Freshman year can be a scary experience. It’s a time of transition–a chance for you to redefine yourself, but also a time that brings upon feelings of anxiety and loneliness. Will I fit in? Am I smart enough? Am I good enough for anyone–am I good enough for myself? Those thoughts alone are enough to […]
It’s been a great couple of months for 19 year old Manila-based artist Denice Quimbo. A full-time film student and part-time musician, Quimbo (who goes by the name Ruru online) made waves in the Internet community after self-producing and self-releasing two successful projects, Sleep EP and Far Out. Her bedroom-pop aesthetic, saccharine yet confessional, has found quite the […]
Chances are, you probably haven’t been keeping up with the latest episodes of American Idol or The Voice have been. A shadow of what they used to be back in their hey-day, the classic American singing competition has recently fallen into a slump, perpetually competing with the likes of YouTube and other programs for consumer attention. That also spells […]
For all you wonky collaboration lovers, here’s another one to keep on your radar: Korean-American K-POP idol/rapper Grazy Grace and Singaporean R&B singer Sam Rui have teamed up to create a few songs for an unnamed mixtape, self-releasing them on their personal YouTube and SoundCloud channels. Both artists, who seemingly exist in completely different music […]
What do you see when you look at a painting by Japanese artist Indo Hisashi? For most, the answer is nothing. Hisashi’s paintings are monochromatic, simplistic, and seemingly unskilled to most–belonging to the same class of controversial modern-art painters like Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, and Robert Ryman. But although most people would write-off his paintings […]