{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Music and the AAPI Experience","description":"In celebration of AAPI Heritage Month, we share highlights of two conversations from recent ASCAP Experience sessions featuring a diverse group of voices from ASCAP\u2019s AAPI community. You'll hear a provocative discussion with playwright, librettist and lyricist David Henry Hwang and composer and conceptual artist Huang Ruo about art, identity and the power of music to help us fight racism and understand each other better. Then international superstar Amber Liu of K-pop royalty f(x), and Justin Park, a rising singer-songwriter recently endorsed by BTS\u2019s Jungkook, talk about how their identities have shaped their lives and music careers, and the joys and challenges of growing up in the AAPI community. Watch "Chinese as Apple Pie" from David Henry Hwang and Huang Ruo\u2019s opera THE RIFT Watch "The Perfect Woman" from David Henry Hwang and Huang Ruo\u2019s opera  M. BUTTERFLY Watch \u201cEasier\u201d by Amber Liu (featuring Jackson Wang) Watch \u201cShady\u201d by Justin Park Check out the ASCAP Experience You can also check out past VERSED episodes here ","author_name":"VERSED: The ASCAP Podcast","author_url":"http:\/\/www.ascap.com\/versed","html":"