![]() ![]() For someone who grew up in Lower Manhattan, where trash is everywhere, it was a wake-up call. Perry, who is a Bushwick local, went to film school at New York University but she saw the importance of an eco-friendly life when she attended Burning Man, where no littering is allowed. I'm passionate about being here in New York City, my home, and I believe can turn it into an eco-city or maybe I can start the process." It's about us and our community and our city. It's why the education part is so important so you can do something awesome. "More than people idolizing me as the Earth, I want people to feel empowered to do whatever they want to do for the Earth. "It really is all about the Earth for me," she adds. Perry says the audience she draws while performing as Hila the Killa-a nickname she got at summer camp when she was 14-shows people are interested in her kind of art. This Earth Day, she'll be busking around and also headlining an Earth Day event at Rubulad. She's performed as Planet Earth on the street, at city-hosted events in parks and even at The Shed at Hudson Yards. DiorNoel)," a catchy tune about the act of composting that features the iconic Astoria Pug, the pop song "Plastic Free Party", the helpful eco-rap "20 Climate Solutions in 4.5 Minutes" and many other original songs. Photograph: Duncan Ballantine then, she and Oglesby have come out with "Compost (feat. In it, Perry raps: Yo, some people check out my ass/Some people check out my glass cup/when I have it on me, ain't no trash with my coffee/ I refill, I reuse/plastic bags I kindly refuse/ Reduce consumption, I choose to cruise on my bike/ When I move truth I quick nix the plastic/fix it before the landfills/ Reflect upon the grand hills/ affect the change in action/ Human life is just a fraction/ Generations of people pass us/ The future and the past see a world of plastic dust. In 2017, she produced the "I Am Plastic Man" music video featuring her partner, Nathan Oglesby, and Akil Apollo Davis, where the props, set constructions and costumes were all made from discarded plastic found on the streets and beaches of New York City. She doesn't just re-write lyrics to popular songs, although those have been hits. My hands don't do everything they need to do and it gets kinda hot in there."ĭespite her world literally crashing down at House of Yes, Perry's been at this for a while. "It's very big so I'm constantly knocking into things. " is a lot more difficult than most people realize," she admits. Reply to ♬ original sound - Hila the Killa In another viral video, she swings around House of Yes while rapping "Wet Ass Planet," loses her grip and topples into the crowd. WAPlanet □ □ #timesquare #earth #busking #vibes ♬ original sound - Hila the Killa She's gone viral on TikTok for a video of her rapping "Wet Ass Planet," her parody cover of Cardi B's "WAP," in Times Square. Perry has also performed at House of Yes and Caveat as The Earth. You may have already seen this hard-to-miss act. "A lot of educational music is not as catchy or fun to listen to as the songs about sex and relationships. "We have these amazing artists like Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion whose songs are so catchy and fun to dance to," Perry tells us. Thirty-two-year-old Hila Perry, aka Hila The Killa, dons an inflatable, wearable ball covered in spandex made to look like the globe and raps about the Earth and ways we can help save it from climate change and pollution. RECOMMENDED: You can get into New York’s national parks for free this weekend! Well, time to add a new one to the list: Meet the "eco-rapper" that dresses up like Planet Earth. It's the place to let your freak flag fly, and because of this wonderful freedom, the city has its fair share of characters: the man who dresses as "Buddy the Rat" and scares subway riders, the Green Lady of Brooklyn, the Naked Cowboy, etc. ![]() Try to aim for trimming down your output to that amount.You can be anyone in NYC. The average song will have 2-3 verses of 16-20 bars each, and 3-4 chorus sections of a variable number of lines.This will act as a kind of strainer-you won't be able to remember the less effective bits, and you'll have to fill in stronger material for what you can't remember. If you're having trouble figuring out what works and what doesn't, try to rewrite the song from memory, without looking at it. Focus on the most memorable lines and images, and cut out everything that doesn't match that theme, that tone, or that story.As you're writing, let everything that wants to come out come out, but then you'll need to scale it back to a workable and efficient set of lyrics. Bob Dylan's first draft of "Like a Rolling Stone" was 20 pages long and terrible. Unless you're a world-class rapper who makes magic every time straight off the dome, your first draft of a song won't necessarily be the best.
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