The irony that I was about to talk to Bong Joon-Ho about his award-winning film, Parasite, in one of the fanciest neighborhoods in Los Angeles (Beverly Hills, to be exact) was not lost on me. I was surrounded by giant, bodacious houses and lounging around in a green-room filled with delicate artisan pastries, an exquisite […]
If there’s one song that spoke to the power of YouTube algorithms in 2018, it would have to be Mariya Takeuchi’s “Plastic Love”. Almost out of nowhere, this decades-old Japanese pop song which had once dominated the charts in its native Japan found second life as one of 2018’s surprise Internet hits. Takeuchi’s song, which […]
South-Korean indie rockers Say Sue Me are back again today with a video for their song “B Lover”, one of the songs off of their sophomore album Where We Were Together and the B-side for their fantastic single “Just Joking Around” that they released one month ago. Not surprising, considering the name of the song! Directed by […]
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 […]
What does it take to be an international pop star in 2018? Karencici's about to find out.