I am extremely honored to have been able to collaborate with the one and only Amber Liu on this track. I'm thankful to her and her team for being such legends & being such great people to work with. This was one of my favorite songs to write & produce and i'm so thankful to have it released. Watch the full music video (link above).This Song is about Self Love (official video) - DANakaDANDANakaDAN2022-03-24 | New Album is Streaming Now: ffm.to/mealsome Booking: HelloDANakaDAN@gmail.com IG: http://DANakaDAN Produced by Shawn Wasabi Written: DANakaDAN & Big Banana Recorded/Mixed: Big Banana
Video/ArtWork by Allison Liang @liang.allison
New Album "Me. Also Me. Pt. 1" streaming now! Pt 2 releasing soon! Thank you for all the support!
From Self Destruction to Self Love to Self Respect!I May Destroy You (official music video) - DANakaDANDANakaDAN2022-02-22 | New Album is Streaming Now: ffm.to/mealsome Booking: HelloDANakaDAN@gmail.com IG: @DANakaDAN
Video by Christian Soriano @Sori.CHR
New Album "Me. Also Me. Pt. 1" streaming now! Pt 2 releasing soon! Thank you for all the support!
"Tell me what you want, what you really, really want...."SOB ROCK - DAN ft. Priska (official music visual)DANakaDAN2021-08-06 | Purchase Song/Support Artist: bit.ly/DAN20211 Stream Song: ffm.to/sobrock
Sometimes i don't know how to communicate how i'm feeling.....
MORE TO COME. NEW SONGS THROUGHOUT SUMMER
Verse 1 I can feel my face I can feel everything around me I can feel the space I can feel it bleed in my boundaries I can paint a picture so vivid As i speak it is the scripture that i’m living My love language is shared time A warm body in decline So why is it so hard for me to communicate What you mean to me Cuz lately all that i’ve felt Is something is missing deep inside of me Crying in that h-mart, Left my heart on that floor I said you don’t know me She said you should try more To define more, who you all about It takes time for it to figure out Cuz right now all she sees Is only part of me and it’s hollowed out, so damn What would it take for her to see me as i am What do i need to fix to be a whole man I need to come to terms with that trauma at that young age Or else it say goodbye to receiving love at all at this stage
V2 I wanna feel you, like the real you Wanna bring it out of us, heal you But i gotta fix what who i am inside Before you & i become us too Gotta rectify how i’ve cast mine As the real me based on storylines That were fed to me over vast years I need to come to terms with my past finds No excuses but that is how this all goes Implicated from a young age that i know Lacked empathy and damn how it all grows But at a certain age you gotta take what you had all sown Cuz you don’t have time for that, and who should To see me just fall back, cuz i would Being disconnected and emotions lacking Drinking dreams away til the nights are blacking, i’m out I’m done with this at this stage, cuz right now it is drought And i’m seeking water to help me and figure this doubt I can feel it all, in my bones and what’s above it I can feel my face when i’m with you, and baby i love itTime of Your Life - LIVE PERFORMANCE IN THE DESERTDANakaDAN2021-07-22 | It's Lit! Filmed a little something with friends when i was busy floating.
Verse 1 Take a look right now, Take a look right now at a time in your life when you know you were shook right now, wrote it all down in a book right now those were the moments that you cooked up now, so celebrate life cuz you took that vow Imma hit that stage, imma take that bow We all Live Once that’s the hook right now Take a look right now, take a look at a time in your life you were so messed up, To confess when you error, that is so blessed up, and I feel it chest up We are all on our way but how we get there is unknown and more then often alone, but every day that we own on our way home, time of your life how do you want to be known?
Verse 2 You better watch out, cuz doubt is right around the corner There’s Not enough time left to warn ya, I was outta my mind thinking on ya That the right time is always now, whatever you don’t do is always loud Cuz it holds you back and brings down, and all of that noise will often drown And I think that you’d agree, a lot of life to see, A lot of mountains fall before they find the sea And if the season questions whether life you need Each day’s a second, and it’s about to breathe I’m exactly where I need to be, every single hand on the clock was feeding me every single hit I took was healing me, Found there was purpose in the defeat of meTime of Your Life - DAN ft. Alex Hwang (Run River North)DANakaDAN2021-07-09 | Purchase Song/Support Artist: bit.ly/DAN20211 Stream Song: ffm.to/timeofyourlife
Verse 1 Take a look right now, Take a look right now at a time in your life when you know you were shook right now, wrote it all down in a book right now those were the moments that you cooked up now, so celebrate life cuz you took that vow Imma hit that stage, imma take that bow We all Live Once that’s the hook right now Take a look right now, take a look at a time in your life you were so messed up, To confess when you error, that is so blessed up, and I feel it chest up We are all on our way but how we get there is unknown and more then often alone, but every day that we own on our way home, time of your life how do you want to be known?
Verse 2 You better watch out, cuz doubt is right around the corner There’s Not enough time left to warn ya, I was outta my mind thinking on ya That the right time is always now, whatever you don’t do is always loud Cuz it holds you back and brings down, and all of that noise will often drown And I think that you’d agree, a lot of life to see, A lot of mountains fall before they find the sea And if the season questions whether life you need Each day’s a second, and it’s about to breathe I’m exactly where I need to be, every single hand on the clock was feeding me every single hit I took was healing me, Found there was purpose in the defeat of meSeeking a Friend for the End of the World - DAN ft. Hollis (Official Music Video)DANakaDAN2021-06-25 | Purchase Song/Support Artist: bit.ly/DAN20211 Stream Song: ffm.to/saffteotw
Floating through life. Seeking someone to bring me back to earth. It's a song about wanting to feel grounded during a time where it feels like we're just slipping away. Will you hold me down?
It's been about 1.5yrs in the making. Really proud to be creating & very grateful to the team who has enabled this track! Thank you Chucky Kim & Big Banana for producing this and to Hollis for being a dream vocalist collaboration and blessing this song with your written word. Thank you Bob Power for the master. Thank you Christian Soriano, Jason Poon, and Martin for shooting this video.
