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Beyond Binaries: Sean The Star Emperor on Gender, Performance, and Art as Provocation

Sean The Star Emperor explores music as theater, rejects gender binaries, and treats performance as provocation. Drawing from glam, dance, and spectacle, his art centers pleasure, disruption, and uninhibited fun as tools for self-expression.

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Meet Sean The Star Emperor

Omaralexis Ochoa: Today I am so excited to introduce you to Sean the Star Emperor. He is a singer-songwriter, entertainer, and space overlord who may or may not possess supernatural powers. Sean's music is influenced by the glam of the 80s and the tune of artists like Enya, Michael Jackson, and Fleetwood Mac. He's an anomaly in the music industry that transcends the fabric of space and time. Sean is the embodiment of what happens when you take the status quo and do the complete opposite.

He is known for making a big song and dance while also destroying the tenets of heteronormativity. Sean is performing this week on February 27th, 2020 at Bar Lubitsch in West Hollywood, California. Make sure to check him out and buy tickets on Eventbrite. Thank you, Sean, for joining me.

Sean The Star Emperor: Hey, how's it going?

Musical Origins & Influences

Omaralexis Ochoa: Good. So I know that your music is really inspired by people like Lana Del Rey and influences as you've quoted it in your Facebook: "All stars that shine." How did you get started in music?

Sean The Star Emperor: Well, I've always loved entertainment. Since I was a kid, I just idolized it, especially growing up in the later 80s and the 90s as well. Stars were larger than life and you just really wanted to be a part of that. I remember in the day before internet and star accessibility.

I feel like we lose some of the mystique and the magic around being a celebrity in this day and age because they're just so accessible and you can see into their private lives in a way that just makes them so human. When I was younger, it was the exact opposite. Everyone was really, really mysterious and not only were they mysterious, but they also had this fan-following where people were tearing off their shirts, pulling their hair out to be in the presence of Michael Jackson, or Prince, or Duran Duran. So seeing that just really did something to me and my psyche as a kid, and I really wanted to be a part of that kind of like… mystique, or air, you know? So the allure of that, plus my love --because again, it's not just about the fame, right? — for me... I don't even care about all that kind of stuff. It's a great perk, but I really don't care about all that kind of stuff as long as I can do my art regularly. Regularly and daily. I'd be really excited and happy about it. And I've always been really musically inclined and I just love creating.

Omaralexis Ochoa: What would you describe your genre as?

Sean The Star Emperor: I can't even describe it as a genre because so much of my past, again, has influenced the art. So I love Japanese anime that really influences the music, even the type of sounds I use. To fill in the different elements of the sound design, I will kind of source from sound effects in television shows like Japanese anime and video games and comic books and stuff like that.

So I can't even say that I have a genre because —  also my family's from the Caribbean, the island of Grenada — so it's all about that Afrobeats kind of sound, similar to Jamaica, Trinidad, if you know about Carnival… There’s music called Soca and Reggae. And so it's really beat-driven. And so that definitely, — because I can't help what your parents force upon you as a child.

I love the glitz and the glam of the 80s… it's not really about the celebrity aspect, but more the glitz and the glam of putting on a show. I like that aspect of the 80s that kind of harkens back to like the Moulin Rouge era, where it's just like, you know, like a real display. The pomp and circumstance. So I put all that into the music. And then of course, the subculture of the Vogue movement, which is really near and dear to the Afro-LGBT community. I like putting that into my music as well because there's like, for instance, in Pose, if you've watched that show, it's more than just dancing. So I like putting that into it. And I like the grittiness of it. So I meld all those experiences, cultural phenomenons and make sound out of it. So I don't know how you can say that is a genre because it isn’t hip hop, it's not just dance, and it's not EDM exclusively, but one of my biggest influences of all time is Enya, but it's clearly not New Age.

Omaralexis Ochoa: You mentioned you have cultural influences through say Japanese anime as well as influences to your past, growing up in the tropical islands and afrobeats. Would you say that these not only influence the music, but also your style of performance, dance, costume, all of those things?

