Tony-nominated actress and singer Condola Rashad (dolabunny) has moved up the release of her first single, 'Blue,' pledging 100% of her personal profits to the Food Bank for New York City indefinitely.
. The 33-year-old multi-hyphenate was originally meant to debut her song later in the month, but she was eager to find a way to help those affected by the COVID-19 crisis. Rashad maintained her positivity even in the face of fear; when asked how she was holding up on a phone call last week, Rashad—who is based in New York City, the center of the outbreak—thought for a moment before responding, “I’m alive and breathing clearly, so it’s a wonderful day.
Rashad wanted her donation to go to those most in need.
Rashad debated releasing music into such a preoccupied world, but ultimately decided it was the right thing to do: “I have this piece I put all the light I have into, so I was like, ‘Why wait to share that?’ If there’s ever a time to share whatever you have that might bring some balance, it’s now, and my contribution happens to be all virtual—it felt weird to wait until it was a better time for me to release the song if it could potentially bring a smile to somebody, or remind them of someone,...
Although Rashad has built an extensive acting résumé, performing everywhere from Lynn Nottage’s Pulitzer Prize–winning Off-Broadway hit, she still thinks of herself primarily as a “musician who acts,” saying: “My first expression as an artist was music. I trained as a classical pianist, starting at age four or five, and growing up I listened to more music than I watched films; even now, music is my heartbeat.
Rashad filmed the music video for the dreamy, ambient track primarily at California Institute of the Arts, her alma mater, relying on talented friends to help with everything from choreography to makeup to costuming. Rashad, who made her directing and producing debut on the video, also drew from the closet of her mother, actor Phylicia Rashad: “The main green dress I wear [in the video], that’s my mom’s Bob Mackie dress from the ’80s.
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