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an unhinged, unstructured, unfiltered deep dive into 'AAA Live'

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I have so much to say about ‘AAA Live’ that I don’t know where to start. I was so excited about this album that I was simply going to journal about everything I thought about it. Then I remembered I have a music blog where I should start being more unhinged and unfiltered. So here is my journal entry about ‘AAA Live.’ I can’t even begin to explain the thrill in my heart when I saw people posting that a live version of ‘AAA’ had been released. Having Haoting as your favourite Sunset Rollercoaster member gives you the advantage of watching every fancam he was tagged in, since he reposts all of them without exception to his story, giving you a wonderful snapshot into whatever concert he played the night before. This, however, comes at the cost of intense FOMO and wishing you were also there at every single show. Spending days tapping through 30 angles of his solo in ‘My Jinji’ and 20 of his mind-blowing interlude on ‘Kite War,’ I often felt so disappointed that I would never be able to ex...
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Creating in the age of AI.

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This is a bit of a different and more personal post than what I usually write on here, but I thought I couldn’t go much longer without addressing the elephant in the room – AI-generated art. Recently, watching AI-generated Studio Ghibli-style pictures circulate the Internet has added to a sense of hopelessness and anger around creating art. Although I haven’t watched many Ghibli films, I have read about Director Hayao Miyazaki’s views on AI and life in general and witnessed the incomparably comforting quality of his animations that speak to the beauty in the slowness of human existence. Thus, watching AI instantly, emotionlessly generating his art felt like an insult – an insult to him and all artists everywhere. And it added to a looming feeling of futility that I cannot fully banish every time I sit down to write, to sing, to create in general.  The instantaneousness of AI-generated art and the fact that anyone can make it and replicate existing art styles, writing styles and wor...
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Channeling Female Rage Through Music (Women's Month Special)

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This Women’s Month, I wanted to write a post about songs expressing female rage. Rage or anger are emotions that women are often told to mask or suppress, and we are expected to be quiet, polite and agreeable. Expressing rage or anger is often seen as ‘unladylike’ and is frowned upon. Women thus don’t often get to express the rage that comes with being oppressed by the patriarchy in so many aspects of our lives. As the world regresses further into oppressive systems that deny women the rights to reproductive care, work and free expression, I think rage is a key emotion women are collectively experiencing this Women’s Month. It is a valid emotion that we should experience and channel into action. And so, let’s dive into some music that helps us express this rage together! TW: This post contains mentions of grooming, abusive relationships and sexual abuse. If any of these topics trigger you, please refrain from reading further. Of late, more women are sharing their experiences with groom...
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