カテゴリー: Pop and rock
Bumzu is one of the most influential people in K-pop, helping shape South Korea’s multibillion-dollar global music businessWhen Jin from the superstar boyband BTS released Super Tuna – an upbeat song about his favourite pastime, fishing – it instantly …
The singer, who was swept up in a raid on people linked to StandNews, has been an outspoken critic of Beijing for yearsThe arrest of Cantopop star Denise Ho in a raid on reporters and prominent figures linked to the Hong Kong media outlet StandNews has…
US-born singer-songwriter Wang Leehom accused of infidelity and emotional abuse by Lee JingleiThe highly successful Mandarin-speaking singer-songwriter Wang Leehom has issued a public apology to his ex-wife after a high-profile family row that has grip…
The multi-genre artist’s bold sound and confrontation of Indian social problems are winning him a growing audience – and a surprise new collaborator in US rapper Lil BIn 2000, pregnant 19-year-old Harpreet Kaur was found dead in mysterious circumstance…
Nermin Niazi and Feisal Mosleh were teenage immigrants blending their Pakistani musical heritage with Pet Shop Boys and Depeche Mode – and their punchy disco LP has been rescued from obscurityOpening its doors in 1970, Birmingham’s Zella Studios played…
The Casteless Collective are repurposing the bawdy gaana style to confront class conflict – and call out everything from corruption to violence against womenWhen Isaivani starts singing the “beef song” with happy abandon it is nearly 10pm. The audience…
I dread getting calls in the middle of the night in case it is to tell me about another suicide by a K-drama actor or K-pop celebrityOn a hot August day in 2008, I was invited to appear on a TV entertainment programme hosted by actor Ahn Jae-hwan. I no…