Some of Asia’s most preferred performers are headed to Brooklyn this November for a new audio competition celebrating Asian excellence.
EXO’s Lay Zhang, f(x) star Amber Liu, Chinese soul singer Tia Ray, and Hong Kong-dependent punk artist Tyson Yoshi are among the headliners for the inaugural MetaMoon Audio Competition, which will carry collectively pretty much a dozen Asian artists from close to the environment on just one phase.
The working day-extended festival requires position on Nov. 26 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, and the lineup also features Taiwanese jazz/R&B singer 9m88, Taiwanese-American singer Karencici, Taiwanese-American singer/rapper ØZI, K-pop star Sury Su, and Chinese rapper MC Jin. Tickets are on sale now at SeatGeek.com.
Established by Hong Kong-based leisure corporation Swish Media and produced in partnership with Live Nation, the festival seeks to spotlight the breadth of AAPI functions from around the planet, alongside with the varied genres of tunes they stand for.
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Yoshi and Su will be undertaking for the first time in the U.S., whilst Zhang, the Chinese singer and rapper who rose to fame as a member of the K-pop group EXO, will be generating his solo U.S. arena debut.
“I’m pretty enthusiastic to be accomplishing dwell in front of my followers at Barclays Heart,” he says. “It will be wonderful to be in New York to share my new music with my followers who have often supported me.”
The singer teases that he’s been operating on new music and states he may possibly preview some of the new tracks for the duration of his MetaMoon established. “I’ve always required to do one thing unique for my admirers, and I can not wait around to conduct songs stay from my new EP,” Zhang tells Rolling Stone. “It’s going to be a actually fun time with excellent vibes. I hope we’ll have a excellent working day with each other.”
In addition to the musical acts, the competition will also incorporate a food stuff crawl and Asian market in partnership with Gold Dwelling, highlighting Asian-owned firms and makes. A amount of AAPI-established models will also have activations during the day in and around the competition.
“MetaMoon New music Festival’s mission is to bridge the gap amongst Asia and the US and showcase the fact that pop tradition and tunes are universal languages that can foster a stronger knowing,” says Sleek Media founder Grace Chen in a statement. “The Asian neighborhood has historically been underrepresented in American leisure and media, and MetaMoon hopes to be that cultural trade that shines a light-weight on this kind of talent, their stories, the fans and general Asian excellence.”
Tickets to the pageant start off at $68 and are readily available on the web now at Seatgeek.com. Organizers say the complete record of activations and program of performances will be introduced closer to the competition working day.
