Day: 11/08/2022

The Metaverse Summit USA is set to happen from 28-29 September, 2022, Bay Area, California. Attendees will be meeting at the Crowne Plaza Foster City – San Mateo, centrally located on the San Francisco Peninsula between Downtown San Francisco and Silicon Valley. The future of the internet is here, well, almost. With the potential to […]

EVERGLOW member Aisha has been hospitalised due to a “sudden health deterioration” and will not join her bandmates at the K-pop festival HallyuPopFest in Sydney this weekend, her label says. READ MORE: HallyuPopFest London 2022 review: K-pop festival’s UK debut suffers some hiccups but emerges triumphant South Korean news outlet News1 reported earlier today (August 11) that […]

The Filipino spin-off to Ru Paul’s Drag Race, Drag Race Philippines, has received a new teaser ahead of the show’s premiere next week. Set to premiere on August 17 on WOW Presents Plus worldwide and on discovery+ and HBO Go in the Philippines, the new 49-second trailer gives viewers a glimpse at the various challenges […]

A new K-pop festival that’s “something like” SUPER JUNIOR‘s Super Show 9 is being teased for the Philippines in late October. READ MORE: Here are the biggest concerts and music festivals to catch in Southeast Asia in 2022 K-Pop fanpage Happee Hour shared a teaser trailer for an unnamed K-pop festival, which will reportedly take […]

Thai indie band Rosalyn have released their debut album ‘Skin’. READ MORE: MILLI: “I’m not here to represent conventional ‘Thainess’. I’m here to represent who I am as a Thai person” ‘Skin’ was released today (August 11) on all streaming platforms, and was largely written during the throes of the COVID-19 pandemic – leading to […]

Thai rapper AUTTA has released the music video for his latest single ‘สุดท้ายแล้วเราจะ (We’ll Finally)’ featuring folk rockers Greasy Cafe. READ MORE: MILLI: “I’m not here to represent conventional ‘Thainess’. I’m here to represent who I am as a Thai person” The new music video was released on August 10 via label Yupp! Entertainment, telling […]

A viral Twitter thread reportedly calling gigs “entertainment for the bottom 40 per cent” has been lambasted by Malaysian musicians and gig-goers. READ MORE: The Filters: the Malaysian ‘fractional math rock’ band taking apart the human condition A Twitter account named “Malaysia Most Virall” (sic) posted a video of gig-goers moshing to hardcore band Naratu […]

Former Sheila On 7 drummer Brian Kresno Putra has announced the return of his previous band Tiket. READ MORE: Kinder Bloomen: the Indonesian six-piece making eternal jams for the psychedelic mind The band announced their return with the reveal of their new lineup with an Instagram post on August 10, revealing Brian alongside longtime Tiket […]

BLACKPINK are continuing the hype for their imminent new single, ‘Pink Venom’, sharing a series of posters evoking the character-centric teaser sheets for Hollywood blockbusters. READ MORE: The 15 best K-pop songs of 2022 – so far All four members of the South Korean girl group – which consists of Jisoo, Jennie, Rosé and Lisa – […]

Shawn Mendes has given a brief update on his mental health, telling fans he’s “just taking it easy” after cancelling his world tour last month. READ MORE: Pop is Not A Dirty Word: Why I reckon Shawn Mendes is the Gen-Z Bruce Springsteen Early in July, Mendes postponed three weeks worth of shows in North […]