MORE TO COME. NEW SONGS THROUGHOUT SUMMER
VIDEO CREDITS: Christian Soriano: Director @sori.chr AD- Maggie Huang @m.aggery Director of Photography: Jason Poon @jason.hueming.poon AC- Martin Gradek @citizen_xeno Grip- Patrick Panganiban @ptrckp_ PA- Bruce Soukkhaseum @brucebloot
Verse 1 I just wanna I want to be where you are where you will be I can’t feel a thing from afar, so the real me’s Feeling like reveal me, I am just concealing Can’t feel the ground anymore, just the ceiling Cuz Since the days we met, I’ve just been placing bets I’ve been impulsive yet and have to face regret I’ve been moving too fast, need to check the grand plan Realize that the world doesn’t stop for no man, without it I’ve lived undoubted, unhinged about it No need for balance, but so now that it’s outted I’ve got walls up protection, at this intersection it bends I long for connection again, Seeking someone as friend, with you as our world it ends Thinking about you in these times of unrest To keep myself level in confines of great stress without you
Chorus I was lonely, spinning out of orbit Felt like fading away, away, away Then you found me, Gravity pullin me You gave me something I can hold on to (Woahhh) You gave me something I can hold on to (Woahhh)
Verse 2 Our one escape as we lie still As we navigated through these mindfields Hands intertwined finally I’d feel Something more than just lust this time’s reals But the time kills, and these blind thrills won’t last that long So we sign deals, contracts, all they would do is just mask I was too fearful to ask, and we were in love with the past Whether this ends or it lasts, we’re ignoring the facts we’re going too fast right now let’s slow down in our tracks, put our minds to the task right now Cuz I believe more than ever that now is what matters that our youth was meant as the rungs of a ladder For us to climb up with each step they will shatter, It matters to never go back to our patterns again We could pretend, but knew it was all at an end So you were a friend at a time we both needed Someone to hold on as the world it receded away I’ll find you one dayDANakaDAN - Seeking a Friend for the End of the World (Teaser) - Coming 6/25DANakaDAN2021-06-17 | DANakaDAN ft. Hollis - Seeking a Friend for the End of the World (Prod. Vintage Spaceship). New song & music video coming next Fri. 6/25. Get Updates & Sneakpeek of Track: https://forms.gle/9KTSG5esn3NJzGXa9
If you've been floating through space and need something to hold on to....What we wish we knew about College ft. Mike BowDANakaDAN2018-10-31 | Collegeeeeeeeeee IG: http://instagram.com/DANakaDAN
#ad It’s Back to School Season for incoming College Students! Thanks to McDonald's, my good ISA buddy, Mike Bow, and I came together to provide some advice for y’all to help along the way with your studies and student life! We got to take part in the #McDonaldsAPA Education workshops last month where we got to meet some prospective students & families that McDonald’s helped with information and resources around the college application process – so wanted to carry on that advice via this video. Hope it helps!
For a list of upcoming McDonald’s Education workshops, check out http://www.McDonaldsAPA.com. Be sure to catch it in your city!
Support of the Education Workshop Series underscores McDonald’s continued investment in the future of youth and in the potential of those that come to work every day at McDonald’s. Over the past year, McDonald’s has reinforced this commitment through new initiatives and enhancements to existing programs including Youth Opportunity and Archways to Opportunity. To learn more about McDonald’s additional education and career programs, please visit McDonalds.com/People.
Video Credits Director- Sori Talent: Priska http://instagram.com/PriskaMusik Photograhy- Marlo Coloma Production Assistant & Location: Andrew Yi
LYRICS V1 And im just saying you dont have to go through this All by yourself cuz the way that you view this Is probably much different than the people in your life That see you every day and pay attention in short spikes To how you act out yes every example is draining Painting a picture outloud of someone always in feigning Your fainting and me I don’t mean for complaining but speak up right now, instead of drinking your pain in Cuz it’ll fix you for a few nights I knows, the vice it goes I suppose it’ll take you to some new heights and grows It’s a bicycle, you never forget how it knocks you down But when voices too loud, feeling off the ground As your lifes involved, and your nights evolve And you can’t recognize your face when the lights are called It’s in that moment I’m in a state of survival, my mind’ll Wander til i’m a complete mess nobody can rival, But that’s’ when I’m all
Chorus I have no answers for the voices every day asking for more With every echo, growing louder can you hear me as I’m face down on the floor
V2 So if man can be killed by man then ill be damned is this all that i am If I am a ghost in a shell that can be canned, where do I fit in the plan and where does god take a stand if we’re all in his hands But when it flips on then yeah you can’t get rid of me now, i was lost then, but a runner’s meant to be found, I’m understanding what’s in front of me now, don’t front on me now I’m taking my whole self back like the front of me now My mental health was kind of raw just exposing itself for what it was It was simply because, It was never enough, I gave into the buzz Never showing me love, and when it does, got my feet down head up in fuzz I am alone with my thought process, but the more I press on man I confess That these good days, oh yah they’re still in front of me yes just here to air my soul so that my body can rest
But what i wanted more than ever was stillness, the earth crumbles all around me i feel it, I wanted to heal it, but could only heal what i could touch So that’s where i’ll begin, there should never have been a rush to exist And everything moves so quick, and everything moves at once It Is all a rush, and everything moves so quick, everything moves at once, this is all enough.Cant Hold Me ft Lydia Paek (official music video)DANakaDAN2018-10-05 | You're the only one holding yourself back. Stream Song: open.spotify.com/album/0zb3f0dzwEtvNWe1oQNYdC Subscribe: http://youtube.com/DANakaDANtv More: http://instagram.com/DANakaDAN lovin' that cali lifestyle EP coming soon Contact: info@DANakaDAN.org
Thx for checking out the video and track! It's one of the tracks that i knew as soon as i heard the beat and starting writing that it would be one of my favorites and it's lived up to that. I'm really proud of the production and everything that went into it. It also features one of my favorite vocalists and someone i'm honored to work with Lydia Paek. the song is about everything that's going on inside your brain to hold you back from ...everything. Self Doubt. Self Worth. Self Love. everything is in doubt. This is my way of dealing with that doubt. The video to me also represents re-birth in a way...and some adoption feelings. I feel like the video represents this sense of anxiety that we have as adoptees feeling disconnected from the place that birthed us - which contributes to our feelings of longing and feelings of doubt.
