A Sounding Board for Media and Entertainment Business in Asia 

“When music hits like an epiphany, the only thing to do is let all that creativity out.” - Flanery A chic Parisian journalist turned...

It's now known that HYBE CEO Bang Si Hyuk will be stepping down from his position but remain on the board of directors for the...

Still riding on the high of my last article published on the South China Morning Post about Thai and Vietnamese pop music, and with so...

Song Joong Ki is back and on fire! Since his last film, "The Battleship Island" in 2017 and TV series, "Arthdal Chronicles" in 2019, he...

Shining the spotlight on two artists instead of one this time. If you’re up to date with K-dramas, you’d know Korea's tvN’s “Start-Up”...

SM Entertainment successfully pioneered the bridging of culture and technology. Now, even in a pandemic-struck era, they’re not showing...

The multi-talented K-pop girl quartet, Blackpink has certainly made waves with their latest Netflix original documentary, “Light Up The...

The terms live streaming, VR and AR have now become a new norm of today’s COVID-struck era. Given a significant number of concerts and...

This past weekend concluded Mu:Con 2020, another event, organized by Korea’s Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and hosted by the...

What would it take for another Jay Chou? With his latest release, “Mojito”, we look at reasons why Taiwan’s Prince (or King) of R&B rose...

Reflecting on 2019 with an interesting project I’ve yet to mention. Friends at Dive Studios approached one fine day for some help on with...

This last week had a lot going for Korean hip-hop singer/songwriter, pH-1. For starters, it was his birthday on July 23. Happy Birthday,...

In early May, I had the privilege to personally meet with top Q-pop boyband, Ninety One, in Seoul. Thanks to JUZ Entertainment for...

The 7 boys of BTS (방탄소년단) have taken the world by storm these past few years, with hit songs like "DNA", "Idol", "Fake Love" & their...

You might be thinking pop music from Qatar? Good guess, but Q-pop represents pop music from Kazakhstan. The music scene in Kazakhstan is...

Apart from wedding bells ringing for Rain and Kim Tae Hee, his new single, "The Best Present", Rain made moves to ensure his song was...

More than just CDs, we take a look at how entertainment companies are re-innovating the wheel to make their artists relevant. One of the...

EDM has taken Asia by storm and shows no signs of stopping. The best is yet to come and here’s why. EDM isn’t a new music genre to many,...

Pointers from MusicMarketing.com's David Hooper's book, "Six Figure Musician", plus cases in point. We often hear people say, “the music...

Content is everywhere. How can artists differentiate themselves in this already crowded space? With CDs getting scarcer and streaming...