in her former boyfriend's band before co-forming

in 2006. After the release of White Lung's second studio album ''

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'', Barber-Way considered leaving the band to concentrate on her writing career, but ultimately decided to stay after ''Sorry'' grew in popularity and the band was given a record contract with Domino. While singing in White Lung, Barber-Way wrote articles for various media sources including Vice Media, ''

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'', '' Hustler'', '' The Guardian'', ''

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'', '' Dazed'', '' Los Angeles Times'', '' V'', among others. She is also the executive editor at ''

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'', as well as the music editor for ''BriteLite'' magazine. In 2015, Anna Wintour let Barber-Way model Yves Saint Laurent in '' Vogue''s September issue, shot by

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. In 2016, Barber-Way performed a cover of "

Used to Love Her "Used to Love Her" is a song by American rock band Guns N' Roses from the 1988 album ''G N' R Lies''. The song was used as a B-side on some releases of the "Paradise City" single. Rose would later say that the song that inspired Stradlin was f ...

" by

Guns N' Roses Guns N' Roses is an American hard rock band from Los Angeles, California, formed in 1985. When they signed to Geffen Records in 1986, the band comprised vocalist Axl Rose, lead guitarist Slash, rhythm guitarist Izzy Stradlin, bassist Duff McKa ...

. In 2021, she sang on The Bloody Beetroots's song "Radium Girls".

Personal life

Barber-Way is married to singer Austin Barber of American rock band Saviours, and they live in the suburbs of Los Angeles, California with their children. In prior albums with White Lung, Barber-Way incorporated songs about her personal experience with

body dysmorphia Body dysmorphic disorder (BDD), occasionally still called dysmorphophobia, is a mental disorder characterized by the obsessive idea that some aspect of one's own body part or appearance is severely flawed and therefore warrants exceptional meas ...

and addiction.

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