Erase Me (Live)
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- Опубліковано 27 бер 2019
- Quinn Christopherson is an Athabaskan and Inupiaq artist. He uses vulnerability to connect with those around him through songwriting.
This video, filmed for the 2019 NPR Tiny Desk Contest, takes place at the Anchorage Museum in front of a painting of Mt. Denali. The name “Denali” stems from the Athabaskan language, Koyukon.
This video features friend and collaborator Nick Carpenter on guitar.
Listen to the single here:
open.spotify.com/artist/0tzC8...
*Authorized by the Anchorage Museum
Directed & Shot by Emma Sheffer & Dmitry Surnin
With help from Howdice Brown III and Luke Bredar
Sound by James Glaves
Color by Dmitry Surnin
thanks for existing
how has this still not blown up yet?
such an amazing performance
Honestly the guitar going out at 4:10 felt perfectly serendipitous and fitting for this already incredible song--amazing performance and congratulations!
Yes, and the powder blue pants and the way he jumps back in.
👏👏👏
@@MeganStoneson ayyy
that part made me tear up for some reason. powerful
CONGRATULATIONS!! Holy mother of crap, what a powerful song, and a killer performance. I'm so happy you kept that take. Your voice is so damn expressive. Thank you for bringing your music and experience to us all... and thanks to NPR for letting me (and now a bazillion others) discover you. Best of luck on what's about to be a crazy-ass journey! 💗👍🎵
I heard this on the radio while driving and was dumbfounded with the rawness of emotion...and I only heard a snip-it of it as it was featured in a piece on NPR. A few days passed and this song kept haunting me; it was powerful and kept coming back into my thoughts. It seemed, for the first time, I could actually feel what my transgender friends feel, not just simply understand it; but I mean REALLY feel the frustration, the anger, the vulnerability; even just for a glimmer.
lt just brought tears to my eyes.
Thank you for sharing this. I really needed the experience. I love it. I am just blown away.
Love the set, the music, the vocals, the intensity, the emotion, the intention, the equipment malfunction, the movement, the giggles, the comradery. A mini MASTERPIECE.
----------------------------------------Like Duchamp's The Large Glass, it wasn't finished until it broke.-----------------------Many thanks to Quinn and Nick and all the creators on this gem
Amazing song. I love how the guitarist didn't stop playing. It saved the take. Stayed in rhythm, finished the song. Don't ever give up.
Quinn, I just heard your story on NPR, and I immediately had to hear this whole song. As a trans person myself, it moved me deeply and made my day. Thank you for sharing this with the world. With art like this, we will not be erased.
Shine on xoxo
Fuck these negative troll ass comments. You are all beautiful and strong. Please don’t ever doubt that.
@PIZZA ive never thought im gonna say this but fuck you pizza
He is so cool! Now that he is a man no one disses him. He has power and a voice and no one interrupts him. No one tries to erase him now. Love you man
Coming back to this video 4 years later, I was surprised to recognize the guitar player as Medium Build! Very cool
That moment where the guitar cuts out was amazing. Props for carrying on! I loved every second
I keep referencing this video daily for inspiration, comfort and the multidimensional range of an artist wearing many hats. He manages to evoke many affects from his words, range, and turbulence of emotionality. I’m really appreciating the representation of an indigenous individual in a relatively isolated part of the world. This phenomena of talent mixed with tenacity is something to look forward to with any new musical discovery. Thanks for giving yourself to a local and global community!! It’s raw and real, the thing we long for as humans- you’re delivering !!
Vin Diesel was right; Letty is alive!
I am a professional musician and fighter for peace and true equality..... this is the type of art and living that makes me proud to be a human. I love you...I love this.
Ugh, this has to be one of the best things that has happened in Anchorage in a while.
These guys understand what is music.
Listened to this song for the first time. A beautiful reflection of undue, emotional poverty and disparity.
I can't stop watching this.
Uncomfortably perfect
Congratulations on your win. This song hit me like 30 tons of bricks, especially the way you delivered it. Maybe it was 40 tons, I din't quite weigh it
Big, big congratulations! Can't wait to see your Tiny Desk show and all the amazing stuff you do next.
