PrettiBoiRoq

PHOTOS BY NICHOLAS EASTMAN 

Gay Rapper PrettiBoiRoq is revving up engines once again with the release of his steamy new summer jam, “In My Ride.”  The song, with its sweet, catchy hook and its top-down, riding-‘round-the-beach pop vibe, is about a young and innocent California meet-cute.  It was inspired by PrettiBoi’s own short-lived but high-octane romance.  “I had just ended a long-term relationship and was discouraged with the dating scene when I met my ‘In My Ride’ guy,” he recalls. “He showed me I could connect with someone and that I had the ability to love again.”  

After the success of his single, “Bad Bitch Alert”, PrettiBoiRoq says he aimed to show a different side of his music and aesthetic with “In My Ride”. “I wanted to show my versatility as an artist and do more than talk about shaking ass and being bad,” he says from his Los Angeles home.   “In gay hip hop, I don’t feel like we have enough representation of love. We have plenty of tracks about sex and casual hook-ups, but not much about real romance, even though most of us live both pretty equally.” 

 

Sonically, "In My Ride" is very different from anything the artist has released before. It is reminiscent of something out of Katy Perry's Teenage Dream era.   “I wanted a very pop oriented sound,” PrettiBoiRoq explains. “Something that really personified summer love, and the feelings I was experiencing at the time.”

 

Nicholas Eastman directs the music video.  It depicts a young couple on their first date. We watch as they start at the beach, enjoying a typical Southern California day. The guys then walk along the Santa Monica Pier and that’s where things between them start to heat up. “They end the night in a hotel, as all great first dates do,” PrettiBoiRoq laughs. “in all seriousness, it was important that the scene not be sexually gratuitous.  It’s simply about the connection between two people.  There’s no real emphasis on the actual bedroom action, just hints and glimpses.”

 

Diego Escobar stars as the love interest in the video.  “We met while on set filming a music video for a friend of mine,” says PrettiBoi.  “Diego was playing the love interest in that video, too, and I could tell he was more than a pretty face. He was an actor and his ability to create chemistry on camera was amazing.”

 

It helped that Diego Escobar was professional because the day of the shoot was an unusually cold one for Southern California.  “Diego and I had blankets on set and we were constantly under them in between takes. Riding around in that jeep with no roof was particularly bone chilling!”

 

PrettiBoiRoq grew up in a tiny town in North Carolina.  After his mother succumbed to drug addiction, his parents divorced and he was raised by his religious dad and step mother.    He was picked on for the clothes that he wore and for being gay.  “I moved out of the house as soon as I turned 18 because I was desperate to leave my hometown behind.”  

 

He moved to Los Angeles where he started working in films.  “My LA dreams weren’t on modeling or acting, it was always on the music,” PrettiBoiRoq explains.   “I got hooked on hip hop, the lyricism, the lifestyle from 2Pac and Dr. Dre’s “California Love.” I think hip hop resonates with people who face adversity and with everything I had struggled through with my mom and weight and living in poverty, the aggressive nature of the music allowed me to express myself.” 

 

He released his first single, “PrettiBoi Anthym” in December 2015.  His first EP  PrettiBoiRoq, a pop hop record,  was released in June 2016, along with his second single, “New  Sh!t.” “You Don’t Own Me,” with its music video featuring porn star Arad Winwin, was released in April 2017.  

 

In his second album, Haus of Ken, PrettiBoiRoq honed in on his hip hop roots.  The single “‘Wanna Be Me,’ had a slightly darker, Trap sound to it along with a traditional hip-hop beat.  

 

He followed the album with “Bad Bitch Alert”, a duet with rapper Chanel Jole.  It is PrettiBoiRoq’s most successful single to date, with over 85,000 views on Youtube and counting.

 

Over the past couple years, PrettiBoiRoq has matured a lot. “I think working with so many amazing artists and building such a great fan base has really forced me to step out of my comfort zone and continue to get better at what I do,” he says.  

 

“The biggest thing people are going to realize with this upcoming project is how much thought and passion went into it. During my Haus of Ken era, I was making music I thought everyone else wanted to hear. I don't think I was truly comfortable with who I was as a person or an artist. With this project, I’m making music for me, that tells my story and who I am today and I’m hoping everyone else will like it. As you get older, you get wiser, or so they say.”