Video Credits Director- Sori Director of Photography- Marlo Coloma Stylist- Adrienne Lucina Production Assistant - Reed Hedani Location Manager - Johnson Diep
Pre-Verse I was never out for my health Stacking nothing, but my mind well, Running, Running but the time swells And you became a minefield So i’m out for myself, now
And you can never hold me down You could never hold me hold me You could never hold me down You could never hold me down
Verse 1 Got dreams, got dreams that are bigger than yours Got dreams, that you couldn’t afford Got dreams, and they coming in scores Got dreams, Got dreams but they’re never enough Got dreams and im callin they bluff Got dreams but my time’s running up i erupt Cuz when the going gets tough man the tough just gets faded im pushing it harder but thats understated when the stress and relief are two opposite pressures The diamond within wont abide by aggressor Im smiling no cheshire, my grips on that Tesla To one day have something more tangible fess up Im wanting that money. Im wanting it give up. But these people in my way do nothing but live up They living that life but it’s empty inside em And i have the hunger to conquer divide em These fuck boys they ride em, but I just see past it To put in the time for the craft that we master i’m mobbing it faster, while they just sleep soundly So i’m gutting em blind if they ever around me I’m writing like my life depends on this pen i’ve been given God knows that i’m driven but that shits a given
Chorus And you can never hold me down You could never hold me hold me You could never hold me down You could never hold me down
Verse 2 Got dreams, got dreams everyone of em rare Got dreams and they making me scared Got dreams and i’m never prepared Got dreams, Got dreams that i’m running away Got dreams and I'm feeling ashamed Got dreams and it’s making me drained i’m afraid everyday to keep going it’s way too ambitious to keep up your dreams when the business is vicious And the people are bad but your confidence worse off to always compare what you’re doing, cuz first off Got panic attacks and they slowing me , and i have been showing The look on my face that i’m knowing, that baby i’m no one, the seeds i’ve been sowing a garden of anxiety i’ve been growing, But These dreams they have kept me alive everyone of them tied to a moment in my past i tried to be something much bigger than I, This self can surprise, so i hold on till the day that i die It’s reason of why that i can’t seem to lie down My mind is just racing and every second defys how They looking me straight in the eyes and can’t seem to shake me you love it or you hate it, but never you’ll break me
Chorus And you can never hold me down You could never hold me hold me You could never hold me down You could never hold me downDANakaDAN ft Paul Dateh - Do You (i Do) (Official Music Video)DANakaDAN2018-09-21 | Were you really there in the first place? Stream Song: open.spotify.com/album/106A4O1PfsrB8hnoiq9jHg Subscribe: http://youtube.com/DANakaDANtv More: http://instagram.com/DANakaDAN lovin' that cali lifestyle EP coming soon Contact: info@DANakaDAN.org
Song Credits: Produced by Paul Dateh http://PaulDateh.com http://instagram.com/PaulDateh Co-Production by Chucky Kim Written by DANakaDAN, Paul Dateh, and Chucky Kim Recorded by Glenn at Mosaic Studios
VIDEO CREDITS: Director: Sori IG: http://instagram.com/Sori.chr Editor Sori Production Assistants: Will Johnson, Michelle Hsieh, Reed Hedani Special Thanks: Andrew Yi, Rommel Andaya, Benson Quach, and Kevin Nguyen
V1 I was born out of no control, i was born out of love and hate i exist in an awkward state, but given rise to my skills + traits Conflict but it compensates for what i’ve often traced Never knowing who or where’s my place, so i’m off to chase who i am, but in a second i stop Cuz the moment that i see my face, it was more than race, differences that i should embrace, But instead my mind goes to waste, realizing who or what i am did i really give a damn, cuz other thoughts then would fill the space It creates an anxious life, a reckless mind, it repeats sometimes, it gets weak sometimes, defeats sometimes, depletes sometimes i got to remind it to eat sometimes Control, or was it lack thereof It was adding up, Every new day I was acting up Every single time was I man enough, Like bitch shoulda had enough, but was that enough Did I have the strength or would I erupt cuz I could never open up And what does control really mean Is it the life that you lead Is it the blood that you bleed Is it a moment you fiend To finally have all that you need Cuz to me It just gives you false hope to believe To receive a quick break or reprieve and after it’s gone the only thing that it leaves Is a feeling in me that I’ve done everything I’ll achieve
CHORUS (repeat x 2) My love, crumbles underneath your weight tho I break, I seem to always come back to you.
SUNG PRE-VERSE My love, my love, my love it does with hesitation as i awaited for you patient Always knew this type of life weren’t free Yet i am still haunted beyond you, not type to belong to these songs they hold on to me. (hold on to me)
VERSE 2 Ever since I can remember, I wanted to enter The world of inventors, It became my center, everything I based on Everything I worked towards I was told to stay strong I was told it would pay off, and honestly it has been but these days I’m thinking that it’s all but been abandoned that maybe I’ve been handed creatively a tangent that this is all I am and how I deal with it is damaged How do you give up what you can’t control, giving in to what you cannot see Was it a metaphor for god, would I ever know, or would it remain an anomaly I was out for blood, I was out for blood, finding meaning and identity It was never free I could not control, as life took control of me it was all of me Just give it all of me But i can’t control anything.Behind the Scenes: CRAZY RICH ASIANS (Music Video)DANakaDAN2018-02-07 | We're having fun right? FreeDownload? goo.gl/forms/gaTPKKuPVRzwXLHq2 Stream: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0xXRQ... Buy Autographed Album: http://gianthugs.com/DANakaDAN Booking: EMAILakaEMAIL@gmail.com | @DANakaDAN
Special Thanks: Charles Grey, Homer Dulu, Loryn Teranishi, Joseph Covarrubias, James Ryu, Kore Asian Media, weird creatures, Dropbear films, Alan Chung, Rawmix productions, Christine Sy, Asian Boss Girls
As an Asian American, I've often had issues of identity. trying to fit in with what i believed i needed to be.
SONG + VIDEO CREDITS: Written: DANakaDAN Featuring: Bea Go | http://instagram.com/Bea.g0 Produced: Kanobby Recorded: Glenn Suravech Extra Production, Mixed + Mastered: Chucky Kim
Starring: Jessika Van | http://instagram.com/JessikaVan DANakaDAN Jun Sung Ahn Mike Bow Wesley Chan Melody Cheng Ami Park Caroline Seon Eric Wang Janet Wang Philip Wang Helen Wu Taylor Chan David Choi Sophia Chang Quinn Knox Michael Kuya Paula Le
Producers: Loryn Teranishi, Joseph Covarrubias Set Design: Sammi Scotto 1st Assistant Director: Ellecina Eck Gaffer: Rommel Andaya 1st AC: Flint Bayanito 2nd AC: Deanne Cortes Key Grip: Ducky Chang Key Set PA: Lizzie Chaplin Set PA: George Hernandez, Jonathan "Bub" Konishi, Jenny Kwak, Jennifer Osaki, MakeUP / Hair: Andrea Loc, Czane Enriquez House Manager: Rachel Cauilan Photography: Ducky Chang BTS: Alinna Boonklun VFX Editor: Jose Alcazar
Special Thanks: James Ryu, Kore Asian Media, weird creatures, Dropbear films, Alan Chung, Rawmix productions, Christine Sy, Asian Boss Girls
This is from a while ago! But didn't want to end the year without posting this up! Had too much fun while i was out in Singapore with Wes (Wong Fu) and all the SEA friends. Thanks to everyone who made the trip so very incredible! This was from back in Sept...
Thanks to Hotel Jen Tanglin, Oakwood Suites, Night Owl Cinematics, Jinny Boy, Reuben, Flesh Imp, and too many others...
It's overwhelming to think about how connected we all are. For a woman in the United States to be so closely tied to a woman in South Korea, both living in such different environments. It happens rarely, but i'm incredibly lucky for my mothers to have met. For these two women who both had to give up so much for me, who can't even truly share a sentence, to be able to connect and have so much in common is an incredible thing. This song is about my mother(s) and everything they had to go through (goods + bads) for me to exist. This song is also about the Korean adoption industry and just recognizing that for all the goods it provides, there's still a darkness that hangs over much of it. This is dedicated to them + all the mothers that go through so much for their children.
SONG + VIDEO CREDITS: Written: DANakaDAN, Priska Featuring: Priska | http://instagram.com/PriskaMusik Produced: HYE SUNG + CHUCKY KIM Extra Production, Mixed + Mastered: Chucky Kim
VERSE 1 My mother was sick, yes that’s why I even exist here Because of a cist, I was adopted and missed years Of living by myself and although I’m thankful for this life I can’t imagine the pain of my father and his wife I can’t imagine the look, the direction that life had took To have children upon their own, was never to have been a book That would be written in, all awhile a family in Korea livin in, my fate was pivotin Children sold off as dividends, the timing of it, of course these policies they became formed Enhancing the adoption boom in the wake of what would be war torn Cuz famlies wanted babies no matter how you would cut it There was a business to it to assist a country that was stunted But here I am a product of irony I did remain Indebted to you I came a woman who’s very name Has given life to me, to live out all of my days, could never praise what you have done, but know that this song plays
CHORUS Stay close, I can feel your heart beating Rhythms felt within my chest, A faint song that I seem to know deeply Playing for you miles a part.
