Hearts & Beats

Skyscrappers presents Hearts & Beats, a concert-club experience taking place at Yoshi's Jazz Club in San Francisco, California.  Live performances feature Dumbfoundead, Kero One, Am Kidd, Jeni, and Shin-B.  Tickets can be purchased at EventBrite.  Tickets range from $20 to $32.  Hearts & Beats will take place on Friday, September 28, 2012, and performances start at 10pm.  Check out the flier for Hearts & Beats, below!  

Asian American YouTube Stars on NPR

Yesterday on NPR's Intern Edition, Kaitlin Parker reported on "Asian-Asian Americans YouTube Stars Find Alternative Route to Fan Base".  Some of the people Parker highlights in her report are Dumbfoundead and Wong Fu Productions.  Check out the article or listen to the report, below!


Asian-Americans YouTube Stars Find Alternate Route to Fan Base by NPR Intern Edition

Psy on Ellen

Psy has been taking the world, but especially the United States, by storm.  Americans have opened their eyes and ears to Psy's "Gangname Style", and have learned to let loose and dance along.  Psy has been travelling around the United States and making appearances on the MTV VMAs, Today Show, SNL, Extra! and the Ellen DeGeneres Show twice!  On September 10, 2012, the first time Psy appeared on the Ellen DeGeneres Show, he taught Britney Spears how to do the Gangname Style dance.  Today, Psy appeared for the second time on the Ellen DeGeneres Show, but this time for the studio audience and millions watching at home to see his infamous singing and dancing.  Check out Psy on the Ellen DeGeneres Show, below!

Psy teaching Britney Spears how to Gangnam Style


Psy getting the whole studio audience dance with him


Psy's Backstage Message

Mike Song and Mama Song

I first got a glimpse of Mike Song when he was on Kaba Modern during the first season of MTV's America's Best Dance Crew.  Since then, he has become "an internationally renowned choreographer and dancer".  On September 5, 2012, Mike Song uploaded a video choreography he performed with his mom, to Psy's "Gangname Style".  Song released the video to his YouTube channel, and within two weeks the video has over 6 million views.  The video even caught the interest of Ellen DeGeneres, and she reached out to Song and wanted them to perform on The Ellen DeGeneres Show.  Today, on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Mike Song and Laura "Mama" Song performed their choreography for millions to see.  Coincidentally  (or intentionally), they performed their choreography during the same taping as Psy's second appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show.  So Mike and Mama Song had the opportunity to meet Psy!  Check out Mike and Mama Song's original performance and their Ellen Show performance, below!

Gangnam Style Mom (강남스타일) "Umma Gangnam Style" (original)


"Gangnam Style" Mom and Son (Ellen Show)


Mike and Mama Song meet Psy backstage

Monsters Calling Home on JKL

I first saw and heard Monsters Calling Home at Kollaboration SF 3.  Monsters Calling Home is an indie band made up of a group of six talented Korean Americans from Southern California.  Their music is folk tunes, with a personal touch to it.  Yesterday, Honda surprised Monsters Calling Home with the opportunity of performing on Jimmy Kimmel Live.  Check out the two performances of Monsters Calling Home on Jimmy Kimmel Live, below!    

"Fight to Keep"


"Monsters Calling Home"

Honda Loves Monsters Calling Home

Honda has a segment called "Honda Loves You Back", and they picked the Monsters Calling Home to show some love back.  Back in April of 2012, Monsters Calling Home video recorded themselves performing and singing their song "Fight To Keep" in their Hondas.  Honda took notice of this video and decided to show some love back to Monsters Calling Home.  Honda invited the band to perform in front of 600 Honda executives.  But during sound check, a Honda representative said no one would be coming, and the band looked really bummed.  Another Honda representative asks if they could at least perform for the two of them, and band gets up and starts to sing their song.  But before a note could even be sung, the Honda representative interrupts and tells Monsters Calling Home why they are really there.  Even though the video is shot as a commercial, the surprise for Monsters Calling Home was really touching and I definitely teared up while watching.  Check out the Monsters Calling Home's surprise from Honda, below!

Meet Monsters Calling Home

Lucky Guy

David Choi and Wong Fu Productions did it again! David and WongFu partnered up to bring fans an amazing music video for David's song "Lucky Guy".  "Lucky Guy" is a track off of David's album Forever and Ever.  "Lucky Guy" can be downloaded off of iTunes.  "Lucky Guy" was originally going to debut at ISA  2012 in NY, but due to circumstances it wasn't able to be carried out as planned.  So WongFu and David made changes and released the music video for fans, today!

In the "Lucky Guy" music video, WongFu takes the lyrics of the song to illustrate a story.  The music video starts off in a retirement community, and David is a guest performer and sings for the elderly.  While David is singing, there is an older man sitting and reminiscing about the old days, and WongFu takes us back to when the older man was a young fellow.  There is a young man, dressed in a military uniform, sitting in a car and finishing a letter he wrote.  The young man finishes his letter with, "He's a lucky guy".  He takes it to the doorstep of a house and leaves the letter at the doormat.  Just as he walks back to his car, a young lady walks out of the house and reads the letter.  In between these scenes, are shots of the older man remembering what happened.  The young lady walks over to the young man, and then another guy steps out of the house.  The young lady turns to the young man and says, "I'm so sorry".  The young man drives off and the young lady walks back to the house and embraces the other guy... the lucky guy.  At this point, I'm thinking, "Wow, a love triangle! Is the older man the guy in the uniform? Or is he the lucky guy?"  Thankfully, WongFu doesn't leave us hanging and answered my thoughts.  Watch the rest of the music video to find out who the older man is!  WongFu did another amazing job with this project, and David has another amazing music video.  Check out the song and music video to "Lucky Guy", below!