de . ▁ ▁Early ▁life ▁ ▁Wu ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁Ann ▁Ar bor , ▁Michigan . ▁His ▁parents ▁were ▁born ▁in ▁Tai pe i , ▁Taiwan ▁and ▁moved ▁to ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁in ▁their ▁ 2 0 s . ▁He ▁is ▁based ▁in ▁Los ▁Angeles . ▁He ▁started ▁to ▁play ▁music ▁at ▁an ▁early ▁age ▁and ▁taught ▁himself ▁to ▁play ▁guitar ▁and ▁was ▁trained ▁to ▁play ▁classical ▁piano . ▁He ▁major ed ▁in ▁econom ics ▁at ▁Harvard ▁University . ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 1 , ▁he ▁graduated ▁and ▁wanted ▁to ▁involve ▁himself ▁in ▁the ▁music ▁industry ▁as ▁an ▁ac oust ic ▁singer - song writer ▁before ▁he ▁moved ▁on ▁to ▁electronic ▁dance ▁music . ▁ ▁Wu ▁began ▁using ▁" E le ph ante " ▁as ▁a ▁stage ▁name ▁because ▁it ▁was ▁a ▁reference ▁to ▁the ▁phrase ▁" ele ph ant ▁in ▁the ▁room " ▁which ▁he ▁described ▁as ▁his ▁unh app iness ▁of ▁working ▁at ▁a ▁corpor ate ▁job ▁since ▁he ▁wanted ▁to ▁be ▁a ▁music ian . ▁ ▁Musical ▁style ▁ ▁Wu ▁describes ▁his ▁music ▁as ▁mel od ic ▁electronic ▁music ▁that ▁f uses ▁with ▁various ▁other ▁gen res . ▁ ▁His ▁preferred ▁gen res ▁are ▁big ▁room , ▁progress ive ▁house ▁and ▁regularly ▁incorpor ates ▁pop ▁and ▁trap ▁into ▁his ▁music . ▁His ▁songs ▁have ▁been ▁played ▁on ▁streaming ▁services ▁such ▁as ▁Sound Cloud ▁for ▁over ▁a ▁million ▁times . ▁T rap ▁high - h ats , ▁deep ▁house ▁elements ▁and ▁house ▁synth s ▁are ▁incorpor ated ▁into ▁his ▁mel