Sarey Savy
| style="text-align:center; font-size:1.4em; line-height:1.3em; background:Template:Infobox Musical artist/color;" colspan="2" | Sarey Savy | |
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| Origin | Template:Country data US Seattle, Washington |
| Genre(s) | pop, dance pop, electro pop |
| Occupation(s) | actor, model, philanthropist, singer-songwriter |
| Years active | 2010-Present |
| Label(s) | Unsigned |
| Website | Official Website |
| style="text-align:center; line-height:1.5em; background:Template:Infobox Musical artist/color;" colspan="2" | Notable instrument(s) | |
| Vocals | |
"Sarey 'Rey' Savy" (born March 1, 1996) is a Cambodian ocassional actor and an occassional singer-songwriter who performs under the mononym "Rey" occassionally.
Personal Life
Sarey has two sisters and one brother he is in the 8th grade but, due to unknown reasons he started school a year late. In June 2010, Savy came out as Bisexual and explains "This may be who i am".
As of November 15, 2010 Savy is in a long-distance relationship.
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.
Acting
The singer is slated be a part of another upcoming film as stated on Facebook. He recently finished filming Sanitorium in July 2010 and is now trying to make his debut as an actor. Sanitorium remains unreleased as of November, 2010.
Music
In 2010, Sarey introduced his rapping alter-ego "Rey" which he says "I want to learn how to rap as much funny as it sounds and though i'm not the type" Template:Fact.
Savy released his new promotional single Murderer which was commercially unsuccessful, Yet still has had airplay. Sarey has stated the first single is to be released in late 2010 or early 2011 with a new team. As stating on OceanUp.com, the singer says his main focus is to portray a party-like image just like Kesha for people to see he is growing up.
Sarey has been chosen behalf of Anthem's International Music Festival also known as IMF as the winner of being the representative for Seattle in a singing contest which he advanced to the top 70 for Washington state[1].
Voice
In pop music Savy's voice lies in the range of a tenor but, sings a little higher.
Philanthropy
Sarey has also helped Haiti after the hard 9.0 magnitude earthquake by raising/volunteering to recieve $10,000 alongside the "British Red Cross" [2].
He also joined 5 campaigns NOH8 and Think Before You Speak. Also Savy's 3rd campaign Glee.com a place to meet other gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender people as of September 2010 [3]. He is also in the process of joining a new website as a spokesperson named "The YOT" (The Youth Out There) [4]. Along with pop singer Ke$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 in a video uploaded, October 9, 2010 Savy is shown trying to hold back tears while speaking for the project [5].
Sarey also volunteers alongside "The Humane Society" to help animals. [6].
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" [7].
Discography
Singles
| Year | Song | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||||||||||||
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| Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles | Hot Dance Club Songs | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2011 | "TBD" | — | — | TBA | |||||||||||||||
| Other charted songs | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2010 | "Murderer" | 69 Template:Citation/core | 110 Template:Citation/core | — | |||||||||||||||
| " — " denotes the single failed to chart or not released | |||||||||||||||||||
Filmography
| Year | Film | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feature Films | ||||
| 2010 | Sanitorium | Alex | unreleased film | |
| 2011 | TBD | TBA | short film | |
References
