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SEVENTEEN: Tiny Desk Concert Hotney 4 Streams • 8 months ago

Suraya Mohamed | November 24, 2025
This is the very first K-pop band to play behind the Tiny Desk. SEVENTEEN’s name comes from an equation: 13 members + 3 teams + 1 group. Those three teams focus on hip-hop, vocal and performance to come together as one. SEVENTEEN (SVT for short) recently celebrated its 10th anniversary with a world tour, performing in big stadiums for millions of fans (aka Carats). After their last U.S. concert in Washington, D.C., five of the members stopped by the NPR Music office to play in front of what’s likely their smallest audience ever.

Bred from an industry that’s all about a polished look and sound, these members put a lot of trust into our Tiny Desk team to be vulnerable in our space. Just like most artists that play our series, they were nervous, but you can see how much fun Dino, Seungkwan, Joshua, Vernon and Mingyu (from left to right) have as they casually talk between songs. It also doesn't hurt that the crowd — filled with screaming fans — made them feel at ease. SEVENTEEN's set features a medley of old and new songs, which is the perfect sampling of its extensive catalog, ending strong with "VERY NICE."

DK was scheduled to participate but sadly he lost his voice days before this concert. We were devastated, but it’s important to note how Joshua, Mingyu, Seungkwan, Vernon and Dino not only learned DK’s parts quickly, but executed them flawlessly. It wasn’t easy for them to change the arrangements of the songs just one day before the shoot. Despite the absence of DK and the other members, we think the show turned out really well and are grateful to have hosted the members for this special show.

SET LIST
“Super”
“Darl+ing”
“_WORLD”
“To you”
“HBD”
“SOS”
“Rock with you”
“CLAP”
“HOT”
“VERY NICE”

MUSICIANS
Joshua: vocals
Mingyu: vocals
Seungkwan: vocals
Vernon: vocals
Dino: vocals
Kitae Park: guitar
Donghyuk Lee: bass
Beomhun Lee: keys
Ayeong Han: keys
Sanghoon Lee: drums

TINY DESK TEAM
Producers: Suraya Mohamed, Kara Frame
Director/Editor: Kara Frame
Audio Technical Director: Josh Newell
Host/Series Producer: Bobby Carter
Videographers: Kara Frame, Maia Stern, Joshua Bryant, Mitra I. Arthur, Alanté Serene
Audio Engineer: Tiffany Vera Castro
Production Assistants: Dhanika Pineda, Dora Levite
Photographer: Zayrha Rodriguez
Series Editor: Lars Gotrich
Executive Producer: Suraya Mohamed
Executive Director: Sonali Mehta
Series Creators: Bob Boilen, Stephen Thompson, Robin Hilton

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David Byrne: Tiny Desk Concert Hotney 9 Streams • 8 months ago

Robin Hilton | December 1, 2025
David Byrne has a long history of staging elaborate live shows, often with a sprawling cast of musicians, highly choreographed dancing and unusual instrumentation. So when we learned he wanted to have more than a dozen performers at the Tiny Desk, playing everything from cello, saxophone and marimba to a Brazilian timbau and zabumba (not to mention various guitars and keys), we weren't sure we'd be able to fit it all in.

It turns out his latest tour, for the album Who Is The Sky?, is well designed for our roughly 10 by 11-foot space. Though Byrne and his band do normally spread out across large stages, the set design for each show is almost completely bare, without any cables or amps, and the artists wear or carry compact, custom-made instruments to make it easier to move, almost like a marching band.

It's cozy, but Byrne and his band, in matching, brilliant blue suits, squeeze behind the Desk to perform four songs, opening with the euphoric "Everybody Laughs," followed by "Don't Be Like That," both from his new album. They also perform two Talking Heads songs: "(Nothing But) Flowers," from the 1988 album Naked, and a show-stopping version of "Life During Wartime," from 1979's Fear of Music.

It was a bucket-list performance for the Tiny Desk. Afterward, as the rest of the band and crew dispersed, Byrne hopped on a rented bike for a solo ride through the District on a beautiful, fall afternoon.

SET LIST
"Everybody Laughs"
"Don't Be Like That"
"(Nothing But) Flowers"
"Life During Wartime"

MUSICIANS
David Byrne: vocals, guitar
Mauro Refosco: percussion, music director
Ray Suen: guitar, bass, violin, music director
Kely Pinheiro: bass, cello
Daniel Mintseris: keys
Stephane San Juan: drums
Tim Keiper: percussion
Yuri Yamashita: percussion, marimba
Tendayi Kuumba: background vocals
Sasha Rivero: background vocals
Hannah Straney: background vocals
Sean Donovan: background vocals
Jordan Dobson: saxophone, background vocals

TINY DESK TEAM
Producer: Robin Hilton
Director/Editor: Maia Stern
Audio Technical Director: Josh Newell
Host/Series Producer: Bobby Carter
Videographers: Maia Stern, Joshua Bryant, Kara Frame, Sofia Seidel
Audio Engineer: Hannah Gluvna
Production Assistants: Dora Levite, Dhanika Pineda
Photographer: Michael Zamora
Series Editor: Lars Gotrich
Executive Producer: Suraya Mohamed
Executive Director: Sonali Mehta
Series Creators: Bob Boilen, Stephen Thompson, Robin Hilton

#nprmusic #tinydesk #davidbyrne

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