VERSE 2 The poverty they lived in, it made my future a give in To be given up so early for me it was die or be driven But really what would I have done if It were me up in that system At a time when life was twisted, ones fate was non existent But to go through that, it would hold them back it wrapped around their heads Was that child alive or dead, created a deep divide between them Their skin grew tighter I presumed, tho time can heal all wounds I’m sure this consumed every thought as life without me bloomed But at the end of it all, I never would fall, it never affected how I feel I’m just happy that you both exist and were given a chance to heal My DNA my hair and my eyes, this I can never deny Out of the ugliness of lies can bring out the beauty of these times And the day that my mothers met was one of the happiest in my life To think of every bit of our sadness, out of every pain we made right For every moment without, every lie every bit of truth For you and her to be as one, we’re all connected and this is proof
BRIDGE: And tell me you’ll light up my way Tell me it’ll all be ok And along you played this for me miles a partKOREAN MUSIC VIRGIN.DANakaDAN2017-11-02 | The one where Dan listens to Korean Music for the 1st time Watch New Single: youtu.be/rEWOYMETOI8 Follow: http://instagram.com/DANakaDAN
Wanted to do a vlog talking about my first time listening to Korean Pop music! It made a big impact on me when i was younger tho! Hearing / seeing music that looked like me for the first time makes a big impression. You too?
I did one of those ancestry tests to FINALLY find out what i'm (literally) made of. IMPORTANT** - i'm very CAUTIOUS of the results. I'm probably going to do a follow up video to talk about the reason why everyone should take these tests with a grain of salt. kthx!
Track is a commentary about Wealth + Over Consumption Culture, particularly within the East Asian Culture. We value stupid shit. And i'm guilty of all of it. I give in to temptation. Do you? Shoutout to Kevin Kwan for the inspiration via his book. Releasing full music video + album soon. Coming out mid-October.
LYRICS: Pre-Verse Gimme gimme what I want Gimme gimme what I want I want it all Gimme gimme what I want Gimme gimme what I want I want it all Gimme gimme what I want
VERSE 1 I always wanted to be crazy rich, east Asian yeah it made me this Out every night as I pour from wrist, conditioned for this life and I can’t resist I was introduced at young age showing me clubs that I would rage Soon I was addicted to this fast pace spending my dollars to just have a taste of it And it’s no wonder it’s running in our head all of it haunting billboards are flaunting Casinos + green bottles that we are wanting, targeting uncles and aunties Making it daunting to ever get over it, besides why not if were able When I’d rather have women with names I don’t’ know sitting on my lap drunk at the tables And money buys that right? Bottles keep it popping all night instead of fighting what I don’t like let’s just give in to what creates heights And let me go down in a glory, what doesn’t kill you it gives you a story What doesn’t kill you its buys a few friends for the night and you can deal with it all in the morning
CHORUS They told me love don’t cost a thing But they don’t know what money can bring I want it all Gimme gimme what I want I want it all Gimme gimme what I want
If happiness is just a state of mind Imagine how much money can buy I want it all Gimme gimme what I want I want it all Gimme gimme what I want
VERSE 2 She was kinda crazy rich, and me, I was crazy into it 1nd gen chick and she plays to it of the first of her family to make the trip grad school girl with that UC play, Taiwan born with expensive taste LA Face with a Taipei booty, Westwood bred got brains + beauty** Never thought I’d see this type of girl, but god she’s confident she knows moves like for Instagram she pose, with every step her reputation grows And I wasn’t ready for this, I could barely afford up her adderral habit Although she had money, i tabbed it expected a guy that could keep up the lavish, And I kept on falling for her, her, I mean everyone of her type daughters of governors, daughters of doctors when I’m buying into this type of life And that’s how the cycle it goes she knows attracting the same kind of shomes But the ones with the money they roll, while I just sit here in the same set of clothes as last night
VERSE 3 Blue Blue Blue, If johnny knew what this do to you He’d be rolling round in his grave for every single bottle we have pursued I guess it’s really all up in in my blood line this type of life that I continue Or maybe I’m making up these excuses for a lifestyle that I never knew I never wanted that much money, but now I want all the money So I’m out there spending all my money, like oh god, god made no more money Like oh god, god took all the money and he locked up all the money Threw the key away for all that money and now we have no moneyI CANT SPEAK KOREAN.DANakaDAN2017-09-27 | Album Release Party: eventbrite.com/e/danakadan-album-release-tickets-38135936613 1st Single Runners: youtu.be/hEaavZBpTJA Follow: http://instagram.com/DANakaDAN
Proud to share the 1st single from my upcoming album, "Escape from L.A." Releasing a music video for this later this month! This song has been written over the course of the last two years. To be straight to the point - i've felt really lost in life. I've been running away from a lot of my problems + escaping through vices, trying to ignore what I need to face. I wrote this song to help me really voice how it was that i felt - and honestly, i really feel like it helped me figure out who I am through the process. I hope that ya'll can relate - i think we're all at odds at different times in our lives about who it is that we think we are or want to be. We can run. Or we can be the runners.
SONG + VIDEO CREDITS: Written: DANakaDAN, Travis Atreo, Tyler Carroll Extra vocals Ally Maki Produced, Mixed, Mastered by Travis Atreo Video By: Christian Soriano http://instagram.com/tsendnudere
LYRICS V1 She said that I was gone, and was so right I was never present when she called me on those nights I would always regret what would happen in those fights From feeling so alive to almost nothing that’s no life But that’s your life and what you’ve come to expect Relationships are damaged so you try to protect Emotions that you manage they are starting to wreck And the ones you hold so close man you can barely connect 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
CHORUS: They say that we’re runners But I can’t seem to disagree Gonna lose my way, gotta make mistakes Find out who I’m meant to be
V2 This scarcity of time of we play into it so much It’s scary, for most of us it’s often a soul crush But varies, and is extreme but follow me closely Cuz this privledge evokes freedom that most of us don’t see It makes us run off so fast without a clear direction or purpose Nervous Imperfections they soon start to surface Is it all worth it, with every choice we’re unearthing Often leaves us with feelings of unknowns and burdens And I’ve heard it in the voices of most peers around me and they speak resounding voices echoing and pounding the same message that’s been hounding me every day That this safety that we seek is what we have to blame All I ever wanted was everything every moment at once I wanted everything, and having it wasn’t ever ever enough I wanted everything, but at each moment evolved So instead of having anything, I just ran away from it all, its so easy
V3 So when I finally come back, I wanna do it right But how long that takes and how much I sleep at night Is way too beyond me, because I will end up wandering And the fact I may not find what I’m looking for is daunting It is haunting, but has me wanting it even more And most nights I don’t even know why or who I do it for, But some nights it’s aces strange sounds and faces Towns that escape me in the most far off of places And I love it, it’s this reason why I’m even writing of it With every lesson that I’m taught I would be nothing These great minds have inspired and made me, I was tired of it lately But Thankfully what I admired is blatently Making me accept, there’s not a thing as coming back Cuz with each path I take a new one attracts And as lost as I am to you, I owe it to this pursuit Of truth that once grew from a seed I once knew when I was youngIM DONE WITH MY ALBUMDANakaDAN2017-09-01 | 1st Single Releases Next Sept 6 | Album Out Sept 28th Free Downloads: goo.gl/forms/gaTPKKuPVRzwXLHq2
It's been a bitttt but excited to share that i've got a ton of new music on the way. Been working on this album for the last two years and really grateful for the chance to get it out thereee. thanks to those still subscribed or watching this. been working with a ton of talented + dedicated people to finish this up - too many to thank. 1st single will be out next week - "runners" ft Dia Frampton (produced by travis atreo).
