pH-1, Mndsgn and Audrey Nuna: AAPI Heritage Month Tiny Desk (Home) Concert
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- Опубліковано 9 лют 2025
- This year, NPR Music's Tiny Desk is celebrating Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month with a Tiny Desk (home) concert featuring performances from pH-1, Mndsng and Audrey Nuna. These artists represent just a sliver of the cultural diversity that exists within the Asian American and Pacific Islander community, and each is performing a Tiny Desk concert for the first time.
Alex Ramos | May 20, 2022
Korean-American rapper pH-1 radiates much of the same visual warmth of his setting. It disperses around him, highlighting his bandmates, who are planted in the fringes of an intense blue backdrop. The contrast lends a sentimentality that's emphasized by the opening lines of his 2018 hit, "Homebody." Perhaps the setting - a nod to his parents who, after immigrating to the United States, found stable work in a dry cleaning business - makes the artist just a bit more wistful than usual. The song builds around its hook with cascading keys and airy guitars, insisting that hanging out at home is just as fulfilling as going out to party.
This tenderness anchors all three performances for the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month edition of the Tiny Desk (home) concert series.
After pH-1 raps about staying in, Mndsgn (pronounced "mind design") argues for the opposite course in his song "Medium Rare." But the core idea of self-care rings true all the same. "Fear is just a comfy queen-size bed," he sings from a home studio, surrounded by framed art, records and plush animals. The Los Angeles producer and songwriter's voice is soft, floating above a spiral of dreamy, psychedelic instrumentation. It's hypnotic, but the message doesn't fade into the haze; you can start your quest for love and freedom at home anytime, he argues. Just follow two simple steps: "Get up, and start your day."
Finally, Audrey Nuna takes a raw cut from the deluxe edition of her 2021 album, A Liquid Breakfast, and builds on top of it. "molars" narrates the push and pull of Nuna's emotions, which "come crawling back" even after she tries to stifle them. Her voice distorts with the chorus, pushing down hurt. Covers of 1990s Korean magazines line the four walls that surround the artist, as if to reflect remnants of the past while centering her current self. And when Nuna asks, "Now who's emotional?" it's not only a challenge, but also a declaration of self-preservation.
SET LIST
pH-1: "Homebody"
Mndsgn: "Medium Rare"
Audrey Nuna: "molars"
MUSICIANS
pH-1:
pH-1: vocals
Jetti: keys
seungq: drums
CëS: bass
sungjunpvrk: guitar
Mndsgn:
Mndsgn: vocals, keys
Swarvy: bass, vocals
Will Logan: drums
Lionmilk: keys
Audrey Nuna:
Audrey Nuna: vocals
Enmanuel Mendez: keys, MD
Marcus Semaj: vocals
Reysha Rami: vocals
CREDITS
Production: Julie Rene Tran and Đặc Biệt
pH-1
Video: THECUT Studio
Audio: Jam Session, MOL Studio
Band Tech: Sound Factory
Mndsgn
Producer: Shane Sakanoi
Director of Photography: Rich Hama
Editor: Noah Weisfogel
Audio Engineering: Swarvy and Mndsgn
Audrey Nuna
Video: John Liwag
Audio: Enmanuel Mendes
Audio Mix: Mike Piazza
Set Design: Xkylar
Set Design Assists: Danielle King & Tiffany Ribeiro
Production: Jane Kim
Special Thanks: Anwar Sawyer, SMG Ent, Willow Rothbart
TINY DESK TEAM
Producer: Bobby Carter
Video Producer: Michael Zamora
Animator: Kaz Fantone
Audio Mastering: Josh Rogosin
Tiny Production Team: Bob Boilen, Joshua Bryant, Kara Frame, Maia Stern, Ashley Pointer
VP, Visuals and Music: Keith Jenkins
Senior VP, Programming: Anya Grundmann
#NPRMusic #TinyDesk #pH1 #MNDSGN #AudreyNuna
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pH-1 showing respect to his family's hustle with that laundromat / cleaners set! Keep up the great work bro.
pH-1 on NPR! have never been more proud to be a (long time) fan. love ya harry! 🧡
mndsgn needs his own tiny desk w/ multiple songs 😩 but i’m still loving everyone’s performances ❣️
💯
What a coincidence, I was just listening to Audrey Nuna('s entire discography for the fifth day in a row)
If you get a chance to see her live, please do!! She’s a phenomenal performer live. What a force!
