How old is chris chu

He looks into my eyes. It tingles just a little. By show time, Chu has discarded the crewneck. The blue button-up is no longer buttoned up; it hangs from his thin frame revealing a white tank and nearly every bone in his chest underneath it. After a year of living and playing together in the band, Peyton had gone to Bali for a few months over the summer between their junior and senior year.

His intense approach to music was also evident in other ways early on. That was pretty intense to share a wall with. Vibe out! And he does. He vibes out. He shakes his head, tosses his hair around, gets down real low with the guitar.

He appears to truly feel each chord, to be living in the moment. He lets the guitar sit this one out. How does an old relationship survive?

While the band packs up backstage, the Red Room is buzzing. Soon Chu comes out, yellow mug in hand, and interacts casually with the crowd. He is disgruntled about being shut out by the musician. By , Chu is on the prowl for more dessert. He has a drink ticket, but wonders if he can redeem it for something sweet. Maybe take some vitamins. Nearly all of their performances have sold out, over a month in advance. I write to the band and beg them to get me tickets, please, somehow.

What do you want your old fans to take from Souvenir? Chris Chu: Well, love our fans and we do a lot to show them that. We respond to everything, we get people into shows all the time and give away all our guest list spots. So, for Souvenir, we took our time, wrote tons of songs, and waited until a family of songs or a sound just emerged from that.

I think people notice that, so it would be a disservice to our fans to do the same thing over and over. YM: No, I know what you mean. What are you guys drawing inspiration from these days? For this last album, because we made the decision to take our time and approach it really patiently, we traveled a lot. For the last couple of years, I spent probably half my time in Tokyo, where I was working on other projects.

So that was a huge difference, just working with people in Japan and being introduced to all this Japanese music. Like, the number one albums in Rolling Stone Japan. I felt like a kid in a candy shop discovering that. I tell Chu a story about being in the car a week ago with my mom, listening to the likes of Tears for Fears, Spandau Ballet, Culture Club. My mom thought so too. Tears for Fears, for instance, I feel like people only know the four or five singles…. YM: Definitely.

It definitely started with my family. My dad and his entire family are all obsessed with food. I love everything about food. I love the history of cuisine and all the things you can learn about a culture and its people through food. I love the meditative nature of cooking food.

I love it all!! How long did it take you to really pick up on the rhythm of the city and how to move within it? There was a time when the business of the city was kind of scary and overwhelming for me, but by the time I lived here as an adult I felt like I fit into the rhythm pretty naturally.

Check out Souvenir here , just in time for summer! Photos by: Jonathan Chu. Tagged as chris chu , food , foodie , music , new york , pop etc ,.