Sean The Star Emperor: Of course. So again, going back to the glitz and glam, if you know anything about Carnaval, it's all about the outfits -- we have a thing called Mass Camps. So that's like your troupe, each troupe along the parade route. And it's all about how you can out-dress and look wild and crazy and spun. So I try to do that. I also try to dress up like an evil… for instance, my favorite anime of all time is Sailor Moon. And you would think I'm gonna be on the Sailor Scout side, but I'm really on Queen Beryl's side and she was the arch-nemesis. I try to kind of like create like a "masculine version" of Queen Beryl and you know, it's just fun stuff. I like just keeping it fun and of course that's gonna definitely influence the style of my performance. Lasers and lights and you know, to special pop moments.

Family, Culture, and Upbringing

Omaralexis Ochoa: Growing up, would you say that your family or the culture around you was enabling in your family?

Sean The Star Emperor: Yes and no. So you can't help being a part of an overarching culture. So no matter what, there's a limit to how conservative you can be. Because again, you're still — well so Carnaval is a part of the Caribbean lifestyle — even if you're the most ultra-conservative, you're still gonna know how to like shake your body and move your hips.

But at the same time, my parents, especially my dad and his side of the family, they're very conservative. So they… I went to a prep school and I did all that kind of stuff. So my parents are not too keen on certain things and certain aspects of what I do, especially being from a Catholic nation where I'm just talking about like... I had a song once called, "She's Not That Kind of Girl, But She Can Go Down On You" and my dad was like, “What!?" and then I was like, “No, it's okay, because I'm not even talking about a girl, really. I'm talking about a man." and then he was like, “Oh, what!?"

They know I've always been outlandish and wild. At least I haven't been in jail. So I think that's what they're happy about. And I still got my A's in school. So if that's okay, if this is the worst I'm going to be, this is okay.

Preparing for Performance

Omaralexis Ochoa: You have an upcoming show on February 27th at Bar Lubitsch. Tell me a bit about how you prepare for your performances.

Sean The Star Emperor: Okay, so how I prepare, I definitely have to go to dance rehearsals, even though every time I perform, all the dance choreography goes out the window because I just come so into my diva-ness, Emperor status that I forget everything I'm supposed to do.

But I still give and I still connect in that sense. Because again, to me, when you come to one of my shows, it's like you're going to theater and not really going to see a musician showcase. So I want fans to be entertained by a spectacle and what's going on. But at the same time, to prepare for that, you still need to have some sort of structure.

Most importantly to me, the preparation really goes into the outfit. I think how cool my outfit looks, and how good I feel in it — that really helps the show. And if I know I'm have something bespoke and outrageous and outlandish just for me, that's all I need. And then everything else just falls into place.

But again, I also — I don't know if I told you this before — but I'm also spiritual in the sense that I have a new age spirituality fused in with my Catholic background. So I like to pray and I like to call upon the angels and "the white light" to really make sure that I'm gonna have like a great experience no matter what it is. Even if there are technical difficulties, even if there are bad things happening or the show goes kerplunk or something, I still know that it was meant to be and is a part of a higher, good path.

Omaralexis Ochoa: When was the last time you had a show that went Kerplunk?

Sean The Star Emperor: To be honest, I don't want to put that out there... but I feel like there's always something that goes awry. Always.

For instance, I did Echo Park Horizon just this last August --not even a year ago. And I get there and the person's supposed to do sound, none of his equipment worked at all. Then I think he was on some stuff, so I had no clue how to really communicate to him.

And then he was just really overly obsessing about one minute aspect of the soundboard and it wasn't really important... and I was like, “This is more important.” He just wasn't getting it and then he was like, "I gotta go,” and then he left and I was like “My God!"

It turned out to be a good thing that he left because my friend who happened to just be hanging out -- who's also in the music industry — was like, “Yeah, I could do it. I actually happen to have stuff.” and it went better. I think it was meant to be for him to do it instead.

So it's stuff like that.

But I was so livid when he was — I almost was at the point of tears — you know like when you want to cry? And you feel it well up inside you and you're just hot inside? That's how I felt for like an hour because he was just really pissing me off. Of course I'm never gonna work with him again but it's good that you get to learn these things. There's always something to happen.

Omaralexis Ochoa: Yeah, and it's good to be able to work through those things sort of on the fly. Not only builds character, I guess, but also allows other people the opportunity to step in and show you what they can do, like you mentioned with your friend.

Sean The Star Emperor: Yeah, you know, it's so funny because that friend gained an additional level of respect for me. That at times he has lost in the past. He's really true and dear now.

Omaralexis Ochoa: No, that's fabulous. You are based in Los Angeles, correct?

