Alison Gold

Allison Gorshkov (born May 9, 2002), known professionally as Alison Gold, is an American former pop singer. She is best known for her music career in which she released the single "Chinese Food" in 2013 through PMW Live, which peaked at number 29 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100.

Career

Gold was born Allison Gorshkov in Fairfax, Virginia.Alison Gold biography
, AllMusic She adopted the stage name Alison Gold in 2011. In 2012 she began working with producer Patrice Wilson, with whom she had worked on with on all of her songs. Her first single, "Skip Rope", was released as part of the musical duo Tweenchronic, which consisted of Gold and another young girl identified as "Stacey".

Her first single as a solo artist, "Chinese Food", was written by Wilson; Gold stated that she "loved it right away" after Wilson demoed it for her, and recorded it soon after. Wilson performs an uncredited verse on the song, in which he promotes Panda Express. The song was released in 2013 and became a viral hit, charting at number 29 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 in November 2013 and reaching 14 million YouTube views by March 2014. The video for "Chinese Food" included images of Wilson dancing in a panda costume and dancers flanking Gold in (Japanese) geisha outfits.

Despite its chart and viral success, both the song and music video received an overwhelmingly negative response from critics and audiences; it was mainly criticized for having simplistic portrayals of other cultures, with ''Billboard'' deeming it "outright racist" and ranking it second in their 2015 list of "The 10 Worst Songs of the 2010s (So Far)". The video was also the subject of reaction videos by YouTubers including LeafyIsHere and h3h3Productions.10 Viral Video Hits that Charted on the Billboard Hot 100
. ''Billboard'', March 21, 2014. The ''Chicago Reader'' thought it remarkable that the song's "having bugged millions of people in an interestingly annoying way has earned ta spot, however small, in pop's history books." Both Gold and Wilson have discredited the song's accusations of racism, with Gold stating: "I don't really understand what that's all about... I mean, I'm not trying to criticize anyone – I just really love Chinese food!" Wilson removed the video from his channel in 2018, although it was later re-uploaded by others on YouTube.

She later released another single with Wilson titled "ABCDEFG" later in 2013, which did not chart. The song's music video was described by ''The Telegraph'' as "weird and creepy" and "slightly chilling", and it was also removed by Wilson in 2018. The music video for her third and final single with Wilson was "Shush Up" in early 2014, which received backlash over the sexualization of Gold, who was eleven years old at the time. ''Pedestrian'' described Gold's portrayal in the video as "apes tropes of adult sexuality well beyond her years in a variety of outfits and makeup you wouldn’t wish on anyone, let alone a child" and called it highly offensive. The original upload of the video was likewise removed from YouTube, and Gold has not released any new music since.

Alison Gold has since appeared in multiple films such as the 2019 film, ''The Experience,'' which was directed by her relative, Katerina Gorshkov, ''Deadline'' described it as a "an LGBTQ+ coming-of-age drama".

Discography

Other releases
*2013: "Skip Rope" (credited to Tweenchronic)

References

External links

YouTube channel

Instagram Profile

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Living people
2002 births
American Internet celebrities
21st-century American singers
American child pop musicians
Singers from Virginia
American child singers
American women pop singers
Musicians from Fairfax County, Virginia
21st-century American women singers