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Kaskade's Pre-Show Pop-Up Shop

Kaskade's Pre-Show Pop-Up Shop

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Ahead of his historic performance at the Los Angeles Convention Center (historic because he's the first musical act to ever perform there), DJ Kaskade opens up a pop-up shop full of personalized merch, and YH is on the scene to check out his wares! The EDM king shows off some of his favorite pieces in the collection, plus he talks about his groundbreaking residency in Las Vegas!

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Young Hollywood

What up young Hollywood? We're here at Cascade's Pop-up shop for his performance at uh, LA Convention Center.

Kaskade's Pre-Show Pop-Up Shop

While I'm here in LA, I figured the least I could do is set up this shop for a moment. Let people come by and check out merch. Um, we've got the Tokidoki stuff here, Imperial Motion stuff here, collaborated with these guys on this stuff. What else? Beach towels. I go to the beach a lot, so I said we should make beach towels. So Cascade beach towels.

Young Hollywood

So, he's playing at the LA Convention Center and you're the first DJ to play at the Convention Center. Is this, is this true?

Kaskade's Pre-Show Pop-Up Shop

First mu- First music show. The show. Okay. Not even dance, they've never had music there. This is the first thing. It's like boats and car shows and like, I don't know, what else they do there? Like knitting shows? Like.

Young Hollywood

Science, probably, they probably like science fair and stuff.

Kaskade's Pre-Show Pop-Up Shop

Science fairs, I don't know. They do really big things there. They're well you're RV, RV shows. There we go.

Young Hollywood

Okay, okay, okay. And so you put uh the tickets sales out in one hour?

Kaskade's Pre-Show Pop-Up Shop

I did. People crazy.

Young Hollywood

There there can we get can we still get the tickets?

Kaskade's Pre-Show Pop-Up Shop

If you want to pay a lot of money, I'm sure there's a scalpers out there somewhere who will sell you tickets.

Young Hollywood

How many people are attending?

Kaskade's Pre-Show Pop-Up Shop

Uh, it's 20,000 the night of the show and then I've got a kind of a pre, a warm-up show, the Redo Show is on Friday night for 4,000 people at the Palladium. And then I'm playing the after show.

Young Hollywood

Can't make any of those. None of those are fitting your schedule.

Kaskade's Pre-Show Pop-Up Shop

I got an after show for you.

Young Hollywood

I'll be at the after show. It's the Exchange. There it is. 100%. Okay. Cool, you're like a 3:00 a. m. guy. You're like. That's one thing. I don't think I'll be able to get into this 20,000.

Kaskade's Pre-Show Pop-Up Shop

I know a guy. I know a guy. I'll get you up in there. On this, this was just shot in a club that had a really cool wall. And I thought, oh man, I should do a photo shoot in front of this wall. I really love the way it looks. Because it kinda looks like it's wet. And that's not processed or anything, it just has that, the wall has that look so I thought, oh it'd be cool to do a photo in front of it.

Young Hollywood

You're one of the first DJs, US DJs to actually have a residency in Vegas.

Kaskade's Pre-Show Pop-Up Shop

I was. I was. That's crazy thing now. It's it's like EDM Town or something. That's what happens there. They renamed it Electronic Music Town.

Young Hollywood

Right. They don't call it Vegas anymore.

Kaskade's Pre-Show Pop-Up Shop

Uh, yeah, in um, 2010 I started with the Wynn. Uh, and they were still very much like, hey, we think this electronic music thing is going to work. Would you come play our club and do a residency? And it was a massive success and it kind of spun into this huge thing that it is now. Coachella 2015. I was, that was an outtake from the atmosphere uh photo cover uh shoot. Did make it. It's a beautiful show, uh photo, but I I thought I'd share that.

Young Hollywood

Tell us what we can look forward to for the show at the Convention Center. Is it going to be what type of set Cascad's at?

Kaskade's Pre-Show Pop-Up Shop

Uh, full on audio assault.

Young Hollywood

Okay. With my music and. Flames?

Kaskade's Pre-Show Pop-Up Shop

Flames for sure, dude.

Young Hollywood

Really? Flames. In the Convention Center?

Kaskade's Pre-Show Pop-Up Shop

Power flames. I got flames. Okay. I got cryo, I got flames, I got paper.

Young Hollywood

You told me I rolled, it has to be like a certain atmosphere for like or certain thing for the flames certain

Kaskade's Pre-Show Pop-Up Shop

Uh, yeah, I'm sure there's some regulation and I'm sure the fire marshall will be there like, wait, Cascade, isn't that the dude who caused the riot? Hold on one second. He's gonna like dial that up in his memory and be like maybe no flames or he might make the flames shorter. We'll see. I'm gonna have a I'll have a chat with them.

Young Hollywood

And do you do you feel like LA is I know you're you're from Chicago, right? Yep. But do you feel like LA has like a there it's like a home for you as well?

Kaskade's Pre-Show Pop-Up Shop

This is my home.

Young Hollywood

He's got look at this. He's got he's got Cascade. Come on. Merch with the Dodgers. Look at this. Look at this. I'll hold this one up. The Dodgers look. These are really dope though. See. I mean, it doesn't get any more LA than that font saying Los Angeles. Okay, come on. That's gangster.

Kaskade's Pre-Show Pop-Up Shop

Um, yeah, I love it here. I mean, I've been living here for I don't know, since 2010. So, yeah, this is my home now.

Young Hollywood

Cool. Well, we're so excited. Uh, trying to sneak into the show at the LA Convention. You know how to sneak in. He doesn't know He knows people. I might have a pass. He knows people. Thank you so much. We look forward to the show. Your merch is awesome. Uh, I I definitely want to purchase some of that too. Um,

Kaskade's Pre-Show Pop-Up Shop

We'll work that out. We'll work that out.

Young Hollywood

That's a lot of us. We want to work out. Cascade.

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  • Kaskade

    The subject of the video, a DJ hosting a pop-up shop.

FAQ

What is Kaskade doing in Los Angeles?+
Kaskade is hosting a pop-up shop in Los Angeles and is performing at the LA Convention Center, marking him as the first musical act to play there.
What kind of merchandise is Kaskade selling?+
Kaskade is selling personalized merchandise, including collaborations with Tokidoki and Imperial Motion, beach towels, and Dodgers-themed items.
How many people are attending Kaskade's LA Convention Center show?+
Approximately 20,000 people are expected to attend Kaskade's main show at the LA Convention Center.
When did Kaskade start his residency in Las Vegas?+
Kaskade started his residency with the Wynn in Las Vegas in 2010.
What can attendees expect from Kaskade's performance at the LA Convention Center?+
Attendees can expect a "full-on audio assault" featuring Kaskade's music, flames, cryo effects, and paper.
Where does Kaskade consider home?+
Although originally from Chicago, Kaskade considers Los Angeles his home, having lived there since 2010.

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