It’s not everyday that I wake up to find out from @jasonkwanmusic that I’m on a billboard in Central London for @ukblackpride - HAPPY 15TH BIRTHDAY YOU BRILL HUMANS 🎂 TLDR: You never know until you ask ❤️ Backstory: I start my Europe tour last year and having seen Jason Kwan on my socials, make a note to reach out while I’m in London. My first show is with the @bittenpeachuk, I walk out and low and behold, THERE THEY ARE. After the show, I say hi and we arrange for coffee. We have coffee and I ask Jason when their next gigs are. I was floored when they said #UKBlackPride - I hadn’t even enquired with #UKBP about performing as I’d assumed they wouldn’t consider an Asian performer. I then have a bad experience with someone in the music industry which upset me a great deal. I get myself on the phone with @dove.tales to get myself out of the dumps. In that convo, I’m reminded that my commitment as a musician is to inspire others to live the lives of their dreams and that it won’t always be rainbows and unicorns 🦄 I then think how contacting UK Black Pride would be consistent with that commitment. I send an email saying that albeit last minute (in 2 weeks time) should ANYTHING open up, I’d be ready to perform. Fast forward a week, I’m on my way back from a show in Austria and I get a phone call from UKBP saying that a slot had opened up and if I could perform. It was seven days out BUT I WAS SO READY. In my stand for queer Asians being visible, I ask Jason if they want to duet with me to which they said they wouldn’t have time. 48 hours later, I get a message saying ‘I’m drunk, let’s do it’. We rehearse S&M and that Sunday I’m on stage in front of some 5000 people doing what I love most. A year later in a crazy full circle moment, a photo of us right after our performance is on a #billboard in Central London 🙀 There were so many opportunities for me to keep my mouth shut. And I didn’t. And it was all worth it. • • #gay #gayboy #instagay #boy #queer #queerasian #lgbt #lgbtqia #pride #singer #singersongwriter #gaysinger #gaymusic #festival #inspired #inspiration #ukblackpride #asianboy #loveislove #londongay #melbournegay #gayman #gayhunk #aesthetic (at London, United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/CEEHLiCHDyn/?igshid=1h4njbc39kq5x