From left: Sadik Dogosh, Ohad Attia, Niv Lin, Nadav Philips, Aseel Farah and Neta Rozenblat of as1one photographed on November 6, 2023 in Los Angeles. Austin Hargrave
The scene at the Chipotle on Ventura Boulevard in the San Fernando Valley initially looked just like any kind of various other Friday night. Six attractive people in their very early 20s kicked back a table consuming burritos, chuckling and ribbing each other. They had actually landed at LAX that early morning after a 16-hour trip, however regardless of their jet lag, the ambiance was dynamic.
Then an emergency situation sharp illuminated among their mobile phones. Seconds later on, a caution hummed on one more gadget. And after that one more, and one more, and one more, and yet another. It was Oct. 6 — currently Oct. 7 beyond of the globe in Israel — and the minute points obtained really genuine for as1one, the first-ever kid band making up Israeli and Palestinian artists.
The people had actually shown up in Los Angeles from Tel Aviv, Israel, to put down tracks for their honest launching cd — an expedition made complying with months of visa sychronisation and greater than a year considering that the team formally developed, after initially being developed in the United States years prior. The group behind as1one, led by long time songs execs Ken Levitan and James Diener, visualized a Middle Eastern variation of BTS, and in the initiative to develop it, Israeli and Palestinian spreading supervisors had actually held tryouts in significant cities and little towns throughout Israel in 2021. (Auditions can not be kept in the West Bank or Gaza because of logistical obstacles.) A thousand boys auditioned; the 6 that were glued to their phones at the Sherman Oaks Chipotle had actually made it in.
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Image Credit: Austin Hargrave Nadav Philips
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Image Credit: Austin Hargrave Aseel Farah
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Image Credit: Austin Hargrave Sadik Dogosh
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Image Credit: Austin Hargrave Neta Rozenblat
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Image Credit: Austin Hargrave Ohad Attia
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Image Credit: Austin Hargrave Niv Lin
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Image Credit: Austin Hargrave From left: Neta Rozenblat, Niv Lin, Sadik Dogosh, Nadav Philips, Ohad Attia and Aseel Farah of as1one photographed November 6, 2023 in Los Angeles.
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Image Credit: Austin Hargrave Aseel Farah
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Image Credit: Austin Hargrave Neta Rozenblat
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Image Credit: Austin Hargrave Niv Lin
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Image Credit: Austin Hargrave Ohad Attia
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Image Credit: Austin Hargrave Nadav Philips
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Image Credit: Austin Hargrave Sadik Dogosh
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Image Credit: Austin Hargrave Clockwise from top: Neta Rozenblat, Aseel Farah, Niv Lin, Nadav Philips, Sadik Dogosh and Ohad Attia of as1one.
Styling by Marjan Malakpour. Grooming by Yaniv Arbiv. Makeup by Dillon Peña.
On Rozenblat: Theory sweatshirt, G-Star RAW trousers, All Saints precious jewelry, H&M footwear. On Farah: Karl Lagerfeld sweatshirt, Ksubi denims, All Saints precious jewelry, ZARA footwear. On Lin: Calvin Klein storage tank, John Varvatos coat, All Saints trousers. On Philips: Calvin Klein storage tank, All Saints coat, Ksubi denims, ALDO footwear. On Dogosh: H&M sweatshirt, The Kooples coat, All Saints denims, ZARA footwear. On Attia: Calvin Klein storage tank, All Saints fit, H&M footwear.
