Good indie music in Asia✨
I still remember exactly how it felt the first time I heard Whitney’s debut album, 『Light Upon The Lake』. If I had to sum it up in one word: overwhelmingly nostalgic. What is nostalgia, really? It isn’t simply about feeling nostalgic. It’s an affection for, and longing toward, a past that has slipped away, tinged […]
Hi there! This is the BELONG Media editorial team. Have you ever done something and thought, “If it’s come to this… we’re truly done for”? This is the second installment of our four-part staff roundtable on the theme “Screenshots and photos we just had to take,” featuring wakiki (moderator), yabori, Takita, and Maririn. This time, […]
Hi there! This is the BELONG Media editorial team. Does your phone’s screenshot folder keep growing, never quite organized? Mixed in with all the useful reference shots, there’s always that one meme or bizarre image you just can’t bring yourself to delete. Today, four BELONG Media staff members — wakiki (moderator), yabori, Takita, and Maririn […]
June 9, 2026, FEVER in Shindaita. Maisie Everett of The Belair Lip Bombs, hailing from Frankston, Australia, sat down together with Nobuki Akiyama and Yosuke Shimonaka of the Japanese rock band DYGL. This conversation brought together two acts who have delivered music from two island nations, Japan and Australia, speaking candidly about the hardships of […]
Where Do People Watch Comedy Sketches Now? Wakiki’s Pick: The Charm of Kabe Poster Why I’m Hooked on Their Radio Segment The Wit Behind the Yamanote Line Game Chihara Junior’s Zaou, and the Magic of Watching Manzai Live
Hello from the BELONG Media editorial team! To everyone who reads our articles — have you ever wondered, “What face do you make when your favorite comedian scores the lowest points in competition history?” Marilyn has the answer. And for some reason, she looked incredibly proud. Continuing from last time, three members of the BELONG […]
Hi there! This is the BELONG Media editorial team. To all of you who read our articles — have you ever wondered, “What if the editor of a music media outlet had quietly started doing something completely different?” It turns out yabori has secretly awakened to a new creative pursuit. And when he traced it […]
“Even if I die, I’ll live forever.” The fate of everything around us, that it will one day meet a certain death, is an ever-present truth. The mere remembrance of it is enough to send a subtle cold breeze down the space between the cloth and the neck’s skin. Noguchi Bun is a 24-year-old Japanese […]
Where Does “Thee” Come From? — The Journey of One Word Connecting Surabaya, Tokyo, and East Los Angeles For many Japanese listeners, “Thee” immediately brings to mind THEE MICHELLE GUN ELEPHANT. That band dominated Japan’s rock scene in the 1990s, and their name carried the word “Thee” — but where did it actually come from? […]
Why the Word “Soulrabaya” Was Born — Thee Marloes on Their Second Album “We just do what feels natural to us” — so why did a band that says this end up being discovered by a prestigious New York label, and how did their music reach listeners around the world? Thee Marloes, a trio from […]