Catch up, I'm on day 35 😂 lol
Audrey Nuna for a full tiny desk is a necessity
Yass Mndsgn!!!! One song tho?? All these artists should have their own tiny desks next.
💯💯💯
Love Audrey Nuna, new to the guys but will def be checking them out.
Hopefully, they can showcase a wider variety of AAPI in the future but this is a great start.
And I'm biased but Audrey def needs a full set!
So proud of you Harry! Loved the arrangement btw!
Is there a Harry in this video?
@@Pinkclouds512 yes harry is pH-1 english name
he needs his own set forsure
I'm proud to see harry, his presentations are so refreshing and his voice is always nice to hear 🧡
Who is Harry?
@@Pinkclouds512 pH-1 is Harry, is your name in english
he deserves a full set on his own
pH-1’s voice is always smooth and calming. he is so talented. love his music and loved this arrangement.
MNDSGN and the Rare Pleasures killed this performance!! so beautiful :')
Ph1 is always so freaking good. Like is even better then studio! So exited to see him thriving ❤️ so nice hear him mention Mokyo🔥🔥✨
I hope they each get their own tiny desk concert soon. Love the recognition everyone’s getting!
been wishing to see harry on NPR someday yet had no idea if the wish is granted today. THANKYOUUU SO MUCH NPR MUSIC!!!✨💛
I really don’t know why pH-1 doubts himself!! He is such a GEM 💎 🧡 love ya buddy!! Trust in yourself🧡
진짜 자랑스러워 우리형 그 누구도 대체할 수 없는🍊🧡
Oh… it’s all one? I was really excited for Audrey to have her own. Hope that happens. I get celebrating their heritage but I also want them to have the same as everyone else. Hopefully something was recorded and will be released later.
Preach sista. I feel the same. Did AAPI artists got robbed from their reg Tiny Desk Session? I definitely want to hear more from Audrey for sure.
That's what I was confused about! Everyone else's heritage month got multiple artists with their own set while AAPI artists only got 1 video towards the end of the actual heritage month. There's a multitude of AAPI artists to choose from, even 1 set from each artist on this video would have been great.
Agreed. pH-1 needs his own full set
THANK YOU, NPR for bringin pH-1 for these special perform and ofc with Audiochops
so proud of PH-1. didn't expect he's on NPR !! such an honour♡ 너무 자랑스럽고 멋있어영~~
Mndsgn on tiny desk 😭💓💓💓💓man they all deserve their own separate video
I love me some pH-1 🤍🤍🤍 so fire yet so comforting 🔥
That MNDSGN set though! 🤯
right omg
I listen to PH1 everyday Homebody is my current song obsession on heavy rotation, so relatable and catchy. So happy to see him on NPR 🤗
Loved seeing this! Fans of all these artists - so dope to see ph-1 pay homage to his parents and I love Audrey! And omg mndsgn! Know him because of his work with Joyce Wrice and have been a fan since. Also gotta support since we are from the same city. Anyways, with that being said, would love to see a tiny desk concert with Joyce wrice, kiana lede or kehlani! Please make that happen NPR!
한국 랩퍼 최초 npr 라이브 축하합니다!!!
YES AUDREY !! the set, the band, the outfits, the quality!! GO OFF
Mndsgn is of Filipino descent 🇵🇭 amazing artist 💗
I've been waiting on Mndsng to be NPR. But one song only? Nooooooo!! The brother is too smooth with it🔥
Audrey Nuna is sooo fantastic!
How sweet! So proud of you ph-1!!
So good to see pH-1 getting more recognition 🧡
Thank you NPR for finally celebrating AAPI HM!!! This means so much to me!!!
I really love harry and his music! homebody is my favorite song of him and im so glad to see his performance on here. I hope we see more of his performances in future!!
0:04 - pH-1: *Homebody* (3:39)
4:38 / 5:17 - Mndsgn: *Medium Rare* (10:35)
10:39 - Audrey Nuna: *molars* (13:00)
[13:07 - Tiny Desk team]
HARRRYYYYY LOVE THE ARRANGEMENT CAN U PUT IT ON SPOTIFY PLSSSSS PRETTY PLS
Omg , i never imagine watch Harry on Tiny desk , im so proud 🥹👏🏻🙌🏻
there's something between pH-1 and live band and i love it
Rare Pleasure is one the best records I have ever listened to
Get mndsgn his own tiny desk! I¡ve been following this dude since his first album. It's awesome to see him grow and come to spotlight like this...