Excited to share the documentary that I worked on this past summer is coming out! Thanks to our incredible team for their Hustle - Traci, Jon, Marcus, Ray, Rommel, Chanda, Rebecca! To Siri, Chelsea, Peter, and Min - thank you for letting us feature your stories. Proud to have been able to film with you
VIDEO CREDITS FILMED AND EDITED BY: Andew Yi
SUPPORT DANakaDAN Youtube: http://youtube.com/DANakaDANtv Instagram: http://instagram.com/DANakaDAN Soundcloud: http://soundcloud.com/DANakaDAN Snapchat: @DANakaDANtvShould I Move to Korea?DANakaDAN2016-10-21 | IG: @DANakaDAN | Snaps @DANakaDANtv Earlier this summer I visited Korea…I’m back and I’m excited to share everything I experienced. I also wanted to let you know about a great opportunity for you to win a trip to Korea! See more below on the “Best of Korea” sweepstakes from DIRECTV.
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New videos coming soon....hope ya'll enjoy these vlogs...
CREDITS: Editor: Andrew Yi Camera: Kevin Kim Graphics: Monica Kang
Thanks everyone for checking this out. I'm currently working on a new album - and have launched a kickstarter to help finish it. I've got some new tracks written - and can't wait for ya'll to hear em. I'm still pretty far away from my goal - so every dollar counts. Would appreciate your support in anyway to help me reach it. Thanks ya'llll
FOLLOW: IG: @DANakaDAN SNAPS: @DANakaDANtv TWITTER: @DANakaDAN FB: @DANakaDANtvDANakaDAN x Jun Sung Ahn - Alive (official music video)DANakaDAN2016-04-13 | Get Involved in Kickstarter for My New Album! Contact EMAILakaEMAIL@gmail.com Jun x Dan Tour Info Below! Come Watch! SUB: http://youtube.com/DANakaDANtv IG: @DANakaDAN SNAP: @DANakaDANtv Watch Me on ISAtv: http://youtube.com/ISAtv Contact: emailakaemail@gmail.com
UNTTLD TOUR ROUND 1 April 13 - University of Irvine April 14 - Chapman University April 15 - University of Texas, Austin April 16 - Florida International University April 17 - Goucher University, Baltimore April 22 - University of Utah | Grand Kerfuffle April 23 - Montclair University | New Jersey April 28 - University of Rhode Island April 30 - NYU May 14 - Toronto, Canada May 17 - Vancouver, Canada
MUSIC VIDEO CREDITS: Director+Editor: Jun Sung Ahn Director of Photography: Kevin Kim Actor: AndrewKorean Adoptee Talk w/ Arden ChoDANakaDAN2016-03-17 | More Vids about Adoptee Experience Coming Soon! SUB: http://youtube.com/DANakaDANtv IG: @DANakaDAN SNAP: @DANakaDANtv Watch Me on ISAtv: http://youtube.com/ISAtv Contact: emailakaemail@gmail.com
Thanks Arden Cho (MTV's Teen Wolf) for talking about her experience growing up + with the adoptee community.
DAN LYRICS: SOJU GAME STRONG EATING SHIT THAT DON”T BELONG FEELING SO GOOD BUT OH SO WRONG I COULD RUB IT ON MY BOD I COULD USE IT ON MY TEETH BE MY PASTE AFTER I FEAST PUT EACH SLICE UPON MY FACE THAT’S THAT NEW SKIN THAT I EMBRACE TO THE Q I WOULD GET MARRIED SHE’D BE A LOVELY WIFE HONEYMOON IN THE BAHAMAS GET DIVORCED THEN DO IT TWICE I’D GIVE IT THE FINEST LIFE, CHANEL BAGS UP ON ALL THAT SHIT WHATEVER MY BBQ IT WANTS I’D TAKE HER ON THOSE PARIS TRIPS YO SHE’S BEEN EXTRA NICE SHE BROUGHT HER FRIENDS ALONG THIS TIME SO I TOOK HER FRIENDS ADVICE AND ATE THEM ALL UP OVER RICE I LOVE THAT KBBQ, NOT THAT KBB AINT I GOT KBB LOVE, NOT THAT KBB HATE I WENT TO KBB SCHOOL AND PASSED THAT KBB TEST SO GIMME THAT KBB SHIT AND FUCK THE KBB REST / Blessed
LOCATION CREDIT: Thank you Hanjip BBQ Culver City! Thanks Chris Oh + Aimee Lee Lucas facebook.com/hanjipbbq
CREDITS: Director: Josh Almario Exec Producer: Yellowpaco Producer: Dan PA and Grip: Andrew Yi and Christian Soriano Cast: Elizabeth Tran, Nalani, Neka, Amy Nguyen, Shelby Caple, Mike Bow, Roi Fabito, Eva Kaye, JP Fukumae, Steven Lim, Kyle HatchAn Asian*ish Oahu Tour ft. Leenda D + Yellow PacoDANakaDAN2016-02-25 | SUB: http://youtube.com/DANakaDANtv IG: @DANakaDAN SNAP: @DANakaDANtv Watch Me on ISAtv: http://youtube.com/ISAtv Contact: emailakaemail@gmail.com
Grateful for the opportunity to check out some local haunts on the island of Oahu! Thanks Mylen + Quincy for bringing me out to see your beautiful home state. So much good foods.....
LOCATION THANKS: Special thanks to Steven Stinson + In4Mation http://in4mants.com
I had the honor of speaking at a McDonald’s Education Workshop and met some great high school kids from the New York and New Jersey area. I got to talk to them about their thoughts on education, their career plans, and most importantly, their passions and dreams. Check out the video, and for more information on McDonald’s support of education and their scholarship funds, visit MyInspirAsian.com
Sorry Guys! I know i haven't released anything in a while - i'll be releasing the last album each week and some more material soon! Stay tuned! Thanks alllll.
