Meet YAO: The Cross-Genre Music Collective Fronted By Awich, ONE OK ROCK, CHICO CARLITO & Paledusk

If anybody told me a few years ago that Awich, ONE OK ROCK, rapper CHICO CARLITO and progressive metalcore band Paledusk would form a music unit together, I would have called the idea intriguing but entirely far-fetched. Yet, at the end of June, that seemingly impossible idea became a reality. The artists blindsided fans with a coordinated Instagram post: a stark, monochromatic image emblazoned with "YAO." This was accompanied by a simple caption reading “We are YAO,” followed by a brand new Ins...