Directory:Sarey Savy
"Sarey Savy" also known as Baby Rey (born March 1, 1996) is a Cambodian American actor and singer-songwriter. He is globally known from "America's Got Talent".
Personal Life
Sarey has two sisters and one brother and resides in White Center.
Sarey is BisexualTemplate:Citation/core.
He currently attends Cascade Middle School as an 8th grader. The singer started school a year late.
Career
The singer's career started when he garnered attention on becoming one of AGT's "Top 40 YouTube Performers" which the main role of "Alex" was given to Savy for the independent film Sanitorium which remains unreleased[1].
Music
Savy released his promotional single Murderer in 2009 which was commercially unsuccessful, Yet still has had airplay on stations like Kube93.3 and also Z100.
Sarey has stated the first single is to be released in the spring of 2011 independently. The singer says his main focus is to portray a party-like image via his musical influences "Dev" and "The Cataracs" for people to see his maturity. Savy's promo single 808 failed to debut on the Hot Dance Club Songs Billboard charts. Sarey gained a second chance at global attention on the International Music Festival also known as IMF as the winner of the Seattle market for the top 70[2].
Philanthropy
Sarey has also helped Haiti after the hard 9.0 magnitude earthquake by raising/volunteering to recieve $10,000 alongside the "British Red Cross" [3].
He also joined 5 campaigns NOH8 and Think Before You Speak. Also Savy's 3rd campaign Glee.com a place to meet other gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender people as of September 2010 [4]. He is also in the process of joining a new website as a spokesperson named "The YOT" (The Youth Out There) [5]. Along with pop singer Ke$sha, Tim Gunn, Anne Hathaway and other celebrities Sarey Savy joined the "It Gets Better" project to help stop gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender bullying.
Controversy
On KHMER.CC there is a controversy about Savy coming out as Bisexual. One says "He is too young to be coming out at an early age. Possibly he is an experimental bisexual male." Another says, "Kids his age are figuring out who they are and should be proud they are not hiding no more" [6].
A leaked photo of Savy is questioning others prior to if the photo was for somebody else. The photo is questioning others whether he is wearing nothing or shirtless[7].
The Next Michael Jackson
MJ's fansites globally are trending about Savy becoming a "Cambodian Michael Jackson" ever since the singer released "Murderer". The singer says on Facebook "I could NEVER replace MJ but, he is 60% of the reason why i decided to do music" [8][9][10][11].
Discography
Singles
| Year | Song | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles | Hot Dance Club Songs | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2011 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBA | |||||||||||||||
| Other charted songs | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2011 | "808" | TBA | - Template:Citation/core | — | |||||||||||||||
| 2011 | "Let's Talk About Sex" | - | - | — | |||||||||||||||
| " — " denotes the single failed to chart | |||||||||||||||||||
Filmography
| Year | Film | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feature Films | ||||
| 2010 | Sanitorium | Alex | unreleased film | |
| 2011 | Your Secret Admirer | TBD | unofficial | |
References
- ^ http://detailsaresketchy.wordpress.com/2010/04/09/the-coolest-cambodian-kid-youve-never-heard-of/ DAS blogging
- ^ http://www.anthemimf.com/news.html to be representative for Seattle
- ^ http://www.dahlina.com/news/cambodian-singersarey-savy-supports-haiti.html Savy helps Haiti
- ^ http://www.glee.com/ Savy speaks for glee.com
- ^ http://www.yot.com YOT website
- ^ http://khmer.cc/community/t.c?b=12&t=55573 Cambodians controversy about Savy
- ^ http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978997132 Michael Logan news shirtless photo leaked
- ^ http://www.michaeljacksonz.com/article/34888/Sarey-Savy-Is-MICHAEL-JACKSON-JUNIOR MJ fansite trending Savy
- ^ http://michaeljackson-online.com/2010/04/sarey-savy-is-michael-jackson-junior-gather-com-3/ Fansite gossip about the Sarey being the next MJ rumor
- ^ http://michael-jackson.mattters.com/timeline/2010/4/15/2/sarey-savy-is-michael-jackson-junior---gathercom MJ fans blogging about Sarey's attraction of becoming "Cambodian MJ"
- ^ http://newspressrelease.wordpress.com/2010/04/13/sarey-savy-e-michael-jackson-jr/ website (in Spanish) featuring the song that made Sarey trend
