Jazz-pop… it’s so hot right now! There’s been a recent resurgence of the genre thanks in large part to acts like Laufey, Liana Flores, and Mei Semones (still one of my all-time favorites) making it big, and it’s here to stay. That seems to be good news for the anonymous Taiwanese singer Whyte (stylized as […]
Every year Taiwan Beats throws an amazing party at SXSW’s Elysium, and this one was no exception. Usually, there are the established artists that we’ve all come to know and love (Elephant Gym, 9m88) who anchor the showcase, but every year there are also some up-and-coming musicians who are criminally overlooked. This time around, that […]
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 Wu’s influences go deeper than just that. That much is apparent in his killer set of Spotify playlists, named after […]
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, he doesn’t consider his job particularly glamorous. Day in and day out, he checks people into the hotel. The next […]
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 everything (and I mean everything!) used to come in colorful plastic bags. Whether that was from groceries, the myriad of […]