Sean The Star Emperor: Correct, in the wonderful valley. I love the San Fernando Valley.

Omaralexis Ochoa: What portions of your music or your performance has been informed by the South Californian community?

Sean The Star Emperor: Well, it's so funny. That's a good question because I remember when I was doing my music back in my home city of the New York, New Jersey area. And, you know, at the time, if you weren't like a hardcore indie rocker, rock band, indie rock or hardcore rap, there was no platform for you. So I couldn't grow in New York City in that sense. And then coming out to Los Angeles and then just seeing all different types of people, orientations, races and cultures — when they take in music here, they're just really open to taking it in. And they're like, yeah, that's cool.

So LA, Southern California has really helped me to be able to go on stage without feeling like an outsider or shameful for the type of art that I want to display. Because I know out here people are receptive to whatever it is. You never know what could be the next thing; everyone's open.

So I think the ability to have a platform is growth and that's how it made me grow. Whereas I couldn't get that anywhere else.

Confidence, Identity, and Self‑Expression

Omaralexis Ochoa: So you mentioned confidence and confidence in your art and the criticism of people. How long has it taken you to get confident with, you know, dressing up, baring your soul every other night?

Sean The Star Emperor: Every time I do it, I start from zero because — know why? It's like you just have to keep jumping into the fray.

I did a showcase -- I was a part of a showcase once — again, even though I just said what I said about LA being receptive, still people go to a certain type of genre showcase to see other people of like-minded music. So I go and I like to do like a reveal.

I'm not usually lucky. Sometimes I'm not lucky enough to reveal the outfit and the costume as I'm about to perform because it depends on the green room, if there's space backstage, blah blah blah. Like at Bar Lubitsch, I'm probably going to be out and about as The Star Emperor the whole night.

But I usually like to surprise everyone. So I'm at this showcase and there's a couple of people. One girl kind of sounds like Colby Kalei. Another guy sounds like just really indie-rock, chill music. Everyone's super chill. And then it's my turn. So while one band's performing, I'm changing backstage. And then I come out and I'm wearing like this black cat suit with an ombre purple-gray wig with a dark black crown and a long, dark silver-cobalt cape. And I step out and everyone's like, “What the hell is going on? What is this?"

Then I come out and like sit down backstage. It’s high-tempo, upbeat and everybody is like “Oh my god," and some so most of the people in the audience were like all these really straight dudes and… you could tell like because I'm kind of shapely, unfortunately. I have curves — I did a proportion check and my proportions are the same as Marilyn Monroe, which is the perfect proportion proportions (if you're female), but I happen to have it. Sorry!

So I'm in my little shapely outfit and people are like… I can see these guys are like... they're liking it! But they feel bad that they're liking it and they keep turning away. Then they're looking and then you can see they're kind of looking through closed eyes. The performance was great. I'm not gonna lie. I loved the performance and the outfit was great, but it was kind of like off-putting.

Then there was a bunch of like really young artists — one of the girls was like barely 21 who performed — And you could tell that my sexy body (so to speak), was a lot for her. And she just was like, “Oh my god, this is a lot." You could tell it was a lot for her.

And I have since seen that artist many times after. And I was like, "I'm so sorry for scaring you the other day!” She's like, “No, I loved it. I just never seen anything like that." She was in shock.

So it's weird, because I mean — I know what's going to happen every time I do it. But it's still like, "OK, here we go again." I have to jump in like "Hi, this is me!” and pretend like I'm not affected by the way they are affected.

But you know, as an artist, just have to throw it all out the window, create your fourth wall and do your thing. But it's still very hard. This was a different kind of setting because it was in someone like producer's mansion/house on the hill. So it's kind of like an intimate venue for a certain select few. And so it was just really weird to see people kind around like a giant living room space, brightly lit — it's not a club -- so you can really, really take in the emotions. It's hard, it is hard.

Finding Opportunities as an Artist

Omaralexis Ochoa: So how is it that you go about finding different opportunities to perform? Or do they find you? Are you part of a — do you have an agent? Or how does that work for you?

Sean The Star Emperor: You know, because of the aforementioned issue, meaning like: I'm not for everyone, nor do I want to be… like a whore that's like performing just for the sake of performing, hopefully getting signed or something like that.

To be honest, I'm a little bit of an elitist when it comes to where I want to perform or with whom, because sometimes, you know, you go to venues, but it's not a good venue but it's sponsored through a good partnership or through a good night or promotional company, whatever.