Sadly, truthfully, bitterly, there are some universal truths expressed in this powerful song. I've lived it. We all have. No matter who, or what, we are, though some definitely get shorter sticks. What people do to us...But they're wounded too. More than most. What we do to ourselves too...But if you can get through to the other side, there is truth, clarity, peace, and love. (It still sucks sometimes. Life.) Congratulations Quinn and Nick on your Tiny Desk win! Absolutely deserved. Way to do "the show must go on!"
Incredible. I cried. So simple. So honest. So raw. You are a true artist. The world is lucky to have you. Thank you for tugging on my heart strings.
so beautiful and moving. thank you quinn and nick for your music and your voices, i love everything about this. please put this version on spotify and other platforms!!
Congrats on your Tiny Desk win! It's 100% clear why you deserve it and I can't wait to see your full set!
CONGRATS! That's awesome and well-deserved Tiny Desk win, Quinn! Looking forward to more.
what voice! what power!! thank u for sharing1
So much emotion and story in your voice. Thanks for sharing your music. Keep putting out your work. Cheers.
I can't stop listening to this! Congrats, it's well deserved
Wow! Quinn, you rocked me to my core. Amazing.
ON. REPEAT. Beautiful, well deserved. Perfection, you two 🤘
Captivating and moving performance. Love love love the song. Looking forward to the TDC.
YEAAAH! Oh man! This is SO good!!!
I have literal chills!! holy shit, I’m speechless! Thank you, thank you, thank you❤️❤️👏💞👏👏👏👏
Wow! Amazing song and performance, I remember being blown away by the song for your grandma last year too. Congrats!
I can't stop listening to this song . . . love it!
Congratulations on winning the Tiny Desk Concert Contest! Your song is so powerful--love it!
Congratulations Quinn! Thank you for sharing your heart.
Truly powerful performance Quinn! & Congratulations on winning Tiny Desk 2019!
Excellent performance! Brilliant song! Beautifully shot! Congratulations! I'm excited to hear more of your songs and stories.
WOW Congratulations Quinn!!! Well-deserved for a beautiful song and soul
Congrats, Quinn. First, on writing and performing such an incredible piece. Not halfway through and I'm struggling not to cry. And second, on your selection for Tiny Desk!!!
I am So very glad this won! Gorgeous and soulful and absolutely amazing. I can't wait to hear more music from Quinn and Nick.
Quinn, I heard this on NPR this morning and can’t stop listening. Absolutely incredible. I really hope to hear more music from you.
Amazing! So glad you entered the Tiny Desk Contest, or I would have never found your music.
Wow, just wow. This is what songwriting and performance should be all about! IMO I would get rid of the Spotify version and use this one.
Congratulations on winning this year's Tiny Desk Concert Contest! Such a powerful and expressive voice. I wish you much success!
I cried my dang eyes out
Great track and great performance! Congratulations on winning Tiny Desk!
I'm a huge fan of your music, and i can't wait for more.
Incredible poetry, spoken and visual. This video is so beautiful, and the recognition it’s received is well deserved. Congratulations to you both! 🤘🏼🌙🌀
I'm sorry, but why doesn't this video have 10 mil views yet? Quinn's music deserves to be heard EVERYWHERE! Everyone share!
Because people don't like seeing women so unhappy that they try to erase themselves. And as a white man, I can tell you that the "privilege" described here is a joke. If I mouth off to a cop and am shot and killed, nobody cares. That's privilege. No white man has ever won NPR's contest because we are the most hated group in America.
Also, the song sucks.
I can’t stop listening. It’s so profound and powerful. Thank you to this beautiful dynamic duo 🙏🏼
Always appreciate an original work of art.
Like both videos of your song. Congrats on your TDC win Quinn. I entered also and thought, if it's not me who wins.......hope it's this kid. Watched this original more than a few times. Great stuff !!
As an avid music lover, I have to say this is quite possibly thee best song ever written. Your voice moves me to tears and I can’t stop watching and listening! Please never stop creating, it’s absolutely beautiful. ♥️
This is just incredible. Thank you for this.