LYRICS: She said what do you know about me, you're so about me you even told me once you couldn't ever live without me How could you ever know that, for you to own that Cuz we really grown, i'm feeling all alone that I said we both come from a similar background A fact found yeah that she couldn't back down I too had lost confidence, lost in direction to the point i thought i'd never be capable of affection I was lonely when i was younger, got beat up daily, On the brink of bailing this constant feeling of failing She said i'm not talking bout that, you don't seem to respect me if you can't be there, how could you ever protect me Anytime i'd try to find you, you were never around either plastered on the ground, or out of city travel bound never taking responsibility, was reeling the first time But soon realized that's how i projected this lifeline, of our relationship
She said take me as I am, nothing more nothing less and if you ever have to guess Then you will never understand me Cuz this is all that i can be
She said there's deep demon in men, somewhere locked and presides A place that inside where it rots and it hides and comes to show itself at the worst possible moment And instead of trying to escape it, you've decided to own it You said you'd change, but not a day has gone by me Where I haven't seen you fall back and and blame it on timing You rely on alcohol to talk to me, only time we connect we get faded to fade together, bodies intersect otherwise the soberness would leave us too complacent Both of us adjacent to a situation we weren't facing She said i'm not any better, and i'm very open to admitting That i too was apart of the reason of why we are both quitting But at the front i represented who I told you that i'd be And i never broke from that, a truth we can agree She told me maybe this is it, as we turned down the lights Her and I far apart, it was like this each night…of our relationshipDANakaDAN Ft Yuri Tag- Spaceship Dance / KaraokeDANakaDAN2015-12-04 | Yo! Enjoy this BTS / Karaoke / Dance Vid From "Spaceship" Vid by Rommel Andaya | http://youtube.com/RomixMedia Insta: @DANakaDAN / Snaps @DANakaDANtv Click to Subscribe! http://youtube.com/DANakaDANtv Download Song: itun.es/us/i4SbY Original Music Vid: youtu.be/u4Rpi84FS1s
LOCATION: Sophia Wang / Bistro 85 facebook.com/newbistro85 IG: @Bistro_85 3785 Wilshire Blvd #32, Los Angeles, CA 90010
SPECIAL THANKS / EXTRAS Christine Minji Chang, Yeney Amaro, Chloe Uyehara, Jennifer Lai, John Paul Fukumae, Helen Wu, Stephanie Leung, Jenette Liaw, Erica Ling, John Enriquez, Connie, Jocelyne Watts, Tony Chau, Marvin Yueh, George Shaw, Steve Lim, Mayrok Media, Jon Maxwell
LYRICS: Well hello, my name is aka dan i'm a scrawny little man, with a horrible tan But beyond all of that i got really great features i'm adorable at a times and can probably complete ya We're pretty close now, i'm kinda quiet at first glance so let's skip this talking and get right to the first dance yeah that's an excuse and a poor introduction it takes time for my brain and my mouth to function i should start off, well, i'm really bad at spitting game Usually i'm messin up, by the time i walk in frame So i thank you for your time, cuz i know that in time I'll have you hanging from my finger when we're speaking our minds Oh i'm sorry, i didn't mean to get cocky but i'm too caught up in your beauty i'm a little bit talky so before i say something that we'll probably regret let me introduce you to my lips have the two of you met
CHORUS: I would build a spaceship out to mars just to find you Yeah i would give it everything You don't have to change the stars to know that i love you Yeah I would give it everything All my love yeah all my love All my love yeah all my love
Hmmm, where you want to take this, i gotta elevate the game if i ever want to date this don't eveade this because it's fate that made this Our biggest problem here is not accepting greatness it's supposed to happen, wrote your name down on a napkin, the universe clapped twice and by the time i started rapping We didn't pick it, it wasn't our fault this was kicking Playing chicken with emotions, if you got it it ain't trickin And we both had it, both glad there was no static automatic how it flowed we just worked at it No Magic, No app, there's no gadget There's no film, there's no swayze there's no patrick Just your hands designed to fit perfectly in mine Yea that's it, all i got on my mind and these two lines, this is the way that i'll end it Let's move on to the next stage and not into friendship
FINAL CHORUS We'll fly away Change our names We'll fly away We'll change our fate We'll fly away Make our escape With all my love with all my loveDANakaDAN - Strangers, Again Ft. PriskaDANakaDAN2015-11-20 | New Music Coming Soon! Download: itun.es/us/i4SbY INSTA: @DANakaDAN SNAP: @DANakaDANtv youtube.com/user/priskamusik Watch Me on ISAtv: http://youtube.com/ISAtv More Priska: youtube.com/priskamusik
Sorry Guys! I know i haven't released anything in a while - i'll be releasing the last album each week and some more material soon! Stay tuned! Thanks alllll.
LYRICS: I've been thinking about this for a long, long time, What we gonna do in a long, long time, Will we still be together in a long, long time, Will there still be love in a long, long time Yeah, probably not, the opposite of feelings is all that we got drink it all down like a really course shot, bring us back to the times that you and i sought this is the product of a very cold year, of 2 and a half feeling like we don't belong here a mirror image of each other all along i've feared that this is all we got as the end grows near that stranger, again phase, knowing what is next phase never wanting to recognize mine and your own face go from dining alone,and minding our own growing further apart yeah who would have known
Chorus: Give me a name or occupation I find a land make my escape I knew a boy who’ll take my place And now he’s goneeee Now he’s gonnnee
What's bothering love, why even bother with love I feel like i'm the drunken step father of love we've had quite enough and it’s time that we face this fix it right now or in a moment we break it and i for one was for the side that we fix this i for one was for the us vs distance i for one will be the very first one to admit i was the one to be the very worst one Ok, we're at an end now aren't we and ok, we should accept what we can't be it's crazy isn't it, the situation we may find To go from intimate to strangers in only a days time Are you prepared for this, cuz i'm not, how can you and are you already erasing me, cuz i am, i have to a mirror image of each other all along i've feared that this is all we got as the end grows near
I wonder where you're at now, and where you might go wonder if you've found home and how you might grow wonder if you forgot me, as i've tried to forget you I've tried to emit to when i never had met you But it's hard, cuz even if a few years have passed Your still apart of me, in everything you last. Within decisions that i've made, the girls i've met The people we'll become that we'll soon regret So we escape, we move forget your name, mine too Become people anew, find new people pursue i might see them with you, for only a minute or two But turn around too quickly, it's always a minute too soon I wonder if this becomes the only memory we'll keep and one day you'll hear it playing and of me you'll think a mirror image of each other all along i've feared maybe this is all we've had, as the end was hereKorean Adoptees Talk Korean Food! w /DANakaDAN, Sam Futerman, + Jenna Ushkowitz- ASIAN-ISH BONUSDANakaDAN2015-08-26 | I'm doing a new series on ISAtv! ASIAN-ISH where i explore Korean Adoptee / AsianAm Identity. Posting Clips Here too! Watch ASIANISH: youtu.be/BkexmBz0F-U Jenna Ushkowitz+Sam Futerman Cook Korean w/ Dan! Kindred Adoption Org: http://www.kindredadoption.org More Dan: http://youtube.com/DANakaDANtv Subscribe to ISAtv for More: http://youtube.com/ISAtv Tweet/Snap Us @ISAtvOfficial Instagram: @ISAtv Watch ASIANISH Ep 1: youtu.be/OzGHY6enzDs
For those of us who feel...caught in between two worlds. What's up guys - Dan here! As a korean adoptee, I grew up in a white household and didn't have the stereotypical "asian" upbringing. I'm excited to share this new show on the channel where i experience all the "asian" things I missed out on when i was younger.
Fellow adoptees Sam Futerman (Twinsters) + Jenna Ushkowitz (Glee) join Dan and Slim to learn how to make Korean meals w/ Chef Chris Cho! ITS DELICIOUS!!
