Have you seen Scott Tang’s music video Sublingual? Scott’s publicist emailed us about it. The video closed out the music video program at the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival a couple weeks ago. This project was a very big group effort by the Asian American community… it was directed by Karen Lin, a very talented producer-turned-director who has worked with artists like John Legend, Death Cab For Cutie and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and recently directed the videos for Kelly Tsai’s “Bystanding” and Seriously’s “Irony.”
The video was shot in a historic Chinese restaurant in downtown Los Angeles called Chop Suey, with the support of its Chinese American owner and staff. Costumes and props were donated by East West Players and the Little Tokyo Service Center. In addition, much of the cast and crew were Asian American as well, including the lead actress and the editor. In short, they’re pretty proud to have made something like this from very little. Talk about teamwork. This is just what we need for APA Heritage Month. According to Scott’s blog AngryAsianMan and Alivenotdead.com are supporting him too. We are adding our backing to this music video too.
BTW – the music video’s visuals are very cool going back and forth between a 1930’s Shanghai scene to a modern day scene. It’s amazing what you can do within a restaurant with a good production team. Scott’s vocals are awesome We must of watched the video a dozen times before we finished this post. We look forward to more music videos from Scott Tang.
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UPDATE: Here’s the lyrics for Sublingual by Scott Tang
SUBLINGUAL
These walls around me took years to construct
Built from the ground to hold anything back
But you stood before me with one empty cup
Poured from your heart til you slipped through the cracks
Terrified at once of drowning in you
Wondering if my eyes could even see the truth
Now you’re under my tongue
Baby, I know it won’t be long
Til I discover you’re all that I need
We’ve turned the corner too quickly at times
And looked to the distance instead of down at our feet
And I’ve fired too blindly and stepped cross the line
But love is changing me in more ways than I believed
Now you’re under my tongue
Baby, I know it won’t be long
Til I discover you’re all that I need
How did we get so young?
Flying high and running so strong
Will I discover you’re all that I need?
And like a flood, you’ll been running through my veins
And in my blood, I feel the pounding of your name
And I can feel the colors change
I know that in my heart I’ll never be the same
I’ll never be the same
Now you’re under my tongue
Baby, I know it won’t be long
Til I discover you’re all that I need
How did we get so young?
Flying high and running so strong
Will I discover you’re all that I need?
Will I discover you’re all that I need?