“The American dream and American coming-of-age isn’t real.' Get to know MadTsai, Gen Z's latest icon who’s reimagining a world where queer Asian and Latinx boys can become the main characters of their own stories. ⬇️
What if, instead of lusting after Stacy’s mom, you wanted to date Stacy’s brother? That was the question that singer Mad Tsai asked himself while writing his 2022 single “Stacy’s Brother,” a reinterpretation of the 2003 Fountains of Wayne hit. Thanks to its clever plot-twist lyrics, the song went viral last fall, along with a cinematic music video that acts as a queer teen fantasy, ending with Tsai and his new lover making out in the abandoned band room.
, which will interrogate idealistic media narratives around romance, coming-of-age, and the “American dream,” he explains. These ideas stem from the fact that, in adolescence, he would “hyperfixate” on teen dramas like, and wonder why his own upbringing in Fountain Valley, California, wasn’t nearly as exciting. “I remember thinking, ‘How come my life does not look like that?’” he recalls. “[Watching those movies growing up] I just remember feeling othered. [...
Everything changed when Tsai discovered Tumblr around 2012. “The minute I got my grubby little hands on a laptop, I was unstoppable,” he says. He found himself on the corner of the internet where was depressed and portrayed it through photos of beautiful oil spills.
But if “boy bi” put Tsai on the map, then 2021’s “Killer Queen” was the song that made him truly feel like he could make music for a living. On the upbeat synth-pop song, he sings of a bloody prom queen, like in the classic film, who plots revenge on the cheerleaders and jocks. Made entirely in his dorm room over Discord, the song is now one of his most popular to date, with listeners clearly resonating with its campy horror themes.
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