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Dan Matthews | @DANakaDAN EDITOR: Rommel Andaya LOGO BY: Michelle Truong MOTION GRAPHICS: Perry Leong, Alex Oh GRAPHICS: Alex Oh, Perry Leong, Michelle Truong, CAMERA OP: Kyle Go, Rommel Andaya SERIES MUSIC: DANakaDAN, Travis Graham PRODUCTION ASSISTANTS: CJ Ormita, Perry Leong, Hallory Sindelar VERY SPECIAL THANKS: Danny Chung, Kirby Lee, Daniel DPD Park, Samantha Futerman, Jenna Ushkowitz, Jon Maxwell, Eugene Choi, Spudgy
LOCATION: Sophia Wang / Bistro 85 facebook.com/newbistro85 IG: @Bistro_85 3785 Wilshire Blvd #32, Los Angeles, CA 90010
SPECIAL THANKS / EXTRAS Christine Minji Chang, Yeney Amaro, Chloe Uyehara, Jennifer Lai, John Paul Fukumae, Helen Wu, Stephanie Leung, Jenette Liaw, Erica Ling, John Enriquez, Connie, Jocelyne Watts, Tony Chau, Marvin Yueh, George Shaw, Steve Lim, Mayrok Media, Jon Maxwell
LYRICS: Well hello, my name is aka dan i'm a scrawny little man, with a horrible tan But beyond all of that i got really great features i'm adorable at a times and can probably complete ya We're pretty close now, i'm kinda quiet at first glance so let's skip this talking and get right to the first dance yeah that's an excuse and a poor introduction it takes time for my brain and my mouth to function i should start off, well, i'm really bad at spitting game Usually i'm messin up, by the time i walk in frame So i thank you for your time, cuz i know that in time I'll have you hanging from my finger when we're speaking our minds Oh i'm sorry, i didn't mean to get cocky but i'm too caught up in your beauty i'm a little bit talky so before i say something that we'll probably regret let me introduce you to my lips have the two of you met
CHORUS: I would build a spaceship out to mars just to find you Yeah i would give it everything You don't have to change the stars to know that i love you Yeah I would give it everything All my love yeah all my love All my love yeah all my love
Hmmm, where you want to take this, i gotta elevate the game if i ever want to date this don't eveade this because it's fate that made this Our biggest problem here is not accepting greatness it's supposed to happen, wrote your name down on a napkin, the universe clapped twice and by the time i started rapping We didn't pick it, it wasn't our fault this was kicking Playing chicken with emotions, if you got it it ain't trickin And we both had it, both glad there was no static automatic how it flowed we just worked at it No Magic, No app, there's no gadget There's no film, there's no swayze there's no patrick Just your hands designed to fit perfectly in mine Yea that's it, all i got on my mind and these two lines, this is the way that i'll end it Let's move on to the next stage and not into friendship
FINAL CHORUS We'll fly away Change our names We'll fly away We'll change our fate We'll fly away Make our escape With all my love with all my loveDANakaDAN - Spaceship ft. Sam Kang+Yuri Tag (TRAILER)DANakaDAN2015-07-09 | MV releases Next Tuesday, July 14! Click to Subscribe! http://youtube.com/DANakaDANtv Download Song: itun.es/us/i4SbY Follow on Insta/Twitter: @DANakaDAN / Snaps @DANakaDANtv
Music Video by Rommel Andaya Starring Yuri Tag, Ally Maki, and Jacob and Josh Fu, Visuals by Choz Belen
Special Thanks: Eugene Choi, Mayrok ProductionsDANakaDAN ft. Priska - KEEP TO THE PATH (official music video)DANakaDAN2015-06-24 | Original Song by Priska / MV by Jason Poon Download Song: itun.es/us/i4SbY Follow on Insta/Twitter: @DANakaDAN / Snaps @DANakaDANtv Click to Subscribe! http://youtube.com/DANakaDANtv
Special Thanks: Adrian Zaw, Eugene Choi, Mayrok Productions
ABOUT MUSIC VIDEO / SONG I am the most nervous about this song, because I am the most honest in this song. Most people think it's about just being determined and keeping your grind up. Keeping to the path. Finishing your path. But for me the song is more about recognizing ...what if you're stuck in your ways and you know your stuck in your ways and you want to fix yourself but you can't. It's about growing older and realizing maybe this is kind of it. Maybe your relationship with God, family, and self isn't what you thought it would be.....but not in a like an emo...this is it sort of way. It's in a ...mature. This is what it is. Let's accept what it is ...because it's fine - its' reality. And what do you do from there. of course I do want to end on a positive note. That you can always change. There's always a time to change your ways. But the song is being realistic. It's easier said then done.
LYRICS: OPENING I was not made for going fast I was told to keep my hands and feet safe inside the vehicle I was promised I could be Anything that I wanted to As long as I put my hands and feet to use To use
VERSE 1 I've spent my entire life wasting life, Take my advice, it isn't the greatest way to heaven when you're wasted every night When you're chasing every night with another night that won't compare another night that wasn't there because you weren't completely there I was never scared just unprepared, each morning looking in the mirror That the person starring back at me wasn’t as I appeared He was confused and way astray, by all the choices he had made Was I going down the right path he asked me every day take care a little more, be with mom a little more Binging way way less and save my soul a little more But I’m having way too good a time fucking up every open door Avoiding any bit of conflict, problems I can’t ignore I’d wake up every morning like today is the day I’ll change But by the end of it I’d be like damn, today is the day I’ll rage And damn it it’s not ok. But I guess it’s like what they stated When life gives you lemons, drink that shit and just get faded
CHORUS: And I will keep to the path, although I stray And though I stumble, I do not ever break
VERSE 2 On my life's spiritual quest have i found god, have i been godless have i found progress, or just a contest of wits that provides more stress then it does context it should be easier, but God is complex And If I am what you made me, would you ever step to save me If I was going down the wrong path, or are these the cards you played me Cuz I’ll play right within em, I’ll be right within em, but not right now cuz I’m fucking up within em I keep on the sinning, and they keep on adding up They fillith’ up my cup, and after each time I say enough But I still drink that shit down, down down, I am drowning So he continues to elude me, and I have never found him I thought as long as I was well as the people surrounding me Then I was doing fine, but then over time it confounded me Over time I doubted me, compare to them instead of me So they grew instead of me, and I continue so steadily stuck in my ways (BACK TO CHORUS) BRIDGE Time is crashing, always pulling me farther away All I want is, to be still, but now I’m farther away (BACK TO CHORUS)DANakaDAN ft. Priska - KEEP TO THE PATH Music Video (TEASER)DANakaDAN2015-06-16 | RELEASING TUESDAY JUNE 23! Subscribe For Release: http://youtube.com/DANakaDANtv Download KEEP TO THE PATH: itun.es/us/i4SbY Twitter/Instagram: @DANakaDAN / SNAPS: @DANakaDANtv Contact: asxproductions@gmail.com
Directed + Edited by: Jason Poon Artists: DANakaDAN, Priska Song: Keep to the Path Produced By: Dan Matthews, Travis Graham, Chucky Kim Recorded/Mixed: Travis Graham Song Originally By: Priska Music By: Chucky Kim, Travis Graham, Sam Kang, Abe Kim, Priska, Hair+Make Up: Andrea Loc / instagram.com/xoxo___andrea Production Special Thanks: Christian Soriano, Adrian Zaw, Ji Moon, Linda Dong Location Special Thanks: Filmed at Cheers Bar and Grill/Thanks to Teresa Fung / facebook.com/CheersBarSG
Proud to release the official music video for a hugely collaborative project, FR*A (Future Rockstars of America). I wrote this with my band, afterschoolspecial, and was honored to have had the opportunity for Bart and Joe (JKFilms), Tim Delaghetto, Pigeon John, and Verseatile to feature on it. It was written by Jaylen Green, Brian Fig, Keane Aranita, Todd Olson, Mick Terrizzi, and Victor Velasquez. They're all musicians I respect so much, so to have had the chance to work with them on this track meant a lot. Mixed + Produced by Peter Hong of ST5A.
