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Raccontare New York è un'impresa complessa, soprattutto mentre scelgo le foto e i video di questo carosello.

​Non sono mai stato un influencer. 

Ho portato la mia vita e il mio lavoro sui social perché "oggi funziona così". Quindi no, qui non troverete foto in posa o golden hour instagrammabili. 

Troverete un po' di umanità e i momenti esattamente per come li ho vissuti.

​Non avrei mai creduto possibile un'avventura del genere. 

Vissuta accanto a un'amica così preziosa da sembrare una sorella @francesca.vecchio_ 🤍 e scoprendo persone stupende grazie all'Atlantic Acting School.

​Il piano iniziale? Era puro business. 
Volevo mettere a tacere chi finge di conoscere la tecnica di recitazione che insegno in Italia (e che molti di voi conoscono tramite il mio Studio). 

Sono andato alla casa madre. 

Ho lavorato a stretto contatto con chi ha creato la Practical Aesthetics, interagito e lavorato con David Mamet e William H. Macy.

​Quel business c’è stato, ed è andato alla grande. 
Ma la verità è che ho trovato molto di più.

​Ho trovato una città che più che "non dormire mai", dorme a intermittenza. 
Un'energia pazzesca e lati d'ombra potentissimi. 

Ho trovato persone dal cuore enorme con cui ho condiviso gioia, silenzi, tensioni e purezza. 
Sguardi, sorrisi e lacrime.

​Mi porterò dentro queste settimane. 
In uno dei periodi più complessi della mia vita fino ad ora, questo mese e mezzo è diventato, per assurdo, più "semplice". 

​Grazie New York. 
E grazie alle persone che hanno reso unici questi miei battiti oltreoceano. 🇺🇸✨
#ArmandoDiLillo

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English below - Italiano nella slide precedente

Telling the story of New York is no easy task, especially while picking the photos and videos for this carousel.

​I’ve never been an influencer. 
I brought my life and career to social media simply because "that’s how it works nowadays." 

So, you won't find posed shots or textbook skylines here. Just raw humanity and moments exactly as I lived them.

​I never thought an adventure like this would be possible. 

Experiencing it alongside a friend so precious she feels like a sister @francesca.vecchio_ and
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"Stick Figures" (official music video) by gushes, 2025

Gagged and screaming from the umbilical tongue, “Stick Figures” is a nonbinary allegory— a final dance with a version of self who must die in order to live closer to liberation. Bound and extended by the fabrics of psychic gristle, the video moves through the ritual schism of birth, a glamorous yet indignant intervention between Mother
Trickster and Baby Beast, and then floral devastation-release at the peak of a waterfall.

With music, direction, cinematography, & editing by Filipinx interdisciplinary artist, Jennae Santos (aka gushes), the song’s prickling, sludging sound scores the salt of seduction on the lunge of flight. 

The video was filmed on location at @mosquitopointroadhouse and @starroutefarm —sites that foster radical healing and growth for queer communities in the Catskills. An exercise in Kapwa– a concept in Indigenous Filipino psychology that refers to seeing oneself in the other, the music video illuminates the somatic interdependence, erotic wisdom, and diasporic resilience of queer Asian Americana in relationship to land. Bodies are one, vibrating to the storied textures of land and bursting flowers in unbound expressions of liberation.

last year, 2 fronds @setoburrito @cialikethey who i now call fam came into my life in the wake of shared grief. we self-directed a vulnerable process while cohabitating for a week. this work is the result of our initial intersection, held with great trust & intimacy🤎
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The time has come. gushes' debut LP, Delicious Collision, is NOW on PTP x Switch Hit Records

👁️"Stick Figures" Music Video Premiere on @foxy.digitalis 

available on~
Streaming via @switchhitrecords
Digital Download via @ptp.vision
Limited Run Vinyl via @gushes___
all 🔗s in bio

1st photo by @stevemangumphoto 

ALBUM CREDITS

songwriting by Jennae Santos
produced & arranged by Jennae Santos & Chris Connors @concrete.sound

Jennae Santos - guitars, lead vocals
Ricky Petraglia @rickypetraglia - drums & percussion on Game One, CUT, Yo banana boY
David Palazola @dpalazola - drums on Stick Figures, Mmmh, Passion Play, percussion on Game One
Eva Lawitts @stimmermandotgov - bass
Gabriel Zucker @gabriel.zucker - synths & keyboards 
Johnny Butler @johnnybutlermusic - baritone saxophone, alto saxophone, electronics 
Domenica Fossati @dommitron - flute, alto flute
Katie Jacoby @katiejacoby - violin
Marta Bagratuni @martabagratuni - cello
Herma Ruiz & Vincent Ruiz  - additional vocals on Game One
Micaela Tobin @white_boy_scream & Sondra Sun-Odeon @sondrasunodeon - additional vocals on CUT
Danny Siuba @daniel_the_most - additional vocals on Stick Figures
Ethan Woods @mr.e.s.woods & Alice Tolan-Mee @_alice_tm_ - additional vocals on Mmmh
Matt Evans @matt_evans_online - triangle, crotales on Yo banana boY

Carlos Hernandez @carlostruly @gravesendrecordings - engineer
Chris Connors - engineer
Ryan Santos Phillips @thesantosconnection @luxperpetuanyc - mixer
Sarah Register @sarahregister - mastering engineer

Cover Photography by Matt Evans
Album Cover Artwork, Design, Layout by Jennae Santos
Vinyl Insert Artwork by Emmalee Johnson-Kao @smirnoff1000 

'Stick Figures' MUSIC VIDEO CREDITS

Concept, direction, production, camera, edit by Jennae Santos
Performance & conception by Kris Seto @setoburrito & Che'Li @cialikethey 
Filmed on location at @mosquitopointroadhouse, @starroutefarm, & Kaaterskill Falls
Special Thanks to @mujer.rana @steffiepuff @kendra_mckinley @josephimhauser.studio @lizibarra @matt_evans_online @thesantosconnection 
In loving, raging memory of @eo.biont
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