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Staff Room: Comedians We Love to Champion
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 […]
From Sketch Comedy to Fiction: yabori’s Creative Roots
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 […]
Noguchi Bun | “Even If I Die, I’ll Live Forever” Review
“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 Did “Thee” Come From? A Garage Rock Story
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? […]
Thee Marloes: The Story Behind “Soulrabaya”
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 […]
Stella Donnelly on Cherry Blossoms, Passion, and 『Love and Fortune』
Stella Donnelly has just wrapped her first Japan tour in three years, visiting Osaka, Nagoya, and Tokyo in April 2026 to support her third album 『Love and Fortune』, released in November 2025. Before arriving in Japan, she toured Australia, the UK, and Europe, carrying songs that are quieter and more introspective than anything she has […]
Gia Margaret: On Reclaiming Her Voice and the Meaning of Singing
After years of writing about music, you develop an instinct. Tap play, wait a few seconds, and you know whether an album is merely good or whether it promises something genuinely rare. Of course, that instinct can be wrong in either direction. But with Gia Margaret’s new album 『Singing』, the verdict arrived the moment 「Everyone […]
The Parade Exclusive Interview | Sweden’s Mystery Band on City of Dreams
“We are not clowns.” That single line may say everything there is to say about The Parade. Based in Sweden, they released their debut album 『City of Dreams』 without ever sharing a clear artist photo or revealing who they are. A pub, a darts match, a woman’s voice singing along to a song long after […]
molar system on Their First Japan Tour and EP 『system malfunction』
“I once whispered it almost like a wish — that I hoped to perform in Japan someday — and before I knew it, it had come true.” It was a chance encounter with members of the Japanese band bed that set the wheels in motion for molar system’s first visit to Japan. This Seoul-based indie […]