A big thanks to Casey Chan, who shot and laid the direction for the video and John Enriquez for piecing it all together - you guys made it look suppperr dope.
The song is a community song. It was inspired by two people I look up to a lot - a film by Grace Su (Peachies): http://youtu.be/1CskdEUADRQ and a movement by DPD. It was important to collaborate and to build with people I respect.
Finally it's also a homage to Tarantino Films.
DIRECTOR: Casey Chan EDITOR + ART: John Enriquez PRODUCER: Dan "DANakaDAN" Matthews SONG PRODUCED+MIXED: Peter Hong | ST5A WRITTEN BY: DANakaDAN, Jaylen Green, Brian Fig, Todd Olson, Mick Terrizzi, Keane Aranita, afterschoolspecial STARRING: DANakaDAN, Jaylen Green, Brian Fig, Victor Velasquez, Keane Aranita, Peter Hong, Pigeon John, IZ, Verseatile, Bart + Joe (JKFILMS), Tim Delaghetto DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: Casey Chan SPECIAL THANKS: Casey Chan, Geo Antoinette, Eugene Choi, Mayrok Media
The song is about the literal and also loose meaning of wondering if anybody is out there. Coming back from Korea, after meeting my biological family, I was stuck in a place where I was questioning a lot of things in my life. Not only did I question if there were others out there (adoptees) who have been in a similar situation or felt like I did, but also about other aspects of my life. Feeling alone and anxious all the time, I wondered if others (non-adoptees or adoptees), felt like I did. And God. Where did God play into my life and is there someone watching over me literally and influencing my direction. I still wonder all the time. Writing this song was therapeutic.
ARTIST: DANakaDAN + CLARA C SONG PRODUCED+MIXED: Travis Graham WRITTEN BY: DANakaDAN and Travis Graham STARRING: Rita Zoo DIRECTOR: Jason Hwang | http://TransparentAgency.com PRODUCER: Eugene Choi | DANakaDAN DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: Steven Kan ASSISTANT DIRECTOR: Kevin Bang KEY GRIP: Mike Romans DOLLY OP: Mike Romans | www.romanscinegear.com GRIPS: Tim Lyu | Sebastian Praseutsack DRONE PROVIDED: Adrian Zaw | http://zawstudios.com MAKE UP: Dami Han, Grace Pak PA: Jake Shum SPECIAL THANKS: Spudgey, Jon Maxwell, Ray Huang, Andy Yip, Mayrok ProductionsDANakaDAN ft Sam Kang Afterwords (official single)DANakaDAN2014-07-28 | It's been exactly one year since i met my biological family for the first time. This is how i'm feeling. Download: itun.es/us/i4SbY Follow on Instagram/Twitter @DANakaDAN Subscribe: http://youtube.com/DANakaDANtv More Music by DANakaDAN DANakaDAN ft. Clara C: http://youtu.be/VCgVTEVCTUQ DANakaDAN ft. Priska: http://youtu.be/ABazRWEvu18 BOOKING: akaDAN@mayrok.com
DANakaDAN "STUNTMAN" Album ft. appearances by Clara C, Travis Graham, David Choi, Kero One, Paul Dateh, Priska, Sam Kang, and more!
LYRICS: So what comes next, I want to ask her What could be written down in this chapter was never really focused on the present, just after cuz all that I was after, has changed now that i’ve passed her What would you like to happen, now that this has happened up to me to decide or are you the one to fathom Make up for lost time, or accept this situation between us are two nations, and more then immigration It’s complex, language barriers more then text something large yet intimate that no one could expect I need to stop and think at how crazy this is all sounding It’s only been a month and already I have been doubting Already I have forgotten, not on purpose, but I confess I have allowed myself to get back to how it was before we met And it was easy, it’ll grow easier, the longer time escapes Is this something that you fear, or something you haven’t faced And if you never see my face, are you prepared for this if we can never communicate then can we persist These are very real questions, I doubt we’ll ever answer But it is what it has to be if we ever have a chance here
So what comes next, I have to ask me And do it sooner then later before it pass me Cuz if you had asked me back then how I’d be feeling I would have told you I was fine, but my thoughts I was concealing Because I wasn’t ok, This information cut deep The concept of a family was something foreign to me I mean I love my family and everything, but I wasn’t complete It wasn’t deceit, it was just a desire to meet Which brought upon it such confusion and stress I was becoming a mess, internally I just hoped for the best I felt a little guilt for my father of who had just passed So to meet my bio dad it was happening too fast And what does blood truly mean anyways Cuz the way that I was raised, it was never at play So my relationship with others, I just took with a grain Trying to figure out myself, with no one ever to blame So can I blame you. If I fucked up as a kid, can I say you If I felt inner shame, does it it shame you So let me say it in my own way It doesn’t matter what has happened, only what will change,
I don’t know when I will see you, it could be years Or whether we can make it, And these are fears Legitimate fears that seem to haunt me now and then That brought me to this pen, that I write to you and send With words you’ll never read, a place you’ve never known a person you’ve never seen, emotions seem to roam How can this grow, not just us, both the homes Cuz even with more family, I’m feeling more aloneDANakaDAN ft. Priska - Dont Go Where I Cant Follow (Music Video)DANakaDAN2014-03-26 | TOUR! http://dan-aka-dan.com/events ATL/Indiana/Florida/LA/Seattle! Download DAN's Album: itun.es/us/i4SbY Subscribe to DAN: http://YouTube.com/DANakaDANtv New Music ft Clara C: http://youtu.be/VCgVTEVCTUQ Download song: akaDAN@mayrok.com
Artist: DANakaDAN | http://Instagram.com/DANakaDAN Priska | http://youtube.com/PriskaMusic Starring: Robert Ryu | http://youtube.com/RobertRyuTV Christina Nguyen Director: Jason Poon Song Producer/Creator: Rickey Lumpkin II Editor: Jonathan Pierce DP: Nathaniel Fu Grip: Paolo Ongkeko Art: Nadia Takla Location Courtesy of Chris Kim (THANKS CHRIS!) ArtShare Los Angeles
ABOUT SONG Inspired by STAY by Rihanna. Another interpretation.