If you’re debating whether or not to show up to H1GHR MUSIC‘s 2018 tour, which kicked off last week in Chicago, take it from a couple of people who were at …
Read More »SXSW 2018: CHAI talk about their self-love message & neo-kawaii in interview
Meet Japanese four-member girl band CHAI, whose vibrant personalities and their affinity for millennial pink have helped them redefine what it means to be kawaii. The quartet, comprised of twins …
Read More »SXSW 2018: Lee Hi performs unreleased songs & KARD hold own concert to cap off Korea Spotlight
When we last left our Korea Spotlight recap at SXSW 2018, HeyArrrrnold had taken us through a wild journey of the majority of the show, leaving only a few acts …
Read More »SXSW 2018: Crush, DPR Live, Junoflo ensured the rebranded Korea Spotlight got off on right foot
Leaving behind the name ‘K-Pop Night Out‘ has been a long time coming for KOCCA‘s premiere Korean showcase at SXSW, now rebranded as ‘Korea Spotlight‘, yet it’s perhaps the most …
Read More »SXSW 2018: Everybody was feeling the love at the Kollaboration showcase
Before diving into this year’s Kollaboration showcase, I would like to preface by mentioning the atmosphere I felt at SXSW leading up to it. This year, there was a lot …
Read More »SXSW 2018: Prairie WWWW talk about their origin & message in video interview
There is no shortage of musical discoveries at SXSW. When it comes to the festival, that’s been the whole point since the beginning. For every Lady Gaga or Jay-Z, you …
Read More »SXSW 2018: Taiwan Beats brings something for everyone with Vanness Wu, PoeTek, Sangpuy
South By Southwest (SXSW) might be over, but the fun is only getting started. And by fun I mean the grueling hours of sobering up I have to do to …
Read More »KARD, Jay Park, Hyukoh, Crush, Lee Hi, DPR Live headline the Korean acts at SXSW 2018
Asian Junkie will be at SXSW this year yet again … well probably, assuming my two writers don’t get SARS or whatever like last year. The lineup of Korean acts …
Read More »SXSW 2017: Red Velvet provide desperately needed shot of energy at ‘K-Pop Night Out’
Ask almost anyone who showed up for SXSW 2017‘s now famous ‘K-Pop Night Out‘ who they were in line to see this year, and their reply would be Red Velvet. …
Read More »MBA drop diss song against US customs over Don Malik visa row, cite Asian Junkie
I’m not sure how to even begin this. Um, so you know that Don Malik visa issue where he got his SXSW 2017 performance cancelled and alleged he and his …
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