Powerful song. Absolutely amazing performance.
A very powerful and much needed song. Congrats!
Quinn we need more videos!! Just found you through TDC and I can't wait to hear and see more!!
That was amazing. Absolutely mesmerizing.
I was very much hoping that you would win. Love the honesty, love the lyrics, love the profound simplicity of it all. Thanks and please don't be silent....there IS someone listening. Thanks again!
I can't explain the trance that comes over me as I watch this. Incredible.
thank you for this song, for your passion.
Bravo! Truly magnificent and thank you👍
Quinn,
This is absolutely wonderful! Your energy and light gave
Me goose bumps. Keep creating and sharing cause you are amazing! 💯🙏🏽
Everytime I come back to this song my hair stands on its end. Such an incredible song and performance.
Amazing performance! Congrats on winning! It’s much deserved! :)
Absolutely, amazingly, beautiful. I can feel everything as you sing. Your voice is so powerful. I truly believe that you’re going to change lives, even if it’s not on purpose.
Accidentally stumbled upon this one. Really authentic, beautiful! True art right here
Awesooome!! Love it!
YAY!!!!!! Congrats Quinn and Nick!
I love your musics and can’t wait to see what else you release
One of the very many things I wasn't prepared for when I transitioned was how infuriating it is to be treated fairly when I wouldn't have been before, and how utterly exhausting it is every time. Thank you for this music.
love lovE LoveE LOVE!!! This is so much BEAUTIFUL! Raw, Powerful and you still mange to make us laugh at the end. HUGE CONGRATS Quinn and Nick and everyone involved! SO Happy for you my friend!
I love your music & your whole vibe is beautiful. ❤️
you hit me in the feels with this
WOW! Great performance and chemistry
Heavy, man! Congratulations on the win.
STUNNING! Really, really, real. Well deserved winner of NPR Tiny Desk. Lookout, world!!!
This is just AMAZING! Thank you for brightening my evening!
This is a beautiful and powerful performance. Thank you, Quinn, for sharing your talents with the world.
OH WOW! Chills. Great job and so many, many congratulations to you. The song is so amazing but you did such a great job with the visual presentation as well. The video was essential for me. I dig the way you move when you sing-it totally pulled me in!
Beautiful! Congratulations! Much deserved :)
Congrats!!! I love this.
I just ran into your video and I gotta say, you're incredibly talented. Subbed and saved this song to my playlist.
So glad you won. Congratulations from Kasilof, Alaska!
incredible!
I adore your work. Please keep sharing whatever you feel is important
Congrats from a fellow Alaskan/big fan! Well deserved. You’re incredibly talented. The music scene in Alaska is so incredible 💜
I love you so much, I don't think I could adore anyone as much as you. THANK YOU for being the one person in my life that actually HEARS me.
I cant wait for more music from you! Truly beautiful
Such an inspiring story and a wonderful example of artistry! Everything down to wardrobe, set choice, and the vulnerable storytelling were wonderful, and I can speak for all of the Tiny Desk entrants when I saw we're so happy you get to share your story around the country. Congrats!
What a performance! I love the emotion, and movement, and pain, and laughter. I had no idea of the backstory-- I just watched it straight in. Then, read the story, and watched it again, twice. Incredible. Thank you for this.
this is fantastic. so much more to be said but I am at a loss for words. it’s fantastic.
For some reason, this song comes on every time one of my music videos is done playing … and I rarely, if ever, press skip. So grateful this thing was made! As a fellow artist, Quinn, I can identify a transcendent performance when I see one. You outdid yourself, my friend ✨ I can’t imagine how it feels to be you, but I feel like we have this thing in common because of something you made and had the spectacular gumption to put out in such dramatic fashion. I would recommend anyone who hasn’t seen this to see it … ASAP 🤩🙌🏼
Absolutely AMAZING!!
Congratulations! That was beautiful.
Thank you for sharing your story and your song.
Just... wow... amazing.
Congratulations, Quinn!!!
Hell yeah-hell, hell yeah. Congratulations brother