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Audience Analysis: Why Are There So Many Kpop Fans Entering the Metal Space?
If you’re on MetalTok, you might have noticed some new faces and specifically more Kpop profile pictures flooding the comments and creating content. Where the ever-so-lovingly referred to “MoshTok” used to be a very niche but large community, there seems to be an influx of fans coming in from other music spaces. Specifically, the Bad Omens fans (or…
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This is Why I Share My Music with Everyone – And I Mean Everyone
I share my music with everyone. I share music with strangers, friends, family, coworkers – anyone who’s curious. I love sharing what I listen to because, while I dabble in other hobbies, music seems to be the only timeless hobby and passion I’ve had since I was a child. That passion never died down, but…
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This Music Scene is (Mostly) Untouched by Influencer Culture and Continues to Thrive
If you scrolled through TikTok this year during Coachella, you’d find that some of the usual faces were missing from this year’s attendance list, but not only that – it was revealed by some users that many influencers were getting dressed for the big event, driving to the grounds, taking photos, and then leaving without…
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I Was in Therapy for a Year During the Pandemic – Here’s Some of What I Learned
It was a fairly easy decision to start therapy. At the time I was still working for Starbucks, and the pandemic had just started. Business were starting to close and the news reports of Asian hate crimes began to sky rocket. While most of my peers groaned over the thought of having nothing to do,…
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Face Value – the End Game for the Model Minority Myth
In the latest move to shift and break the ties that hold Asian Americans to the myth of being the perfect minority, hiding our struggles with racism and poverty in America, Alan Z and noted rapper and activist Jason Chu have made the big move in their latest collaborative work titled Face Value.
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To the people who don’t understand the “hype” around BTS and their success in America,
People are obsessed with the idea of an underdog succeeding – that’s just the way it’s always been. Ed Sheeran, Justin Bieber, Carly Rae Jepsen – they all started out on Youtube, and now they are household names. They were talent under our noses, and they deserved their spotlight. So, when they finally had the…
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