The “Date an Asian” music video premiere last night at Sulu Series was AWESOME!!!
The evening started off with amazing spoken word/poetry from Jenny C. Lares, Simone Jacobson and special guest Marco Mercado.
Marco Mercado
Supercool band Paperdoll also rocked the house with some original songs – and a fantastic cover of A-Ha!
We rolled into the music video premiere, which elicited a lot of positive responses – from laughter to “awws” to people genuinely being touched by the tribute to Asian guys, it was amazing to see such great reactions to a project that has been in the works for almost a year.
After the video premiered, we had had a bunch of great performances from the guys of “Date an Asian”, who are some of NY’s top Asian male performers:
YouJean Chang got the crowd going with his hilarious, racially charged humor.
Air Tabigue did a bunch of amazing new material after literally hopping off a plane from Vegas to make the show – what a guy!
Air Tabigue
Comedy improv group Asian Flush also had its world premiere last night! The all-Asian, all-dude group consists of: Joel Arandia, Keith Huang, Roy Koshy, Binu Paulose, Nikhil Rao, and Jamaal Sedayao.
Narinder Singh kept the crowd going with his cunning one-liners, which I dubbed “non-Sikh-uiturs”, teehee!
Narinder Singh
Phil Nee, the Godfather of Asian Comedy (who plays my dad in the video!), totally lived up to his name and annihilated the crowd with his set.
Finally, The Part-Time Models dance crew brought down the house for the grand finale!!!
All in all, it was such a great night, and I want to thank everyone again for making “Date an Asian” possible. The song and music video were a TON of fun to make, and it’s such a damn thrill to finally have it out in the world!
Moi
Also, a massive shoutout to the Sulu and Bowery Poetry Club crew: mucho thanks to Taiyo Na for giving a home to Asian American artists – Sulu Series coming up on 5 years!!! Thank you to DJ Boo for manning the turntables, Nick for teching up a storm, and the lovely Diane O’Debra for keeping us well hydrated.
Look for the video in the coming days, very soon!!!
AND, if you have a hankering for a LIVE performance of “Date an Asian” with myself and Soce, come to K-Date on Thurs, 8/20 at Comix! Click on “Shows” for full details about this hit Asian matchmaking show!!!
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