Need something to watch? Keshi has a Gabriel Documentary out
“I’ve always enjoyed art from creators that are honest & I’ve strived to make work that lives up to those same expectations,” keshi shares in GABRIEL: The Documentary, presented by Amazon Music. The short film offers an exclusive look at the creative process for GABRIEL, his debut studio album that was released earlier this year to praise from MTV, “GABRIEL is a raw and revealing portrait of the man behind the artist,” while NPR described it as, “On his debut album GABRIEL, keshi showcases a newfound confidence.” GABRIEL also received critical acclaim from Allure, Consequence, CLASH, Rolling Stone, and more. The documentary, directed and produced by KENJI CHONG, features never-before-seen footage and interviews of keshi in the studio creating his magnum opus. Check out the documentary here.
To celebrate the release of the documentary, Amazon Music hosted an exclusive screening for the release of keshi’s short documentary film about the creation of GABRIEL. The event included pre- & post-premiere cocktail hours, a special fireside chat and Q&A with keshi after the screening, & signature House of Suntory cocktails, LUNAR x keshi seltzers, & hors d’oeuvres.
In tandem with the documentary release, keshi announces more tour dates for his first headlining & sold out “HELL / HEAVEN” tour. He will be making stops in New Zealand, Australia, Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, South Korea, Japan, Philippines, and Taiwan starting in November. More information & tickets are available here.
ABOUT KESHI:
Monikered as keshi (stylized), a phonetic play on his name, Casey Luong is an artist's artist. He commands a large and loyal fan base, who finds deep, meaningful connections within the universal themes of his music. With nearly 3.5 billion listens worldwide, keshi has gone on to become a streaming force with his latest debut album, GABRIEL, and acclaimed trilogy of EPs —skeletons (2019), bandaids (2020), and always (2020). Released March 2022 via Island Records, GABRIEL is keshi’s magnum opus, where for the first time, the 27-year-old singer, songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist finds himself as the main character of his sonically articulated world. “GABRIEL is a record that turned out much more personal than I intended from the beginning,” keshi shared. “It ended up being a means for me to process the experience of having transitioned from a much less public life to another I’m having a little more trouble navigating recently. I thought about success, purpose, family, pressure, and failure; how time is my only commodity and how sex is just skin; how little I care for what people have to say and how important it is at the same time. I was reminded how fun making music is supposed to feel, and that it’s just as much listened to as its lyrics are heard. It’s an album that I hope is candid, varied, and one you can come back to again and again.” GABRIEL was made in one summer between Houston, where keshi is from, and Los Angeles with Baltimore producer and songwriter Elie Rizk, who co-produced the album with keshi. Until GABRIEL, keshi has been a self-reliant artist, who wrote, produced, engineered and played all the instrumentation on his projects. His initial success includes making his first Billboard appearance when skeletons EP hit #59 on the Top Album Sales chart. With GABRIEL, keshi reached #4, which became the highest charting debut album from a new artist in 2022. On Spotify alone, keshi has generated 5.5 million monthly listeners and his single, “GET IT,” landed on VIRAL 50. Other accolades include his feature on Marvel’s Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings: The Album with the song “War With Heaven” and collaborations with renowned brands like YSL, Fender and Microsoft. keshi is set to tour the remainder of 2022 and is preparing to release more new music.