So that's when I say with whom I want to perform with. But I'm really elitist. So it has to have a vibe. It has to be cool.

It costs me a lot! If you come to my show and you see that it's like, “Yeah, this is two seconds, whatever,” — because I think the average person takes granted what really goes into performances. Even though it looks really quick to you, for instance, you watch the Grammys, that's one performance that really costs them like about $500k just to do that one little thing.

So imagine for me — and I'm not backed by anyone — so it's a lot of money for me to pays dancers, outfits, DJs, or a band (if I'm doing a band like that), rehearsal, rehearsal space, photographer, videographer, choreographer, there's a lot for me. It's not…

It's easier, honestly, just to be in a band because everyone takes care of their own instrument and they can all collectively pool for all the extraneous things. But when you're solo artist who doesn't play an instrument, things get costly really quick. So I have to be really conservative about where I'm going to perform. And honestly, I've been to a couple of different symposiums with the people who run really big nights and broke a lot of really big artists in the past.

Like School Night is very popular. And the lady who does the head booking — I want to Sharon? —  she had a talk in conjunction with some other big dude out here. And she was like, “How often should we be performing? How do we get your attention? Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah." And she's like, honestly, we don't like people who perform more than once every six weeks. Everyone was like staggered. And to me, that's how I like to do it.

Because honestly, if you really want to have a show, a good show, and to pool all your resources to make that an event, you have to give it time. So I'm not really looking, looking, looking. How I find it is: I have to vet the venues or the promotional company. I'm like, "OK, that was some cool stuff. I want to be a part of it. I like the track record of what the artists have done since then. I'll do that."

Or: "This venue is really cool. It can really do well with this. I can do this here. I can put this there. I can do that.”

So that's how I do it. I don't really care to perform that often, to be honest. I just want to perform when I feel like it.

Omaralexis Ochoa: Where does social media come into play? I know that this is a full-time job, performing and costumes and rehearsing and bands and coordinating with the venues and everything -- but on top of that there's also like the promotional piece and getting the word out there and that of course requires managing a social media presence and creating content for people who aren't in Los Angeles, let's say in New York, who want to see more of you but don't have the opportunity to fly out. How do you balance all of that?

Sean The Star Emperor: That's a really tough balance and that's a good question because that's almost like I need a full-time… other Sean just to take care of that exclusively. I've been okay with it.

There are times when I get really... I've gotten like 12K likes on one post, once.  I don't know the magic to it. I've tried to decipher. Is it this time of the day? Is it because I'm from New York, so maybe I'm three hours behind? Or I need to be three hours ahead? Or I need to have a meeting in between LA and New York time? Then — my dad spends half the time in the Middle East, I go there sometimes -- and so you build followings out there too. And I'm like, "okay, what is the best thing?"

That's just to WHEN to post. Then you have to have the content. Then, now, is your content appropriate? Because… there are times when people don't even know that I sing because my content's just pictures of me doing wild and crazy things. But to me, that makes sense as a "Star Emperor."

But do they realize that it's all because of the music, set at the basis of it? It's just a lot. And it's just been difficult. And then I ran out of ideas, and then I stopped promoting as much... And I went to once every other day. And then when you do that I feel like Instagram starts taking retribution or punishment for you not posting as regularly.

Then your algorithm gets changed and messed up and then now you're like not getting as many hits and then you have to rebuild it again and then they're like, “Okay, since you came back to us, we'll let you be seen by more people now." And it's just... it's too much of a game. I'm kind of over it. That's something I like to just hire someone to just do and just take care of and… come up with ideas because even the ideas of what to post gets on my nerves at this point.

Creative Process

Omaralexis Ochoa: On the subject of ideas, what is your process for creating new ideas for performances or a new song? How do they come to you?

Sean The Star Emperor: It depends. Sometimes, for instance, I have a song that's coming out called Witch Disco. I went in it with this artist, named Leader, who's a producer as well. And I just know I wanted to do something that highlighted my shamanistic aspects, you know? And so I was like, “Ooh, I'm a witch." That's really sexually empowering to be a witch, right? There's something sexy about it. And then I was like, I'm going to do a performance where I'm actually actively sending out healing light energy while I'm on stage.

And then there was this thing called Evita — they've taken a hiatus, but they'll be back — and that goes back to your other question, how do I find places where I want to perform? They did Evita on Friday nights at Nightingale in West Hollywood. Have you been?

