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    Rock/Pop

    It's Up for Debate: Andrew Yang vs. Scott Jennings

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    Friday, October 23, 2026

    7:00 PM

    Scheduled

    About This Event

    At the Hammerstein Ballroom, It's Up for Debate pairs Andrew Yang and Scott Jennings in a live forum that foregrounds direct delivery. Yang's recorded footprint touches mandopop, Taiwanese pop, broader C-pop and Malay pop, and he has an online following of roughly 249,000; Jennings frames songs as points of view, making his rock/pop sets a forum where argument, rhythm and tone intersect.

    About It's Up for Debate: Andrew Yang vs. Scott Jennings

    At the Hammerstein Ballroom, *It’s Up for Debate: Andrew Yang vs. Scott Jennings* stages a live, music-forward forum built around direct argument and plainspoken delivery. Yang comes in with a recorded trail that moves through mandopop, Taiwanese and broader C-pop, and Malay pop, backed by an online audience of roughly 249,000. Jennings treats songwriting as a way to test positions in public, using narrative framing as his method. The result has the feel of a New York hybrid-night tradition, where performance and civic speech share the same mic, and the tension is the point.

    About the Artists

    Andrew Yang

    Andrew Yang

    mandopoptaiwanese popc-popmalay pop

    Andrew Yang is an individual artist working in the rock/pop lane, with a recorded footprint that also touches mandopop, Taiwanese pop, and broader C-pop and Malay pop. His audience is measurable online, with moderate Spotify popularity and roughly 249K followers.

    Scott Jennings

    Scott Jennings is a rock and pop performer whose work often sits at the edge of music and public conversation. In New York City, he has appeared at the Hammerstein Ballroom, including the live event “It’s Up for Debate: Charlie Rose, Andrew Yang vs.