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Making its New York launching this weekend break, the Head in the Clouds Music & Arts Festival will certainly change Queens’ Forest Hills Stadium right into an AAPI songs center for 88rising’s yearly two-day event.
On Saturday as well as Sunday, May 20-21 — timed to May’s Asian American as well as Pacific Islander Heritage Month — this year’s Los Angeles-birthed fete will certainly make its first-ever work on the East Coast. Having struck the worldwide market of Jakarta as well as Manila prior to lastly getting here in New York, Head in the Clouds will certainly include remarkable skill from throughout the Asian diaspora. You can discover headliners like Beabadoobee, NIKI as well as DPR Ian, along with skilled musicians consisting of Raveena, LØREN as well as Spence Lee on the outstanding lineup. Past schedule models have actually organized skill like Joji, Jackson Wang, Keshi, Audrey Nuna, Japanese Breakfast as well as Zedd.
88rising, established in New York in 2015, cinched essential partners to generate the occasion: Goldenvoice, the makers of Coachella as well as Stagecoach, as well as The Bowery Presents, the leading East Coast show marketers. Twelve AAPI food suppliers, consisting of regional faves like Kopitiam as well as Xing Fu Tang, will certainly be supplying scrumptious attacks as well as refreshments. Fans will certainly reach experience a robust social immersion through noise as well as preference.
Fans can get final tickets for the celebration here.
With 26 musicians all set to take the historical phase, it may be hard to game-strategy that to see in the speedy two days. To make it less complicated to draw up your celebration routine, below are our 12 leading choices for this weekend break’s can’t-miss out on efficiencies.
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NIKI
At just 24 years of ages, Indonesian pop celebrity NIKI (birthed: Nicole Zefanya) began her job as a teen winning an on the internet competitors to open up for Taylor Swift’s Red Tour. Her clear, sentimental voice punctures with positive hip-hop as well as pop chords in tracks like “Every Summertime” as well as “Backburner,” changing the audience right into an alternate positive area.
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Hojean
Hailing from Georgia as well as bringing one of the most sexy audios to room indie pop, Korean-American musician Hojean (Hojean Yi) has no agitations vocal singing regarding all facets of love. Although his trademark onstage design consists of a snugly connected hoodie to really feel protected from the general public, his songs like “Hold Me” as well as “Comin’ Through” offer a mystery to his phase picture with psychological lyrical direct exposure.
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FiFi Zhang
A multi-hyphenate beloved birthed as well as increased in Shanghai, FiFi Zhang is currently a New York-based singer-songwriter, DJ, manufacturer, aesthetic developer as well as imaginative supervisor. Her audio blends desire pop, R&B, home, rap as well as digital along with English as well as Chinese, integrating in spiritual rhythms like “Nobody” as well as “So Beautiful So Lonely.”
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Warren Hue
Warren Hue may be young, however this Indonesian-birthed, Los-Angeles based rap artist as well as vocalist makes tracks that show self-confidence as well as delights. Hue incorporates hip-hop with several various other songs categories, such as pop, catch as well as rap, to generate songs with resilient tunes like “omomo punk.”
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Paravi
Indian-American UCLA pupil Paravi Das, much better called Paravi, initially pertained to the Internet’s focus through TikTok as a then-19-year-old in 2021 as well as is currently playing her very first celebration at Head in the Clouds. Her lush, deep vocals bring a unique breadth to popular song in her tracks like “Angry,” however it’s her comical positivity as well as sparkling character that maintains her target market returning for even more.
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XG
With 7 women participants, XG is your following favored R&B/hip-hop Japanese lady team, based in South Korea. Formed in 2022, the band’s name represents “Xtraordinary Girls” as a message of goal as well as power. Jam bent on songs like “LEFT RIGHT” as well as “MASCARA,” which will certainly make you seem like your baddest bi— self.
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Raveena
If you’re trying to find magnificent snazzy R&B/pop, Raveena need to be your go-to. The Indian-American musician integrates Bollywood influenced audios, traditional blues as well as a piercingly pleasant voice to produce vibrant as well as spiritual songs, like “If Only,” that cuddles your heart.
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ITZY
In 2019, Korean songs giant JYP Entertainment brought us the five-member K-pop lady team, ITZY. They’re best understood for their appealing digital bops with tips of hip-hop as well as home – capture them onstage as well as you may obtain fortunate to experience “Dalla Dalla” or “WANNABE” personally.
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DPR Ian
Australian-birthed, South Korean-based Christian Yu is a previous K-pop idolizer from the temporary team C-Clown (2012-15). Nowadays, he raps as well as sings sultry verses with R&B crucial beats under the name DPR Ian. Not just does he carry out, however the skilled musician routes as well as modifies video for various other musicians, like Taeyang’s “Wake Me Up.”
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Beabadoobee
Sharing the exact same tag as The 1975 as well as Rina Sawayama, 22-year-old Filipina-British musician Beabadoobee (birthed Beatrice Kristi Ilejay Laus) just got her very first guitar at the age of 17, stimulating the start of her indie songs job. Her 2017 track “Coffee” exploded on TikTok throughout the pandemic as well as from there, her wonderful as well as wayward voice has actually just increased to get to an increasing number of followers.
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Wolftyla
An independent New York-based musician, Wolftyla integrates her love of K-pop as well as R&B to produce a combinations of exciting audios that is totally hers. As a follower, you’re in excellent business – Wolftyla’s gotten cosigns from supergroup BTS’ V as well as BLACKPINK’s Rosé. Bop along to bangers like “DRUM GO DUM” or recover your internal charming with “Someone Like You.”
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Knock2
Richard Nak, also known as Knock2, is bringing his San Diego-based blissful as well as bass-filled EDM to the celebration. There’s most likely no lack of excellent, sunny feelings at Knock2’s collection this weekend break – simply envision on your own dancing along outdoors to his online trendy beats in tracks such as “dashstar*” as well as “Rock Ur World.”