Ph-1💯🔥Thank you for sharing❤🤗
❤Thank you ❤🤗
Dayum this live performance of Homebody will be my 2nd fave after DVD. 🥺🧡🧡🧡
This arrangement for Homebody felt Frank Ocean-y to some extent. I know Harry is a huge fan and I don’t know if it was made on purpose however it was beautiful
I'm a huge Fan of ph1 ❤️ THANK YOU NPR FOR HAVING HIM...
So proud of how far you’ve come, Harry!! 🥺Believe in yourself & you’ll only go up from there 🧡🧡🧡
more mndsgn pls, he deserves that 🔥
Happy to discover these talented artists!!! Thanks NPR!
okay yea i’m gonna need a full tiny desk from miss Nuna v soon
first time listening to mndsgn and it was so good, like he was singing a lullaby to my soul
Love him! 🙌
Omg AUDREY IS WOW
we need more Mndsgn!!!
pH-1, our super rare homebody
My favorite song 🧡, thanks Harry for share your incredible talent with us. ✨ Te amo pH-1
pH-1!!!! 🫶🏼🫶🏼 so good thank you for having Harry we are so happy to see him
대박! Thank you for including more Asian artists. You’re all sounding great
Audrey is amazing!!
Please give Mndsgn his own episode. He was so amazing and I've never heard anyone use this vibe, music type and voice in this way...
Proud of Mndsgn for being on tinydesk!!!
Yesss!!! I’ve been waiting to see pH-1 on here! Harry is super talented 🔥
I NEED individual tiny desk concerts for each of these artists!
All of them deserve a tiny desk on there own. It was too good
AUDREY !!!!
I love that you can hear all types of music from so many cultures, and so many parts of the world. My only disappointment is that when I got the notification I thought Audrey Nuna and Mndsgn were gonna collab😣😂. Oh well, maybe in the future?♥️♥️
Thanks for showcasing these artists!
pH-1 never disappoints 🔥🔥🧡 such a talented artist, hope to see him in North America tour someday.😭
I gotta listen to some more Mndsn, I have a few of they songs on my Spotify Playlist but hearing this performance got me wanting more
다컸다ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ harry sho cute :3
아 진짜 넘 완벽하다 하.. 부족한 면이 보여도 그냥 귀여울거같다 너무 사랑스럽다 하 진짜 아ㅏ라아ㅏ앙 ㅠㅠ 너무좋아 박준원 ,, 내나이 반오십에 덕질이라니 ㅠ 아몰라 다 집어던지고 공연보러갈래
mndsgn on whole other level. superb
Oh this is amazing, I've always wanted to see Harry in one of these ♥️
NPR에 ph-1이라니…. 리스풱!!
OMG PH-1!! So proud of you for being on here!
i love npr and seeing ph-1 as a guest issa gift 🥹
love love love pH-1! 🧡so proud of you my love!
사랑해 박준원!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 사랑한다!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!🧡
AUDREYYYYYYYY NUNAAAAAAAA YESSSSSS
ahhhh pH1 - what are you doing to us !!! perfection!
AUDREYYYYYY
Ph1 wonderful,. Glad npr had this group on....I didn't know them before this
Harry, you have no idea how much we love this 😭❤
Thank you NPR for having pH-1 on it! ♥️
Harry this is a good arrangement love this
I’m so proud of PH-1!! And I found two more artists to listen to now😁😁😁
OMG Harry on NPR Music 😭🧡 We're so proud of youuu!!!
Ph-1 🧡🧡🧡🧡
Everyone's so good!! Also this arrangement od Homebody is mental!!
So happy to see this content from NPR 🥰
Sooooooo wonderful. Love pH-1 sooooooo much 💖🤩🤩
멋있어요! 너무 자랑스럽고 멋있게 음악해주셔서 고맙습니다! (차오르는 국뽕…!)
aahh happy for everyone for the recognition they're getting thru this! shoutout to harry tho, im so so proud of you 🧡
Love you pH-1😍😍🤗🤗🤗
I loove Harry so much and he did so well😭🤌🏼
soooo proud of u harry!!!!! 🧡
i'm so proud of you, Harry!!! 💯
Thank you so much for having our beloved Harry a.k.a Ph-1, wish him to comeback with a full album 🧡🧡🧡
므찌다 pH-1🔥🔥🔥🔥
Audrey nuna 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 love her
Beautiful…. Simply beautiful.
Everyone did so amazing. 🙌🏾
Audrey so underrated
진짜 너무 좋아!!!!산성🧡🧡🧡🧡
pH-1 is amazing musician. Thanks for inviting him!