Song Feature: Do You Want That?
Hapa Mag - April 6, 2020
Hannah Bailey. Photo by Stanley Simons
Australian Filipino artist Hannah Bailey was on the other side of the world in NYC while Australia burned this summer. Overwhelmed and frustrated by the catastrophe, she and Hell’s Kitchen singer-songwriter Evan Crommett created a song about the devastation that so many have felt during this time. “Do You Want That?” examines the increasing tangibility of our own existence and the helplessness we feel in the face of it.
The single was released for purchase in February 2020, and 100% of the proceeds are being donated directly to the Disaster Relief and Recovery fund of the Australian Red Cross, which is working to provide recovery programs and emergency assistance to communities in disaster-affected areas. In its first week the campaign raised almost $600 (AUD $1,000).
This bushfire season saw the loss of more than 18.6 million hectares of land and over a billion animals. Several endangered Australian species are at risk of total extinction. Over 5,900 buildings (including 2,779 homes) have been destroyed, and at least 34 people have died. The damage is unprecedented, and we won’t know its full extent for years to come.
Along with the fully produced track, the live-recorded music video is available on YouTube.
“Do You Want That?” was also recently released on SoundCloud.
To find out more about “Do You Want That?” and to donate to the cause, visit HERE.
Born and raised in Melbourne, Australia, Hannah has worked as an actor/singer on stage and screen in Melbourne, Sydney, and New York City. In 2019, Hannah appeared off-Broadway in The Irish Repertory Theatre’s Sean O’Casey Series, which included the world premiere of Sean, Women & Song, a musical review by Stephen Kennedy Murphy. Other recent U.S. credits include: The Fling LP (Summerfest 2019), The Richard Project and Troilus and Cressida (Bard City/Owen Horsley), Star-Spangled, (an original musical by Douglas Carter Beane and Lewis Flinn), Spring Awakening (The Academy Company), and Welcome Home, a film by More And More productions/Eric John Morton. She can also be heard on Evan Crommett’s latest hit-single “Boys & Girls in Hell’s Kitchen,” and has plans to release her own original music over the coming months. Hannah is a graduate of The American Academy of Dramatic Arts, and was a member of their New York 2018-19 company.
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Evan Crommett is an actor, singer-songwriter, and producer born and based in Hell's Kitchen, NYC. He studied drama at the Professional Performing Arts School from 2006-2012, and Creative Writing at Bard College 2012-2016, where he founded BRAD Comedy Club, and submitted his thesis in fiction writing, “The Empathy Project.” After graduating, he moved to Spain for a year to teach English, before returning to New York, where he currently lives. He’s acted in a number of short films, mini-series, musicals, and plays, and gigged at New York City staples like Rockwood Music Hall, and Mercury Lounge, and through SoFar Sounds. When it comes to music, his commitment is to cranking out bops from his bedroom-studio, sidestepping the genre-police, and officiating the marriage of music that's profoundly sincere with music that slaps.