Students got “down, down, down” Friday night as British singer Jay Sean took the stage as part of Northwestern University's South Asian Student Alliance’s spring benefit concert.
Last year, the audience filled McCormick Auditorium, which fits more than 350 people. The venue for this year is Ryan Auditorium, which fits twice as many people.
Despite a long delay for Sean’s set, the sold-out crowd screamed and sang along throughout the singer’s performance, which featured several of his hit songs including, “Do You Remember” and “I’m All Yours.”
Sean rose to international fame with his 2009 single “Down," but first became well-known in the UK Asian Underground scene as a member of the Rishi Rich Project, a group of various Asian singers who collaborated with British Indian music producer Rishi Rich.
The concert, which was sold out by Monday, raised funds for The Umbrella Foundation, a nonprofit that works to support children and families in Nepal.
Between songs, Sean addressed the crowd, thanking them for being there and for supporting his career for so many years. He said that many of the audience members were around eight or nine years old when his first song came out.
“Can we hit those tunes that will take them back to those years?” the artist asked his DJ.
The artist then sang his 2008 hit, “Ride It.”
Sean also took Snapchats with the audience and asked them to follow him on the social media app to see themselves in his posts.
Last year, the audience filled McCormick Auditorium, which fits more than 350 people. The venue for this year is Ryan Auditorium, which fits twice as many people.
You know what, I admire the fact that he's still out there hustling. You can tell this is someone who's actually in it for the music, otherwise he'd have tried to diversify, invest in other things, become a TV presenter or whatever as soon as he stopped selling.
You know what, I admire the fact that he's still out there hustling. You can tell this is someone who's actually in it for the music, otherwise he'd have tried to diversify, invest in other things, become a TV presenter or whatever as soon as he stopped selling.
He deserves it