 

Visit:  https://www.prettiboiroq.com

 

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Danny Will Die Alone

Dekkoo, the premiere streaming service dedicated to gay men, will launch its new original series, Danny Will Die Alone, on May 16, 2024.  Created by and starring Jack Tracy, Danny Will Die Alone dives deep into the hellscape of being a single gay man today trying to find love via the hookup apps.  Loosely based onJack Tracy’s own dating life in New York City and his “Dying Alone Together” podcast, the series depicts Tracy as Danny: a man on a mission.  Recently single after a devastating breakup and freshly entering a mid-life crisis, Danny finds the dating scene markedly different from the last time he was on the market.  Emotional unavailability, fear of commitment and hypersexuality abound and Danny is forced to navigate his way through unhinged flakes, fakes, and bots, all while remaining blissfully unaware of his own multitude of flaws.  Danny Will Die Alone will begin streaming Thursday, May 16 on Dekkoo.

 

In addition to its jaw-droppingly vulgar humor, Danny Will Die Alone presents a critical look at modern dating and its shifting relationship styles.  It explores how gay men use the apps, treat one another, and the differences in their behavior when interacting virtually and in-person.  “On the apps, you're never quite sure if the man you are speaking with is looking for something real or if he simply enjoys the chase,” Tracy explains.    

 

He notes there is a huge emphasis on casual sex encounters today.  “It’s as if long term relationships and traditional dating structures have been abandoned by men in their 20s and 30s,” Tracy continues.  “Once you get into the 40s, it’s a whole other macrocosm of messiness; mostly married couples who have opened their relationships and are looking for a temporary third to complete their throuple.”  

 

Initially built as a web series, the first nine episodes of Danny Will Die Alone are fifteen-minute affairs, each focusing solely on Danny’s encounter with a man that represents a particular corner of the gay dating world.  Characters pop into Danny’s life only to never be heard from again, no different than how it goes while dating in the modern era.

It begins with Danny attempting to convert a well-endowed hookup into a forever partner.  After that fails, he meets hipsters, conservatives, spiritual beings, gym gurus, and men with all kinds of kinky sexual proclivities.  All the while, Danny breaks the fourth wall to regularly let viewers know what he’s thinking about during the ongoing car crashes.  “It's a way to bring the audience into Danny's issues,” Jack explains.  “The viewers become the confidant Danny vents to.”

 

Viewers may sympathize with Danny, but not too much, because Danny is jaded to the point of near insanity, and is as awful as the situations he finds himself in.  Like when he realizes the apps have become the land of unwanted bottoms and he enters his “top era”, or when it dawns on him that the apps simply aren’t ‘appening, and he hires a professional matchmaker.

 

It's nonstop hilarity at Danny’s increasingly desperate antics as he futilely searches for his one true love.   

 

Jack Tracy is a New York based writer, actor, producer, and recording artist.  He has released three LPs, numerous EPs, and is best known for his feature film Snowflake, and his web series History, Big Law and Millennial Memoir.  Danny Will Die Alone is his first Dekkoo original series.  When not working on his latest creation, Jack spends time with his cocker spaniel and, like Danny, continues his search for love.

 

Season two of Danny Will Die Alone is filming now.  It will shift to six full half hour episodes with a continuing storyline and additional lead cast members.  

 

Danny Will Die Alone begins streaming May 16 on Dekkoo.

 

Brian Falduto

"Why'd You Come In Here Looking Like That"

Brian Falduto’s newest single release is another example of what's become the modus operandi for the Hollywood child actor turned country crooner: it's the same old country love song, but it's gay. He covers Dolly Parton’s beloved classic “Why’d You Come in Here Lookin’ Like That,” but his version adds a modern twist that while humorous, also carries real significance to Falduto and a large segment of country music fans that have long felt ignored by the genre. “As far as I'm concerned, we all belong in country music,” he asserts.  “White, black, straight, gay…  country music is about storytelling and it's time we hear some new stories.”

Brian Falduto first gained fame playing the role of Fancy Pants in the Jack Black cult classic film School of Rock. The intense focus on the effeminate mannerisms he displayed as an adolescent would have a major impact on Brian’s coming to terms with his sexuality as a teen and young adult. “Mine is a story of what happens when society attaches a label on something they don’t understand in order to avoid their own discomfort,” he reflects today.  Brian would later pen a pivotal essay about his sexual awakening in The Advocate and he now travels the country performing and speaking at Pride events, sharing himself vulnerably and offering hope to people in the early stages of their coming out.

