Taiwanese bedroom pop artist Layton Wu is an easy-going guy who wants to make music for fun. Make no mistake: while his music and visual aesthetic heavily borrows from 90s nostalgia and bedroom pop, Layton ...
A lone receptionist stands behind his desk. At all times, he maintains a demeanor that is equal parts serious, bored, and annoyed. He keeps his desk neat, and though the hotel is clean and modern, ...
Plastic bags are everywhere, and they aren’t going away anytime soon. But for a small island nation like Taiwan, perhaps the presence of plastic bags is more overbearing–the country used to be a place where ...
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 ...
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 ...
What does it take to be an international pop star in 2018? Karencici's about to find out.