Music and the AAPI Experience

In celebration of AAPI Heritage Month, we share highlights of two conversations from recent ASCAP Experience sessions featuring a diverse group of voices from ASCAP’s AAPI community. You'll hear a provocative discussion with playwright, librettist and lyricist David Henry Hwang and composer and conceptual artist Huang Ruo about art, identity and the power of music to help us fight racism and understand each other better. Then international superstar Amber Liu of K-pop royalty f(x), and Justin Park, a rising singer-songwriter recently endorsed by BTS’s Jungkook, talk about how their identities have shaped their lives and music careers, and the joys and challenges of growing up in the AAPI community.

Watch "Chinese as Apple Pie" from David Henry Hwang and Huang Ruo’s opera THE RIFT

Watch "The Perfect Woman" from David Henry Hwang and Huang Ruo’s opera M. BUTTERFLY

Watch “Easier” by Amber Liu (featuring Jackson Wang)

Watch “Shady” by Justin Park

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You can also check out past VERSED episodes here