 

In 2023, Brian released his first country music song, "Same Old Country Love Song.” It was greeted with a flood of positive encouragement and excitement and would become an LGBTQ+ country music anthem.  Subsequent releases followed including “Hottest Guy Here”, “Big Boys Club, and “Skip the Step.”

 

In his live shows, Brian Falduto often mixes his original material with cover tracks.  He finds familiar songs complete the vibe of his sets and showcase his inspirations.   Dolly’s always a favorite because of her consistent support of the LGBTQ+ community and he is especially drawn to tongue-in-cheek songs like “Why’d You Come in Here Lookin’ Like That” because they are similar to his current catalog.  His version of Dolly’s beloved classic doesn’t delineate too far from the original, but it does contain some rootsier, folkier elements that color the song differently.   Also, in its production, Brian draws inspiration from the Cam song, “Diane.”  “Tonally, ‘Diane’ is similar to ‘Why’d You Come in Here Lookin’ Like That’ so I’d say my version marries the two,” Falduto explains. 

 

The biggest alteration from Dolly’s version is Brian’s queer storyline.   “People forget this song is about a player,” he laughs. “The cowboy is charming but doesn’t treat his lover so right.”

Brian admits that he can relate to the song.  “In my twenties I was always chasing attractive but unavailable men who were incapable of an authentic connection.”  (Anyone interested in learning more about Brian’s dalliances can listen to “One More,” a single he released earlier this year chronicling a flirtatiously romantic encounter.)

 

The “Why’d You Come in Here Lookin’ Like That” video was filmed in NYC at Hill Country BBQ.  It was directed by Brian Falduto and styled by Brendan McCann.  Hollywood actor Dan Amboyer (Youngerand Uncoupled) plays the charming, cheatin’ cowboy.    

 

“I love that Brian is taking a classic Dolly song and flipping it, making it his own,” Amboyer says from his NYC home.  He is excited to play a part in Brian Falduto’s mission to make country music more LGBTQ+ inclusive.  “There’s a perception that gays are urban-centric and that country music isn’t for us,” Dan Amboyer continues.  “But that’s not my experience. My husband grew up on a cattle ranch. I grew up with pet chickens and pulling bullfrogs out of creeks.”

 

Brian has noticed a positive shift towards inclusion in country music in recent months.  He points to Beyonce Knowles shaking up the genre with “Texas Hold ‘Em,” but also feels there is still a lot of work to be done.  “I mean, Beyonce was the first black woman to have a number one single in country music?   It's not because black country artists don't exist.”

 

He places the blame on country music radio who, for too long, have been the gatekeepers on what music gets played on air and what is discarded.  “Thanks to streaming services, long silenced genres of country including queer country music are finally finding an audience,” says Brian, adding, “This is only the beginning.”  

 

Brian Falduto’s “Why’d You Come in Here Lookin’ Like That” is available on Spotify, Apple Music, and all streaming platforms.  Its video releases to Youtube on Tuesday, April 16.

 

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The "Roarin' 20's" Are Back!

Johnny Bloom

Johnny Bloom aims to usher in a new age of jazz with his debut single, "Roarin’ 20s."  The song harkens back to a post-war era when young people danced the Charleston and the Shimmy.  It is fun and flirty, with an attention-grabbing groove that mixes elements of blues, ragtime, marching music and African folk rhythm.  “I’ve always been incredibly interested in American music through the generations, and the history of New Orleans street jazz, blues, and bandstand music, in particular,” says Bloom.  “My main purpose with ‘Roaring 20s” is to help revive a style of music I am passionate about, and to broaden people’s tastes in music. I have discovered that diversifying the music I listen to has absolutely changed my life for the better and I hope it will do the same for listeners.” Johnny Bloom’s “Roarin’ 20s” is being released by So Fierce Music and distributed by The Orchard/Sony Music.  It will be available on Spotify and all major music platforms on April 12.

Johnny Bloom was born and raised in small-town Auburn, Illinois. His parents divorced when he was six-years old and Johnny found solace in the vibrant world of the marching band and theatrical productions.  He learned to play the baritone saxophone, bass clarinet, and tuba and dreamed of a career in music.  However, before chasing the dream, he felt compelled to pursue a calling most people would not expect from him.  

