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PEOPLE & ARTS Friday 22 March 2019

Derulo reaches out to K-pop with ‘Let’s Shut Up & Dance’

By ANDREW DALTON anyone’s personal life,”
Associated Press said Derulo, who had not
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ja- seen “Leaving Neverland”
son Derulo is simultaneous- when he spoke to the AP.
ly looking ahead, looking The Jackson influence
back and looking across in “Let’s Shut Up &
the ocean for his new proj- Dance” is not overtly ex-
ect. pressed. There is no imag-
In “Let’s Shut Up & ery of him, no sparkling
Dance,” the pop singer glove or moonwalk.
collaborates with Asian K- “That was important to me,”
pop acts Lay Zhang and Derulo said. “This is not Ve-
NCT 127 in a trans-Pacific gas. I wanted to make sure
partnership he thinks ought in the song and the chore-
to be increasingly common ography that you can feel
in the musical future. Michael’s presence, and
At the same time, the single you can feel the influence,
is the first of four in the com- but it wasn’t a copycat.”
ing months culminating in Derulo is also keeping busy
an EP boxed set of vinyl ‘45s with his role in “Cats,” the
in June that is a tribute to movie version of the musi-
his childhood hero Michael cal that dominated Broad-
Jackson. In this April 12, 2018 file photo, singer Jason Derulo poses during a photocall upon arrival for the way in the 1970s and ‘80s.
Derulo, who has launched 2018 Echo Music Awards in Berlin. Taylor Swift, Ian McKellen
a number of Top 10 pop Associated Press and Jennifer Hudson play
hits like “Whatcha Say” and Guetta to Colombian su- viewed more than 18 million anniversary of the King of felines alongside Derulo
“Talk Dirty” since emerging perstar Maluma and coun- times on YouTube, Derulo Pop’s death. in the film, to be released
on the music scene in 2009, try music king Luke Bryan. takes the artists’ styles from The timing has also meant Dec. 20.
is looking to take inspiration The 29-year-old would rainbow-hued to black, it comes when Jackson’s “I was a musical theater
from both past and future. seem to be too old to be a sexes up their usual youthful legacy is being questioned kid, so theater and acting is
“I was so excited about this fan of the bubblegum musi- innocence and puts them on the heels of “Leaving always something I wanted
collaboration,” Derulo said cal style that has had Asian in nighttime street scenes. Neverland,” the HBO docu- to dive into. It was never the
of Zhang, a member of the youth captivated for years But makes full use of their mentary on two men who role that I thought could
Chinese and South Korean and made serious inroads antic, athletic and synchro- accuse Jackson of molest- jump my acting career,”
boy band EXO, and NCT among American teens, nized dance moves. ing them as children, alle- he said.
127, a 10-member, Seoul- especially with the success “This was the norm back in gations the Jackson fam- Derulo said the way “Cats”
based boy group. “We of the boy band BTS, who the day in terms of dance,” ily and estate have denied uses motion-capture and
come from totally different released two No. 1 albums he said. “I feel like artists and denounced. other technology will be
worlds, but I really, really in the U.S. last year and have become lazy.” Derulo said he is keeping like nothing viewers have
love their talent.” won honors at the Billboard The video has echoes of the late artist he remem- seen before.
Derulo has collaborated Music Awards and Ameri- Jackson’s work, and “The bers separate from any- “It’s like seeing ‘Avatar’ for
with everyone from pop can Music Awards. Greatest Dancer” EP where thing that may have hap- the first time or seeing ‘The
hitmakers like Jennifer Lo- For “Let’s Shut Up & the song appears is set to pened privately. Matrix’ for the first time,” he
pez, Nicki Minaj and David Dance,” which has been drop on June 25, the 10th “This has nothing to do with said.q

‘Both sides of the binary:’ Exhibit explores gender, fashion

By TRACEE M. HERBAUGH scale exhibit of its kind to common for her to wear
Associated Press be hosted by a major mu- top hats, shirts with French
BOSTON (AP) — When ac- seum. It is comprised of cuffs and cuff links, and
tor Billy Porter unveiled mixed-media: paintings, pant suits tailored for men.
his combination tuxedo- record covers and pho- “She was both sides of the
ball gown at the Oscars tographs. But a highlight binary in that she was ei-
last month, it got people for viewers will surely be ther extremely feminine
talking.Porter, the black the 70 gender-bending or extremely masculine,”
and gay breakout star of ensembles from big-name Finamore said. The exhibit
the FX series “Pose,” had designers, such as Rei references the 1920s, a
bucked traditional Acad- Kawakubo, of Comme time when women first cut
emy Award attire — fancy des Garçons, and Wal- their hair short. Then it pro-
frocks for the ladies and ter Van Beirendonck, a gresses to the 1960s and
basic tuxedos for men. In this Thursday, March 14, 2019, photo, workers install a member of the influential The Peacock Revolution,
A photo of Porter’s eye- mannequin, which combines traditional designs for men with avant-garde group “Ant- when menswear shifted
catching Oscar garb is in- those for women, for the “Gender Bending Fashion” exhibition werp Six.” from plain and simple to
cluded in a new exhibit at at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. One notable inclusion is flamboyant, colorful and
Boston’s Museum of Fine Associated Press the tuxedo that actress tailored to the body. The
Arts that opens to the pub- clothing transcended and ing right now in fashion, Marlene Dietrich wore in ‘60s is also when unisex at-
lic on Thursday. The exhibit muddled our understand- said Michelle Finamore, a the 1930 film “Morocco.” tire became mainstream.
titled, “Gender Bending ing of gender. fashion historian and cu- Dietrich has long been And present day is thought
Fashion,” examines mo- The show was inspired, in rator. “Gender Bending hailed as a hero for gen- to be the height of gender
ments in history when part, by what’s happen- Fashion” is the first large- der fluidity. It wasn’t un- fluidity in fashion. q