Van Ness Wu’s new album Take a Ride, released on July 22, evokes sounds and memories of his adolescence in the 1980s and ’90s in California, incorporating pop punk, R&B, hip-hop and rock. Photo: Dac Biet
Van Ness Wu’s new album Take a Ride, released on July 22, evokes sounds and memories of his adolescence in the 1980s and ’90s in California, incorporating pop punk, R&B, hip-hop and rock. Photo: Dac Biet
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Van Ness Wu on how new album Take a Ride marks his US homecoming and why the time is right as Asian representation in the US hits new heights

  • His first English-language album, Take a Ride comes 20 years after Wu moved to Asia to pursue a music career having found the US unreceptive to Asian singers
  • He says Asian stars have never had more representation in the US and it felt like the right time for the album, even with rising anti-Asian sentiment

Tamar Herman in United States

Updated: 10:51am, 26 Jul, 2022

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Van Ness Wu’s new album Take a Ride, released on July 22, evokes sounds and memories of his adolescence in the 1980s and ’90s in California, incorporating pop punk, R&B, hip-hop and rock. Photo: Dac Biet
Van Ness Wu’s new album Take a Ride, released on July 22, evokes sounds and memories of his adolescence in the 1980s and ’90s in California, incorporating pop punk, R&B, hip-hop and rock. Photo: Dac Biet
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