My previous two posts were kinda deep (read: assignments from uni) so I’m going to take it easy and write about something more chill that I’ve been thinking a lot about lately. From its conception a good 35 years ago, Final Fantasy had always been known for it’s amazing music…

Having considered how Grimes’ Miss Anthropocene is a landmark work that demonstrates how music’s hybridity makes it perfect for discussing the environmental crisis, it is worth looking more into the vocabulary used to articulate these anxieties. In my earlier discussion, entanglements with different forms such as Bollywood cinema, epic poetry…

In February 2020, billboards declaring ‘Global Warming is Good’ were put up the world over as part of the promotional efforts for the concept album Miss Anthropocene by Canadian musician, Claire Boucher, better known as Grimes. Designed by concept artist Ryder Ripps, their aim was to revitalize the narrative on…

Despite finding myself enjoying Jessica Jung’s Shine where she detailed how sh-I mean, Rachel, clawed her way towards K-Pop superstar-dom, I found its sequel, Bright, ironically dull and instead, rather problematic. This series was always going to blur the lines between fiction and reality, especially since there’s so much mystery…

When Raya and the Last Dragon was first announced, I was naturally excited. Very excited in fact to finally get the chance of seeing my own culture getting canonised within Disney’s vocabulary. Well, I had Mulan, and also arguably Moana which I still claim even today being an island boy…

Following from Helen’s capacity to navigate invisibly through overt networks of power and subtly challenge them in her own mysterious ways, aside from being renowned for her beauty, Helen is also a very attractive figure for post-colonial literature where hegemonic structures are being reconfigured. Particularly striking is when the popular…

We’ve all heard of Helen of Troy or perhaps, Helen of Sparta, and we all probably know her for her beauty, being the face who had “launched a thousand ships”. Those who are vaguely familiar with Homer and Greek Antiquity may also add that she, a Queen in her own…

Aside from affecting life through the implementation of new laws, perceptions of sounds and how they affect life can also be shaped by controlling the spaces through which we receive sounds. Of relevance here, is the reception of Getai, a form of entertainment where folk songs are performed with a…

202 years had passed since Stamford Raffles, the British statesman that established Singapore as a trading post for the British East India Company, first set foot onto the island. However, the fact remains that some things do not change. An example of this is the island’s position as a thriving…