Today Thursday 5pm pst, we play our live coverage of the @toyotausa Hybrid CARnival produced by @isatv @danakadan . TRAKTIVIST Radio wa the Official House Dj for the entire Carnival and a Co-Curator of Sunday’s ISA Block Party! The CARnival was a 5-day event experience featuring Toyota hybrid cars, interactive exhibits, curated food, giveaways and importantly musical performances by amazing Asian American artists such as #AmberLiu #Dumbfoundead #Kina Grannis #SweaterBeats #ShawnWasabi #FYKE #HotelGaruda #Satica #AOBeats #HollisWongWear #Emmalyn #DollyAve #GloriaKim #CTru #Rozen & #DANakaDAN! #ToyotaCARnival . . It’s FREE to listen! Download the @DashRadio mobile app or listen on your computer: DashRadio.com/Discover. . . And in case you can’t catch the live shows, TRAKTIVIST RADIO is also available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify Podcasts, & our YouTube Channel so you can listen anytime you want, as many times as you want! . . Let us know who you want us to interview and what songs you want to hear on the show! Link in bio or traktivist.com/submit . . TRAKTIVIST RADIO is the only weekly, global music show featuring music by Asian Americans! This show is exclusively on Dash Radio (10 million+ subscribers worldwide) through the #Discover station (2 million+ monthly listeners). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #hiphop #rb #soul #pop #electronic #edm #diversity #representation #asianamericans #asianamerican #asians #traktivist https://www.instagram.com/p/Bv1j_1VnacV/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1efdxky0sulyh
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The amazing song (This Song Is About Mental Health) is by Dan Matthews or DANakaDAN. Please check out his channel and the original video. The MV for this is so powerful, it made me tear up.
Original Link to song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLdKU99YYTc
Original Links to Stray Kids Videos Used:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNfodZluR-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HMOkfE3kno
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdfIfFGCqgo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pok5yDw77uM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6unJQownW4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9TZNpRCeqE
EXPLANATION OF MY VIDEO:
At the beginning of the video, there is no filter, everything is clear. Jisung (a member of Stray Kids) is seen looking at a camera and then it glitches and shows the boys happy, doing things they enjoy. Then a filter covers the rest of the clips until the end. The filter has lines going across the screen to show that it’s through the lens of a camera. The end of the video is where the filter disappears, it’s when the camera is on the ground and they’re walking past it, to the outside where they’re finally free.
The camera is there symbolize the mental disorder, anxiety. With anxiety, someone constantly feels as if they’re being judged, that every little thing they do will be ridiculed.
The glitches in the video show that a person with a mental disorder is different, they aren’t a smooth video, they’re one that thinks and acts differently. They gradually get worse throughout the video but at the end, they walk past the camera and the glitches and filer is gone to show that your mental disorder isn’t your whole life, it’s not who you are.
Towards the end, there is a part where there are happy clips mixed in with the dark clips. “It gets louder now” is the lyrics for this part and it shows that they’re trying to break away but its so hard when your disorder is taking over.
You feel like the world is crumbling, and everything is going so fast when you’re not in control of your own thoughts.
The point of my video is to show that no matter what happens you can get through it. That there are always people who care about you and want you to get better and be happy. In the video, you can see that Stray Kids (The group) are there for each other, even if they don’t want them all the time they never give up on each other. You have people in your life like that too, even if it doesn’t feel like it. You don’t have to go through this alone.
However feel free to interpret it any way you like.