Omaralexis Ochoa: Nightingale in West Hollywood? I have not.

Sean The Star Emperor: Oh my god, the venue inside, it is so beautiful. I mean, it's pretty, there's lights everywhere, there's beautiful cocktails, there's beautiful people present. And then Evita adds this whole layer of just really cool... it's like when you fuse Moulin Rouge with the LGBT, Studio 54 kind of vibe and put it all into one. It's so fancy and fresh. And so I wanted to be a part of that. And plus it was easy. Like every artist for the night just does one song.

And for me, there's a lot of movement and stuff, so I like being able to make miniature sets. So one song, I was like, "yeah, I'm going to do one song, really blow it out of the water, do it at Evita. It's a beautiful stage." And I'm like, "I want to do it there."

They're changing venues. So I don't know where it's going to be next. And I hope it's going to be just as beautiful. That — all that — influenced me creating the song, Witch Disco. Because I wanted it to be kind of like a disco-pop kind of edge with the whole aspect of lighting and the sound and I saw that space I made a song just for that space.

That happens at times and then sometimes I hear other songs, other beats — we'll just listen to beats — and I'm like, “Oh this is the name of this song. This is what it's about." Or I'm just like "do do do” humming in the shower and I'm just... inspired into like a melody, and I make a melody and then I take it to a producer and then we create it. Then after it gets somewhat produced I'm like: “That's what this song's about.”

The song titles and themes just come to me. Themes just come to me when I hear it and that's how it is. It's just many different ways -- sometimes I'm just out and I'm kind of very nosy, you'll get to see, I'm very very very nosy. So I love… say I’m at Starbucks and then I hear two people arguing and I'm like “Well, shit, I can't believe he said that! What? Oh my God…. What? She just did... Woo!" And that's a song. You know? I'm a big eavesdropper.

Gender, Sexuality, and Pushing Boundaries

Omaralexis Ochoa: So when we spoke over the phone initially in preparation for this interview, you mentioned that you identify as queer and are not exactly sure where on the spectrum you would lie and that sort of is a good thing that you use to inform your music.

Sean The Star Emperor: Okay, so I get why we have to use these terms, right? And I understand, technically, yes, that would be my art and me or whatever would be “queer." But when I was growing up, that word was a derogatory term. So I tend to shy away from it, but now I guess it's been more embraced, so it's cool now.

But I just think, especially being from another galaxy, "gay and straight" is so binary. And I think binary is the 20th century, we're in the 21st century. Let's do something where... When you say something, someone or something is more gay or straight, now you're putting people into holes.

For instance — if we want to get real, can we get real? Do I have to be PG-13?

Omaralexis Ochoa: No, no.

Sean The Star Emperor: Okay, great. So for instance, there are a lot of people out there — I have a friend, he loves being a bottom. He's a hardcore bottom. He doesn't want to do anything else but be a bottom.

But if you see him in everyday life, he looks like he's a clean cut straight guy. There's no attitude, there's no twang to the voice. He's very proper. He's in the marketing field, well-dressed, very proper, but he's gay and he's a bottom, period. He has tough time finding love because everyone assumes one: either he's straight, or two: he's a top and he doesn't want to do any of that.

And I think all that comes from the fact that people keep making this whole “gay-straight” notion and thinking they know what it means. And when you do that, now you're placing this box to put people in. And so when they don't fit into these boxes, you're like, “What do you do with them?” But if we didn't have those boxes anyway, we wouldn't even be looking for these kinds of things. And I think it's more freeing and just more modern to not be looking to put someone in a box based on how they identify.

Gender — how you identify with your gender, doesn't mean that that's going to be how you identify with your sexuality, right? And so people are not getting that. And again, that's from the boxes, the duality that we're creating. And life is not either A or B. I should say life is not A or Z. We have B, C, D, E, la, la, la, la, la — I can't say the alphabet right unless I do the song.

So it’s like... I don't like to do that for me either.

I think like if you're hot, we can do it. This is why I moved to LA. To be honest, I've had female relationships, girlfriends and stuff like that. I've never had a boyfriend. So that can tell you something. But, come on… Have I gotten down? Right? I don't know. We'll see. Haha!

