Good indie music in Asia✨
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 […]
“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 […]
“Not quite sky, but not quite space either.” That is the kind of distance you feel listening to Happypills. Yuki Kondo has been committed to expressing bedroom indie pop in Japanese, and now, five years on, he is releasing the EP 『happypills (dream)』. From the influence of Galileo Galilei and The Drums, to connections made […]
Not a film, not anime — but you’ll be up until midnight anyway. Streaming services like Netflix are full of content that defies easy categorization. In this BELONG Media roundtable, we decided to step into that hard-to-talk-about zone on purpose. A dating reality show packed with yankii delinquents, a drama about 51-year-old men channeling their […]
This is a series where BELONG Media staff chat about their everyday experiences and adventures. This time, the topic is nothing less than the “All-Japan Pillow Fight Championship in Ito Onsen” — which Maririn actually entered and competed in! Pillow fighting: once the secret highlight of school trip nights. But did you know it has […]