Since the first festival in Los Angeles five years ago, 88rising’s Head in the Clouds music festival will travel to New York for their East Coast debut.
Label 88rising has since introduced the festival in Manila and Jakarta, and will produce the New York installment with The Bowery Presents and Southern California-based collaborator Goldenvoice, the group behind Stagecoach and Coachella.
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Some of the world’s top Asian acts will take over Forest Hills Stadium in Queens, NY from May 20 to 21. Indonesian rapper Rich Brian, South Korean group ITZY, Indonesian songwriter and producer NIKI, and Filipino-British singer beabadoobee is part of the lineup announced on Monday. DPR Live & DPR Ian, MILLI and XG, Masiwei, Atarashii Gakko!, P-Lo, Raveena, Warren Hue are also scheduled to perform at the festival. Cloud’s headlining East Coast show will also coincide with Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month.
Presale ticket sales for both days begin Friday, March 17 at 10am ET, while fans can sign up for early access on the festival’s website.
In 2018, 88rising act Rich Brian became the first Asian to top the iTunes hip-hop chart with his debut album. Amen. In 202I, he collaborated with Rick Ross and DJ SNAKE on “Run It” for the Marvel Studios film. Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings.
Last year, Bea Kristi, who writes as beabadoobee, released her second album, Beatopiaafter his 2021 debut This Flower is Fake. During an interview with Rolling Stonethe singer-songwriter said that although he considers making music a hobby, his main goal is “to be the person I really needed to be when I was growing up, for girls like me, who are like me.”
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