Omaralexis Ochoa: On the subject of gender, you mentioned it's not A or Z. There's so many different things in between and how oftentimes with these labels, we pigeonhole people into different roles. And those are labels that you don't want associated with your music or anything of that nature. Would you say that's contributed to the diversity of thought that goes into how you create?

Sean The Star Emperor: For sure. Because I love… I've always been that type — I'm scared to say the word "I'm a bully," but bullying for me is just like, you know, when you're joshing around with your friends and “You're like, I want to push your buttons just to bother you for the day.” And that's what I like to do with my music. I like to push buttons. I like to bother people. I think me in my whole persona, whether I'm on stage with my crown or not, still likes to push buttons. That's just me as Sean, period. I like to push buttons and push down, you know?

So, yeah, that goes into it. For instance, whenever I dress up as a the Star Emperor, I usually have a wig on. Sometimes I do it without the wigs or whatever, but I usually have wigs on. And I get more attention from straight women wearing my wigs and like, something will pop off later, right? Dressed up like that. And it makes no sense to me!

But that's good, because it's like, it's making people start questioning just what sexuality in these times could be. And I think that's fun. Like I said, I was on stage. Well, I did a song that was a part of a porno and it won an AVN. You know what the AVNs are?

Omaralexis Ochoa: AVN?

Sean The Star Emperor: AVN. Adult Video Network Awards or whatever.

Omaralexis Ochoa: No I’m not familiar with it.

Sean The Star Emperor: Oh you're such a good boy, haha! "No, I'm not familiar with these things."

Well, the AVNs are a big deal and they take place in Vegas every year and it's like the Oscars or the porn industry.

I sang a song that was a part of a parody of — I don't know if I'm allowed to say stuff like that — but a parody of a popular Broadway show. And it won an AVN for best soundtrack and I sang one of the songs on the soundtrack. And so… the guy who created the whole thing wasn't even in the porn industry.

He is a comedian in New York City. And so he thought it would be funny to make a parody of this Broadway show as a porno. And it became a real thing. And it went on to be successful. So it's part of his comedy tour. When it came to LA, I surprised the audience by coming on stage and singing the song.

And I came out there, full start and, out of nowhere. Imagine you come here to see comedy and all of sudden this crazy man comes out and he's singing and the song's kind of like a ballad. So I'm like, “Laaaa!" and all that kind of stuff. And the audience is squirming. Not because it was bad, because it was just too sexy right now and they didn't know what to do. They didn't know what to do. And so again, I took pleasure in that. And I just did my thing and just dashed off the stage in full regal-ness.

Art as Provocation and Performance Philosophy

Omaralexis Ochoa: I can definitely appreciate the ability for someone to leverage their platform or their art to poke people's buttons and incite change or a sort of different way of thinking about anything. Definitely see that within the context of your art and definitely see that through this conversation. Those are really all the questions I had for you, but is there anything you would like to impart to the audience maybe before you return to your galaxy?

Sean The Star Emperor: Well, if you come to see me, you're just going to come to have fun. Everything that we just spoke about, it really goes back to the fact that I'm all about people having uninhibited fun. And that's what really my motto is. Like you can do what you want, as long as you're having fun. And naturally that's all my aura is about. Everyone loves having fun with me and no matter what I do, that's like what I bring. And it's just a good time. And I think people are going to be relieved and excited at the fact that they're going out to see someone who isn't all into themselves.

And I know that's hard to think when I just call myself an “Emperor," but when I go…  if I'm not pitch perfect while I'm singing, I don't give a shit because it's not for me, it's not about showcasing my collection of songs because I want to be made famous. For me, it's about giving you a show. I want you to feel like you went to theater. You know, you came, you paid, and you're watching theater.

The theater happens to be some crazy guy from another planet, blah, blah. But at least you're coming to experience and you're gonna have fun doing so. It’s not a relief, but it's refreshing. It's refreshing to see that, “Oh they care to entertain me." And I know it sounds weird saying that because when you go out to music, you think that should be inherent, but honestly, it's not really about the audience most of the when you go out to see a performance, really about them making you see what they have. I'm the opposite.

Closing Thoughts

Omaralexis Ochoa: Thank you, Sean. I really appreciated having you here on the podcast. Thank you.

Sean The Star Emperor: Yeah, of course.

Omaralexis Ochoa: Don't forget to purchase tickets for Sean's upcoming performance at Bar Lubitsch in West Hollywood, California, again on February 27th, 2020. I'm looking forward to the show and looking forward to seeing you there.