 

“Since I was a really young kid, I always wanted to join the Navy,” he says.   His grandfather, who helped to raise Johnny for a great deal of his young life, was a welder in the Navy during the Cold War. Johnny wanted to carry on his legacy.  After high school, he enlisted in the United States Navy, serving as a nuclear reactor operator.  Johnny, who is openly gay, was out to his officers and fellow sailors.   “My grandpa passed away when I was 14, but I know he would be proud of the commitment to the US military that I made through him.”

 

Now that he has completed his service, Johnny has returned to civilian life with a renewed vigor to pursue music.    He aims to make his mark by presenting unconventional sounds inspired by music from the early and mid-twentieth century, but with a modern twist.    “I love the older feel from Ella Fitzgerald, Ray Charles, and Marvin Gaye, but I’m also drawn to the rugged, belt-y voices of Miley Cyrus, Måneskin, Lady Gaga, Raye, and Adam Lambert,” he explains.

 

Johnny Bloom’s “Roarin’ 20s” is being released by So Fierce Music and distributed by The Orchard/Sony Music.  It will be available on Spotify and all major music platforms on April 12.

 

Visit https://www.sofiercemusic.com

 

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"Not My Problem"

"Not My Problem"

Tom Goss is publicly and comically washing his hands in "Not My Problem," the second single from his ninth studio album, Remember What It Feels Like. The pop/rock banger is based on Tom’s true-life five-year relationship with a very impressive Englishman who was not all who he appeared to be. "I fell in love with a charming but criminal con man who is now in prison,” Goss says, explaining a painful experience in which he was gaslighted and manipulated into believing that it was his responsibility to help heal a man that he loved. “When his lies were finally exposed, I realized that the vast majority of his problems were fabricated to control and take advantage of me.” Goss is supporting the release of the single and video with concerts in San Francisco, Seattle, Palm Springs and other cities to be announced. Tom Goss’s "Not My Problem" is available April 8^th on Spotify and all digital platforms.

 

“He still writes me on a regular basis,” Goss reveals from his Los Angeles home. “I have a year and a half of letters from a British prison in my house. I don’t read them, but I don’t throw them away either. It’s weird.”

He views the song and video as a “Dear John” letter to his ex; one that gives him the liberation—and last word—that he has longed for. The video is directed and styled by Michael Serrato, who Goss worked with previously on videos such as “Son of a Preacher Man” and “Nerdy Bear.” It was filmed on a prison set at Le Chalet in Los Angeles and in Tom’s own Sounds Awesome Studios in Inglewood. The video stars Goss, Dean Elex Bais as the lying ex, and drag queen Meatball as an overly amorous prison guard.

 

“Watching Meatball terrify Dean was a pure delight,” says Tom of filming the video. While the video is campy and comical, its message is a serious one. “It’s a declaration that my ex and his lies did not and will not break me. I’m resilient and strong and I will continue to believe in people and be a positive force in the world.” 

 

Tom Goss has been singing for more than 15 years, creating a large and varied body of work (nine albums, five EPs, 40 music videos) that tracks his development both as a man and as an artist. He has transformed the facts of his life—a troubled teen and college wrestler; a student studying to become a priest; touring the country as a gay singer-songwriter; falling in love and getting married; the heartbreak of infidelity and the challenges of an open marriage; and, now, being conned by a lover with a secret life—into songs of remarkable range, strength, and beauty. His songs have been featured on ABC, HBO, Disney+, and in several films. His music videos (including “Son of a Preacher Man,” “Breath and Sound” and “Bears”) have been viewed more than 20 million times.

 

His latest studio album, Remember What It Feels Like, reflects on where Tom has come from and where he finds himself today: a 42-year-old living in Los Angeles who cherishes all of his memories, both sweet and bitter, as essential parts of his story and identity. The album is an expansive 15-track collection of happy and light-hearted pop songs punctuated by beautiful ballads and raucous rock. Featured artists include comedian and musician Deven Green, hip hop diva Maya La Maya, wry chanteuse Anne Reburn and Goss's longtime collaborator de ROCHE.

 

"Not My Problem" is a bit angstier than other tracks on the album. It acknowledges the heartache and pain Tom Goss experienced after learning the truth about his ex’s largely fictional life, but also acknowledges that there is a day to every night, a peak to every valley. In true Tom Goss style, the singer manages to find a bright spot in the experience. “If there’s one positive thing I have learned from my ex, it is that reality is whatever you construct it to be. If he could create a fanciful life out of nothing, any of us can. It’s actually kind of empowering to believe that we can all dream big, take chances and risk it all.”