We spend our entire lives longing for love and acceptance, but what happens when you feel like there is something inherently about you that just doesn’t fit in? This week, we are joined by our incredibly enthusiastic community leader, Dan Matthews. He speaks about his experience growing up in an adopted Caucasian family and what it took to build a career in the Asian American community that he wasn’t introduced to until much later in life. We share our struggles with acceptance and the steps we took to love ourselves. Link in bio 🎧 • Thank you @danakadan for opening up and sharing your honest truths. The community is better with you in it and we are so excited to watch you succeed. Congrats on your new album!! • #perfectlyimperfect #perfectlyimperfectpodcast #danmatthews #danakadan #escapeLA #podcast (at Old San Juan P.R)
Episode 117: KCon 2017 Wrap Up! Find it Here iTunes Google Play Music RSS Feed Direct Download Show Notes Did we mention we were going to Kcon? Did we mention that Stephanie was on some panels? Did we mention that we had an awesome time? Did we also happen to mention we did all this despite Stephanie’s face not working? Did we mention Game of Throne spoilers? Well, to that one, the answer is no…
It was fun working with the talented @danakadan for his upcoming music video. Looking forward to seeing the final video. #musicvideo #ontheset #danakadan #fusionsoundsla #stageperformance #stagelighting #lightingproduction #lightshow #movieproduction #musicproducer #lightingdesign #rapmusic #rapartist #asianlife #asianartist @fusionsoundsla @hcd_portable_dancefloors @dj_jaggi714 @dj_kr1shhh @sandeepfusionsounds @pratik_garg (at Long Beach, California)
Today Thursday 5pm pst, we play our live coverage of the @toyotausa Hybrid CARnival produced by @isatv @danakadan . TRAKTIVIST Radio wa the Official House Dj for the entire Carnival and a Co-Curator of Sunday’s ISA Block Party! The CARnival was a 5-day event experience featuring Toyota hybrid cars, interactive exhibits, curated food, giveaways and importantly musical performances by amazing Asian American artists such as #AmberLiu #Dumbfoundead #Kina Grannis #SweaterBeats #ShawnWasabi #FYKE #HotelGaruda #Satica #AOBeats #HollisWongWear #Emmalyn #DollyAve #GloriaKim #CTru #Rozen & #DANakaDAN! #ToyotaCARnival . . It’s FREE to listen! Download the @DashRadio mobile app or listen on your computer: DashRadio.com/Discover. . . And in case you can’t catch the live shows, TRAKTIVIST RADIO is also available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify Podcasts, & our YouTube Channel so you can listen anytime you want, as many times as you want! . . Let us know who you want us to interview and what songs you want to hear on the show! Link in bio or traktivist.com/submit . . TRAKTIVIST RADIO is the only weekly, global music show featuring music by Asian Americans! This show is exclusively on Dash Radio (10 million+ subscribers worldwide) through the #Discover station (2 million+ monthly listeners). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #hiphop #rb #soul #pop #electronic #edm #diversity #representation #asianamericans #asianamerican #asians #traktivist #DashRadio #diversity #asianamericanmusic https://www.instagram.com/p/Bv1j53Wnc9f/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=sm5kc4hfwy93
Check out what KoreaFest is all about and come join us in the fun! Kpop contest and korean food, korean clothes + much more korean stuff!! #nckoreafest2018 February 17th 2018, @raleigh kallscott building. Also excited McDonald's is one of our sponsors .. they will be passing out info on Korean McDonalds Menus and will be bringing cookies, pies, and other yummy sweets! Join us! https://www.nckoreafest.com/ @danakadan @mcdonalds @gkwfcarolinas . . . . #raleigh #raleighnc #downtownraleigh #statefair #northcarolina #nc #korean #koreanfood #koreanclothing #coreancosmetics #koreanculture #danakadan #kpop #kpopdance #kpopcontest #event #bts #exo #got7 #seventeen #wannaone #blackpink #redvelvet #twice #kimchi #hanbok #kcon #ncstate (Raleigh, North Carolina에서)
We spend our entire lives longing for love and acceptance, but what happens when you feel like there is something inherently about you that just doesn’t fit in? This week, we are joined by our incredibly enthusiastic community leader, Dan Matthews. He speaks about his experience growing up in an adopted Caucasian family and what it took to build a career in the Asian American community that he wasn’t introduced to until much later in life. We share our struggles with acceptance and the steps we took to build confidence in ourselves. Link in bio 🎧 • Thank you @danakadan for opening up and sharing your honest truths. The community is better with you in it and we are so excited to watch you succeed. Congrats on your new album!! • #perfectlyimperfect #perfectlyimperfectpodcast #danmatthews #danakadan #escapeLA #podcast (at Old San Juan P.R)
But we are on a quest for something greater then we know
It’s often a battle of man vs the fear of the unknown
When the concept of home, is a construct that’s grown
From meaning where you live to sometimes life alone
And for me that line is blurring like each day
Fighting even harder now to hold on to my faith
Barely recognizing when I’m looking at my face
But that’s the life I’ve chosen as I’m searching for my place, and at my pace
#BTS of tonight's @danakadan music video shoot for "Crazy Rich Asians." I don't know what I get myself into but it is looking AMAZING. P.S. I can't take myself seriously. 🎥 . . . #danakadan #musicvideo #musicvideoshoot #koreasianmedia #korestudio #crazyrichasians #behindthescenes #film #filming #production #locationmanager #fortheday #gardena #saturday #gigstogetmeby (at KoreAm Journal)