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HypnoticAsia has an exclusive interview with Korean Indie Punk band Crying Nut! They’ll be returning to the U.S. for their tour and to play at SXSW yet again this year. Through this interview, the members speak about their upcoming U.S. Tour, what they want to do here, their set list, and what it was like performing at SXSW back in…
HypnoticAsia holds an exclusive interview with Dawen! Dawen is a singer-songwriter from Chicago before moving to Los Angeles for 4 years and living as an independent artist. Now, the singer signs with Universal Music Taiwan and has debuted his first major label album in Mandarin Chinese entitled “Hello.” Back in 2010, Dawen competed at Kollaboration Acoustic 4 and received the…
What is “Substance without Style”? Jason Chu brings you on a journey in this first track, “Free.” Free in this song has many connotations. His desire for freedom in this song is a freedom from expectation, from judgements due to his race, and freedom from fear to speak his truth. He summarizes his journey as a rapper, growing and expanding…
HypnoticAsia’s exclusive interview with Jason Chu! All the information you need to know about the artist and his upcoming album “Millennial.” Chu is an Asian-American hip-hop artist based in LA with the mission, “to speak about the world he sees, a world filled with the struggle between joy and cynicism, greed and hope, hurt and healing.” His music is…
Official release – January 28, 2014 The concept behind the album “Strength in NUMBERS” is clear. CHOPS assembled some of the latest and greatest Asian American performers and put together an album to showcase their talent and his skills as a producer. As a whole, the album is solid and contains some very powerful storytelling. Here we’ll break down some…
New girl group, Kiss&Cry debuts with a sexy concept music video, titled “Domino Game.” Kiss&Cry consists of four members: Bo Hye, Dia, Hae Na, and Soyumi. Most of the members have performed on stage before; Dia promoted as a solo artist and released several singles, Bo Hye was part of the girl group, named “Bella,” and Soyumi was part of…
“Geek’s Louie is coming back with his first solo album on 23rd with the album ‘Where You At’. The songs ‘Where You At’ and ‘Twilight’ is released. ‘Where You At’ is the name of Louie’s first solo album and it talks about the inspirations that you get in daily life, and it draws it in a ‘drawing way’. Louie has…
Shannon will be debuting soon as a solo member under Core Contents Media, which is home to T-ARA, Speed, Davichi, The Seeya, and F-VE Dolls. Known for her outstanding vocals, Shannon gained more attention by singing IU’s “Good Day” and Beyonce’s “Listen.” Shannon, real name Shannon Arrum Williams, is former F-VE Dolls member who left the group due to personal…
Helping a fellow brother out, Hong Jong Hyun made a surprise appearance in Hong Dae Kwang’s upcoming music video. In the midst of a beautiful snowfall, Hong Dae Kwang narrates as Hong Jong Hyun is seen investigating a crime scene. The narration goes, “I didn’t know then. That the answer given to me didn’t have an answer. And then I…
G. IAM recently released their music video teaser and revealed that they will be promoting as a trio. Today G. IAM unleashes their fourth single and music video titled, “You’re My Everything.” G. IAM’s other three members have left the group for other reasons and the remaining members, A-Tom, U1, and Paulo, are back with a new concept and image.…