If you’ve ever searched up “chill study music” on YouTube, you’re probably familiar with the iconic thumbnail of #aesthetic anime girl working diligently on some labor-intensive assignment. As an avid listener to these types of channels myself, I have grown quite fond of the cozy beats that have kept me sane through numerous late-night cram […]
A teacher I had once told me that the worst thing you could give an artist is absolute freedom–no time restrictions, no rules. While that might sound great to some, those limitless possibilities are enough to paralyse most people. After all, without anyone holding you back, you’ll never get your project done until you’ve 100% […]
What is Taiwan’s underground music scene like? That’s a hard question to answer, especially if you don’t really speak Chinese. There’s no doubt that it’s a growing scene (Midnight Ping Pong, for example), but there’s an air of exclusivity to it thanks to that language barrier. For the most part, local Taiwanese artists are only […]
Singing in Mandarin is difficult. On top of actually being able to hit the proper notes, Mandarin is a tonal language, which means that if you’re not careful with the way you speak, you could be saying one thing when you actually mean the other. Maybe this is a major reason why most of the […]
Why does everything have to be so serious? On his new song and video for “Childish”, Filipino-American producer/DJ Bohkeh (Rj Lim) proves that growing-up is overrated. Lim, whose remixes and self-produced music have garnered a small fanbase on SoundCloud, has already released three short EPs (Bright, Cotton, and Cafe) and has dropped enough singles to […]