TED Salon: Radical Craft
Crush Club: "My Man" / "Bohanna" / "We Dance"
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Indie pop duo Crush Club and singer Nicki B bring their blend of funk, house and Latin styles to the TED stage, performing three songs: "My Man," "Bohanna" and "We Dance."
Crush Club - Musicians
Crush Club combines the star power of vocalist TC Milan and producer and multi-instrumentalist Le Chev. Full bio
Crush Club combines the star power of vocalist TC Milan and producer and multi-instrumentalist Le Chev. Full bio
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TC Milan: How you doing tonight?
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New York!
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(Music)
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Here we go.
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(Singing) I don't need another lover
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I got my friends
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No, I don't need another mother --
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bet that you can guess
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Oh baby, can you talk right
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act tight, don't fight
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follow my rules?
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Oh baby, can you stay sweet
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upbeat
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fill me with all your cool?
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Are you man enough for me?
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Nicki B: Are you man enough for me?
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TM: Are you man enough to be?
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NB: Are you man enough to be?
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TM: Are you man enough for me?
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NB: Are you man enough for me?
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TM: Oh, are you man enough to be?
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NB: Are you man enough to be?
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TM: C'mon.
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(Singing) Be my man
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(Music)
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That's right.
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(Music)
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Give it to 'em.
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NB: Hit it good, c'mon,
do better, give me all the feel
do better, give me all the feel
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Oooh
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Keep it hot, assess my pleasure
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Just keep it real
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TM: Are you man enough for me?
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NB: Are you man enough for me?
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TM: Are you man enough to be?
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NB: Are you man enough to be?
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TM: Are you man enough for me?
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NB: Are you man enough for me?
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TM: Are you man enough to be?
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NB: Are you man enough to be?
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TM: What?
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(Singing) Be my man
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(Music)
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NB: Be my man
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TM: C'mon, Che-Che.
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(Music changes)
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Alright, this next one's "Bohanna."
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(Singing) All the way back
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to where
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we began
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Out of the mess
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they put
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us in
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Le Chev: Bang, bang, off the chain
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(Singing) Oooh
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LC: Bang, bang, through the pain
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(Singing) Oh
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LC: Bang, bang, off the chain
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(Singing) Oooh
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LC: Bang, bang, through the pain
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One, two, three, let's go!
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(Singing) Bohanna
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Music for dancing
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Bohanna
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Flowers where you go
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Bohanna
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Music for dancing
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Bohanna
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We clap, clap our hands for you
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NB: Little bit of rain
makes the window shine --
makes the window shine --
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TC: Window shine
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NB: Dance with Bohanna,
drink that red, red wine
drink that red, red wine
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TM: Red, red wine
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NB: Little bit of rain
makes the window shine
makes the window shine
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TM: Window shine
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NB: Dance with Bohanna,
drink that red, red wine
drink that red, red wine
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Bohanna
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Music for dancing
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Bohanna
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Flowers where you go
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Bohanna
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Music for dancing
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Bohanna
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We clap, clap our hands for you
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(Music changes)
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TM: This is the last song.
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(Cheers)
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Thank you!
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(Music)
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(Singing) I was broken down
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torn up and turned around
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I got lost in the darkest cloud
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I felt there was no way out
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No
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I almost lost control
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I forgot what I was living for
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But I still got my energy
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and the music gives me all I need
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We dance, we make the club our own
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We chant at night to free our souls
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It's that time of the night
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when the music is right
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Hey, DJ, won't you play
my song one more time?
my song one more time?
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We dance
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Oooh
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We dance, we make the club our home
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We chant at night to free our souls
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You've been kicked around
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beat up and beat down
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And when you make a joyful sound --
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oh ...
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Someone's there to shut it down
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So much to overcome
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That struggle
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it's never, never done
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Still got that energy
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And the music gives you all you need
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We dance, we make the club our own
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We chant at night to free our souls
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It's that time of the night
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when the music is right
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Hey, DJ, won't you play
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my song one more time?
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We dance
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(Music)
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We dance, we make the club our own
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We chant at night to free our souls
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We dance, we make the club our home --
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TM: Can you guys clap with us?
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(Singing) We chant
at night to free our souls
at night to free our souls
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TM: Alright, New York.
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It's that time.
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It's that TED Talks time.
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We're sitting down
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but we're grooving out, right?
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(Singing) We dance
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TM: You know we dance
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After this, we're going to go dance,
all of us, altogether
all of us, altogether
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at Chever's house.
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(Singing) We dance
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(Clapping)
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Alright, now we're just going
to do a simple wave, right?
to do a simple wave, right?
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Easy, from our seats.
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(Singing) We dance
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NB: Uh huh.
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TM: There we go.
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(Singing) We dance
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TM: One, two, one, two, three --
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(Singing) We dance,
we make the club our home
we make the club our home
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We chant at night to free our souls
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It's that time of the night
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when the music is right
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Hey, DJ, won't you play
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my song one more time?
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We dance
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Oooh.
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We dance, we make the club our own
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We chant at night to free our souls
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We dance
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(Music ends)
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Thank you.
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(Applause and cheers)
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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Crush Club - MusiciansCrush Club combines the star power of vocalist TC Milan and producer and multi-instrumentalist Le Chev.
Why you should listen
Friends and musical partners for years, TC Milan and Le Chev previously worked together as members of celebrated pop outfit Avan Lava, and amidst an array of individual collaborations (Fischerspooner, Classixx, X Ambassadors). Crush Club first garnered attention with their debut single "Get Me Off," and in 2017, BBC radio host DJ Annie Mac deemed their track "We Dance" the Hottest Record in the World. Their debut EP, Alive, was released in in November 2018.
(Photo: Bryson Andrew Lozano)
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