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“Anyone else a little obsessed with Daisy Jones & The Six?” Simu Liu captioned a video he uploaded to his Instagram account on Mar. 20. In the short clip, Simu, 33, sits in a plain white t-shirt and jeans in what appears to be his music room. After the Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings leans back, he strums an acoustic guitar before launching into a heartfelt rendition of “Honeycomb,” a song from the show. “We can make a good thing bad,” he sang, nailing the notes – and the audition if ever there was a Daisy Jones & The Six live tour.
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“Is there anything you can’t do?????” commented Taylor Jenkins Reid, the author of the 2019 novel Daisy Jones & The Six is adapted from. Jenkins, 39, also wrote the 2016 novel, One True Loves, which was adapted into a film hitting theatres on Apr. 7. Simu plays Sam, one of the leads, opposite Phillipa Soo and Luke Bracey.
One True Loves “tells a moving love story about a woman unexpectedly forced to choose between the husband she has long thought dead and the fiancé who finally has brought her back to life,” according to Deadline. The role as a romantic lead will allow Simu to spread his wings and continue to expand Asian visibility in cinema.
Simu Liu performing at the 2023 JUNO Awards (George Pimentel/Shutterstock)
“Coming off of an action/martial arts spectacle like Shang-Chi, I knew that much of the world was going to expect me to do more kung fu films,” he told The Hollywood Reporter. “It’s always been important to me to constantly challenge people’s perceptions of myself, as well as of Asian people as a whole. While I celebrate legendary actors such as Jackie Chan, Jet Li, and Bruce Lee, I know that my path is very different. I am not a master of kung-fu, after all; I am an actor who trained very hard to embody the character that I was hired to play. As such, I’m beyond excited to step into Sam’s shoes for this movie that I am deeply in love with.”
In the 2016 novel, the main characters are not Asian, and Simu is thankful for a chance to show that people who looked like him could embody that kind of role. “When I read the script, I loved the arc between Sam and Emma, and I felt that our ethnicities brought an added layer of depth to the story that wouldn’t have been there otherwise. And so, I chose!” he told THR. “On our first Zoom call, I thanked Taylor for being willing to imagine a different Sam than she had initially written, and she looked at me like I was speaking in another language. She said that from the moment the idea had been presented to her, I became her one and only Sam. It truly meant the world to hear that!”
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Feb. 11, 2023, is National Guitar Day, a time to celebrate every six-string slinger and glamorous guitar god (and goddess!) out there. From the time Sister Rosetta Tharpe slung an electric guitar around her shoulders and played the soulful R&B that would birth the sound of rock and roll, the guitar has been a conduit of creativity and excitement. As the decades continued, the instrument became iconic. The country and western genre evolved into the sound that would see Taylor Swift, Kacey Musgraves, and Brandi Carlile crossover into the pop world. Even pop stars want to be rock stars. Harry Styles knows his way around a guitar, as do H.E.R., John Mayer, and more. Plus, the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame is built upon the works of Jimi Hendrix, Chuck Berry, B.B. King, and Prince, all of who made those guitars sing like never before. Learning the guitar is easier than ever. <a href="https://www.fender.com/play">Fender Play</a>, Fender’s subscription-based learning app for guitar, bass, and ukulele, makes it easy to learn the fundamentals and progress beyond the beginner stage. Plus, learning the guitar can help out students. According to information provided by the <a href="https://fenderplayfoundation.org/">Fender Play Foundation</a>, the 501(c)(3) public charity organization dedicated to increasing access to music education, arts and music access in schools (Prescool-grade 12) is linked to improved outcomes. Students with music and art classes have a 5x lower dropout rate, are twice as likely to graduate, show increased mental well-being, and increased cognitive development, and are more inclined to pursue a career. So, along with the joy that comes with playing the guitar, the music lessons at school will lead to a better life. Rock on!
Kacey Musgraves pictured performing for the Citi Concert Series on the <em>Today </em>show. While the electric guitar usually gets the glory, Fender Play reports that new learners are unplugging. 56% of users are learning with an acoustic guitar, with 44% learning with an electric.
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