 

“If choosing to live in a distorted reality helps you to keep your spirits up, that’s fine. It’s not my problem. But don’t hurt people: that’s not cool. You can create whatever reality you want without being a douchebag.”

 

Visit http://tomgossmusic.com

 

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Congratulations!

Don Lemon & Tim Malone

Congratulations to CNN anchor Don Lemon on his marriage to his longtime partner real estate broker Tim Malone in NYC!

Have a terrific Sunday Funday!

Don on IG -

https://www.instagram.com/donlemonofficial/?hl=en 

And Aren't You Happy???

With the release of Love Lies Bleeding drawing nigh, March 8th to be exact. Here is it's star Kristen Stewart proclaiming she wants to do the gayest thing you've ever seen in your life. And aren't you happy???

From the buzz on Love Lies Bleeding this could be just that! Here's the 411 on it:

"Lou is a reclusive gym manager who falls hard for Jackie, an ambitious bodybuilder who's heading to Las Vegas to pursue her dream. Their love soon leads to violence as they get pulled deep into the web of Lou's criminal family."

Personally I can't wait to see this and plan on going opening day. I'll be the judge of whether or not it achieves the "gayest thing I've ever seen" status. If it isn't I'm sure KStew has something more in store for us on those terms past this...

Mark my words!

Love Lies Bleeding on Wikipedia -

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_Lies_Bleeding_(2024_film)

Bad Together

Filmmaker Jono Mitchell shares the evolution of a relationship between two seemingly opposite queer friends in Bad Together, his new film releasing to TVOD on December 5 via Dekkoo Films.  Over four years, Robbie (played by Andrés Erickson) and Cameron (played by Queer Niro) learn to accept and love one another and themselves.  “I really wanted to explore the idea that a lot of the expectations we hold for ourselves and others can lead to sadness and conflict,” filmmaker Jono Mitchell explains. “Fundamentally you can connect with a person on the most basic level, but ultimately that connection still needs to be built on mutual expectation.” 

The story begins with Robbie, newly dumped, and in such deep need for companionship that he's willing to embrace the company of anyone who extends a hand.  Enter Cameron, the life of the party who appears to revel in the admiration he receives from others. However, behind the happy go lucky exterior is a man who constantly craves validation and is struggling with finding a clear sense of purpose in his life.

 

Robbie and Cameron are two young men who are desperate to connect with one another but have different ways of achieving the bond.  They each offer their own version of love and affection and as they chase the ideal of what each deems to be true friendship, they create a relationship that may not be healthy for either one of them. 

 

Mitchell explains he was inspired to write the story based on a similar friendship he experienced a few years ago.  “I have an incredible friend who changed my life. He is so special to me, but circumstances within our current stages of life drove us apart,” he recalls. “When everything changed, I had to accept the version of friendship that I idealized didn’t exist anymore. What we became is just as special, but I think I’ll always grieve for what we had.” 

 

Filming for Bad Together took place in Atlanta, Georgia, where Jono Mitchell found the actors who would play Robbie and Cameron. Due to a familiarity with his work, Mitchell didn’t audition Andrés Erickson for the role of Robbie; he offered it to him outright.  For his part, Erickson sees several similarities between himself and the role that he plays in Bad Together.  “Robbie is a caring guy, but like me he has a tendency to overanalyze, and I think we both like to talk things out as opposed to allowing bad feelings to fester.”

 

Where they differ is in their style of communication. “Robbie tends to be petty and more aggressive than I am,” Erickson says.

 

As for his choice of Queer Niro in the role of Cameron, Mitchell explains, “When you’re casting a character who may behave in unlikable ways, it’s important to find an actor who will naturally highlight some of the character’s more likable attributes. Queer Niro’s charm makes it believable that someone like Robbie would look past Cameron’s mistakes and embrace him as a friend.” 

 

 “Cameron is me, just dialed up some notches,” Queer Niro adds, acknowledging that he played the scenes how he would handle the scenarios in real life.  “Cameron is an endearing guy who longs to make something of his life but fears the possible consequences that come from change.”  He hopes viewers will consider Cameron’s conundrum when deciding whether they are Team Robbie or Team Cameron.  “Obviously, Team Cameron is the correct answer,” he laughs.

