Thrive State Podcast

EPISODE 13: Living with No Regrets After “She Bangs”

Episode 13: William Hung

Stardom doesn’t happen overnight but for our guest, he achieved it with just 1 awesome viral video 13 years ago. Our guest for this episode is no other than William Hung, the “She Bangs’ superstar we can never forget. He made us so happy with his jolly dance moves while auditioning for American Idol. And though it is obvious that not everyone was a fan, William just continued doing what he does best – being himself.

This episode will pluck your heartstrings but I assure you it’s all a happy ending.

Show notes

00:00 - 05:00

Confidence

Dr. V: “ And you said you got, you know, you became famous for all the wrong reasons. In your words. What does that mean?”

William Hung: “Well, there initially when I got famous for my American Idol audition, there were media and critics writing things like I portray Asian stereotypes. And to this day, even people like Jimmy o Yang, and Joe Rogan would criticize me, they would say, like Jimmy says, like I’m setting back Asians, 10 years, Joe Rogan would say something like, I’m mentally challenged….”

05:00 - 15:00

Negativity and Bashers

Dr. V: “Did you ever encounter a lot of stress like, you know, from maybe the comments you were getting from from the haters and things like that, and how did you deal with that?”

William Hung: “I don’t let those negative comments get to me, I do read them, I am aware of them. But I don’t worry about like, oh, next time I speak or next time I perform, there’s gonna be somebody throwing tomatoes at me.”

15:00 - 25:00

Covid-19 and 2021

Dr. V: “Where do you think the next year or two looks like for you? Now that, you know, COVID snip, you know, it hasn’t gone away?”

William Hung: “No, it’s actually got worse. Um, so as of this recording right now, I live in Los Angeles. And I just got breaking news that they’re about to run out of ICU beds. So yeah, so it’s pretty grim. But in terms of like, light, like, what I’m where I’m going. I never thought that this was possible. But earlier this year, um, someone introduced me to a platform called cameo.”

25:00 - 39:00

Authenticity

Dr. V: “Beautiful. All right. This next part is just sort of introducing yourself and kind of like talking about what you remembered in the podcast and the type of value that people are going to get after listening to it.”

William Hung: “Chase your dreams authentically. And the most important thing is to keep trying something new, so that you don’t have regrets later on in your life..”

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