 

True to character, Andrés Erickson takes a more neutral stance.  “I hope people are reminded to take care of their friendships. People are complicated and they change and letting go can be necessary. It’s sad, but that doesn't always mean it's a bad thing.”

 

He also commends Jono Mitchell on writing a script that focuses on queer friendship. “It's not something we see a lot of in queer cinema.  There's often a tendency to focus on the romantic aspects, when in real life things are much more complex and nuanced.”

 

Filmmaker Jono Mitchell is best known for his work on the Adult Swim digital shows, Dear Jono and Stupid Morning BS.  His most recent works include Courtney Gets Possessed(2023) and Miles from Nowhere (2022).  He hails from Atlanta, Georgia and in 2023, he was named a “2023 Creative to Watch” by the Atlanta Journal Constitution. 

 

Bad Together releases December 5 via Dekkoo Films, a subsidiary of the Dekkoo streaming platform. It will be made available for TVOD rental across numerous platforms including Apple, Amazon, Google, and many others before arriving on the Dekkoo streaming platform in 2024.

 

For more information, visit www.dekkoo.com.

Adam In Fragments

 

Adam in Fragments

Dekkoo.com, a subscription streaming service dedicated to gay men, will begin streaming its new original series, Adam in Fragments, on November 17.  The provocative, gritty drama follows Adam (Beau Swartz), a sex worker who has never had to worry about anyone but himself until he meets Lucy (Keiva Bradley).  Adam’s urge to guide the young and naïve aspiring adult film starlet and protect her from their terrorizing handler, Felix (Francisco Antonio), triggers a series of events that sends violent ripples through the Los Angeles underground sex-trade.  Adam in Fragments is produced by Dekkoo Films and The Arbor Company.

 

“Most television shows and films about sex work either glorify the trade or exploit it,” says Omar Salas Zamora.  He wrote and directed the series with Calvin Picou.  “In Adam in Fragments, we aim to examine the profession, not by sensationalizing it, but through exploring the main character and his interactions with drug dealers and johns.”

 

Zamora and Picou drew inspiration from 70’s crime thrillers.  “We incorporated that same coarse-grained aesthetic for a story aimed at a queer male audience,” Picou explains.  

 

Each episode of Adam in Fragments builds a new picture of Adam.  In the premiere, “Crawling Back”, the young man returns to his former life as a sex worker and quickly re-engages with his seedy and often dangerous male clients. In episode two, “Meal Ticket”, viewers are introduced to Lucy and witness the burgeoning relationship between the girl and Adam as they prepare for another night of work.  In the third episode, “One Hundred & Fifty”, Adam is set up on a date where he meets a young hustler who opens his eyes to playing the sex trade by different rules.  “In Through the Out Door” is the fourth episode in the series; Lucy reveals the abuse she’s endured at the hands of their pimp, Felix, and she and Adam begin planning their escape. In the series finale, “Fear Eats the Soul,” Adam struggles with the price he must pay for a safe and comfortable life. 

 

“Throughout the series, Adam remains enigmatic,” says Brian Sokel, President of Dekkoo who executive produces along with Derek Curl.  He selected Adam in Fragments as an exclusive series for Dekkoo.  “The moment viewers think they have a handle on him, they realize that they do not.  Adam’s ability to maintain his anonymity by never getting too close to johns, pimps, drug dealers, and even viewers, allows him some level of control, and it makes the series a fascinating and almost immersive experience for the audience.”

 

“Mainstream society will view Adam and the characters in Adam in Fragments as irredeemable, but these veterans of the underground are, in most cases, comfortable in their skin and together, they form something of a family unit,” Omar Salas Zamora adds.  “It is only when a fresh new face comes along, with unattainable dreams and false illusions about life, that chaos ensues.   Adam’s mistake is that he allows himself to become emotionally accessible to Lucy.”

 

Adam in Fragments stars Beau Swartz, Keiva Bradley, and Ryan Ruffing, and features supporting performances from Jonathan Miller, Francisco Antonio, Nick Flaig, Joe Garcia and Tara Emerson.

“We hope viewers find the humanity in these difficult characters,” Zamora and Picou agree.   “They’re not heroes, villains, or victims. They merely exist.”

 

Filming for Adam in Fragments was done primarily on the streets in downtown Los Angeles. 

Adam in Fragments premieres on Dekkoo on November 17, 2022.  For more information, visit Dekkoo.com.