Asian Pop Nation

After releasing a joint collaboration album back in July titled, "AAA", indie powerhouses HYUKOH & Sunset Rollercoaster are ready to bring their album to life with their upcoming November tour across Australia! In preparation for an once-in-a-lifetime concert experience, Tracy sat down with frontmen Oh Hyuk from HYUKOH and Kuo Kuo from Sunset Rollercoaster to chat all about the work that went behind intertwining two creative visions from Korea and Taiwan together plus a little tale about taxes. 🪁

Chinese translations during the interview: 

(04:48) 因为台湾的中文舌头比较平 : because Taiwanese Chinese has flatter tones

(05:09) 台灣通勤第一品牌 (shortened to 台通 tái tōng) : a popular Taiwanese podcast show

(06:16) 华侨 huáqiáo : A diasporic Chinese person

You can find out more about the "AAA Tour" through here.

You can also listen to "AAA" on Spotify, Apple Music and YouTube. 

You can also follow HYUKOH on their website and Instagram, and also Sunset Rollercoaster on their website and Instagram, to hear about all their future releases and projects.

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A brand new month also comes with a brand new season of APN! With the power of uploading episodes back to back, it probably doesn't feel like a big break for you, dear listeners, but over here in APN, we have been cooking up a bunch of surprises behind the scenes & are finally ready to reveal it now! Starting with our very special interview with both HYUKOH & Sunset Rollercoaster in the lead up to their upcoming tour in November, the up's and down's Asian folks have been facing on TV, the KATSEYE takeover and a certain comedian opening up a certain fried rice restaurant. Tune in to this episode to find out all of the details! 🍚

(00:00) Our interview with HYUKOH & Sunset Rollercoaster

(17:54) Asians on TV: Shōgun’s record breaking Emmy wins, The Bachelorette, Bridgerton

(27:22) One Uncle Roger fried rice restaurant opens and suddenly all hell breaks loose

(39:01) The KATSEYE phenomenon

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Once upon a time, the APN team sat all together in the SYN studios, to record the final episode of Season 3 back in September... and now you get to hear exactly what we chatted about on that faithful night! There will be plenty of tales about the concert experiences to come from both the Laufey & aespa shows last month, and for the anime enthusiasts out there, you will also get to hear our thoughts about the 2024 Animaga Expo, so gather around for our final Season 3 episode for the year! 

(02:23) Annabella's POV experiencing A Very Laufey Day in Melbourne

(11:44) Le and Liz's POV experiencing Laufey's Bewitched: The Goddess Tour at the Palais Theatre

(22:24) Ethan and Lisha's POV experiencing aespa's SYNK: PARALLEL LINE at Rod Laver Arena

(34:31) Le and Lisha's POV experiencing Animaga Expo 2024 at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre

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Please note that SYN does not have the rights to podcast the music it plays on 90.7FM. That means you'll have listen live on SYN 90.7FM | DAB+ syn.org.au every Tuesday from 8pm to 10pm for all the wonderful tunes.

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Have you ever wanted all of the behind-the-scenes tea from being in a televised documentary about becoming a manga creator or maybe you wanted to relish the past "joyful" memories of being an Asian kid going to your daily Kumon class? Well, this episode of APN will have some special guests here & there, who are ready to spill on their personal experiences going through these core memories of their lives.

You can watch the documentary through the official NHK website. Be sure to also check out the one-shot manga's by Enewald and Monotone Ink to see their finalized work in action!

(02:23) NHK's Documentary "Discovering Tomorrow's Manga Masters"

(31:26) The Kumon Experience 😐

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Please note that SYN does not have the rights to podcast the music it plays on 90.7FM. That means you'll have listen live on SYN 90.7FM | DAB+ syn.org.au every Tuesday from 8pm to 10pm for all the wonderful tunes.

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Some unfortunate technical issues in the past couple of weeks has led APN to have a few miscellaneous topics that might seem old news now as we reach the end of August. But please bare with us as we take a trip down memory lane to APN's collective first reactions to seeing the hit Thai film, 'How To Make Millions Before Grandma Dies' in Australian cinemas, while also hearing some insane tales to come from IVE's first ever Melbourne show back in July & 3rd generation girl groups slowly fading away from us. 😔

(01:04) First reactions to How To Make Millions Before Grandma Dies

(12:18) POV: You are Ethan doing everything you can to see IVE in Melbourne

(22:30) The story of Weki Meki and the current state of 3rd gen K-pop girl groups

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Please note that SYN does not have the rights to podcast the music it plays on 90.7FM. That means you'll have listen live on SYN 90.7FM | DAB+ syn.org.au every Tuesday from 8pm to 10pm for all the wonderful tunes.

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In classic APN fashion, we will be returning to our good old friend aka the Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF for short), to highlight some of the films in their 2024 line-up that were done by Asian filmmakers across the globe! 📽️ For some bonus shenanigans, the team decide to interrogate Ethan on his trip to Jakarta & Singapore whilst also looking into the Hatsune Miku Australian takeover that is slowly but surely approaching us...  

(00:58) Asian films at MIFF 2024

(23:48) Ethan visits Jakarta & Singapore (warning: there will be Minions mentioned)

(33:25) Hatsune Miku touring Australia

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Please note that SYN does not have the rights to podcast the music it plays on 90.7FM. That means you'll have listen live on SYN 90.7FM | DAB+ syn.org.au every Tuesday from 8pm to 10pm for all the wonderful tunes.

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There has been an influx of shows, movies, books & pop culture events that each of our team members have wanted to yap about on APN for AGES but it all kept being put into the backburner until now! So listen in to hear all about it, from some of our general thoughts about hit TV series, Shogun & The Sympathizer to books such as Yellowface by R.F. Kuang and even the phenomena of K-pop entering the Western market.

(01:56) SM’s new UK-focused boy group and the concept of "global groups"

(13:35) TV series reviews: The Sympathizer and Shogun

(24:04) Movie reviews: How To Make Millions Before Grandma Dies and Ultraman: Rising

(29:42) Asian rep on Masterchef Australia (Season 16)

(34:28) Book review: Yellowface by R.F. Kuang

(44:48) SEVENTEEN at Glastonbury Festival 2024

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Please note that SYN does not have the rights to podcast the music it plays on 90.7FM. That means you'll have listen live on SYN 90.7FM | DAB+ syn.org.au every Tuesday from 8pm to 10pm for all the wonderful tunes.

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After a tiny little hibernation period of us here at APN, we are officially back for Season 3! 🥳 Just like everyone else in the year of 2024, whenever there is any sort of break time, Japan seems to be the top destination for people across the globe to travel straight to and... we were definitely no different as one of our team members, Jessie, visited this buzzing country for the very first time. You are going to be able to hear all about the woes and joys of travelling to Japan in this episode, with Jessie's own personal spin to it! 

(01:28) Pre-trip: The do's and don'ts in Japan

(16:04) Post-trip: What were Jessie's thoughts after travelling to Japan?

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Please note that SYN does not have the rights to podcast the music it plays on 90.7FM. That means you'll have listen live on SYN 90.7FM | DAB+ syn.org.au every Tuesday from 8pm to 10pm for all the wonderful tunes.

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In honour of our last episode for Season 2, we are going to look back into some of the most memorable music videos that shaped us! From the ones that made us cry when we were kids to the ones that made us scratch our heads a bit, we will be taking a trip down memory lane to revisit some of our personal faves and maybe some of yours as well! 

(01:09) Angsty 2nd-gen K-pop MV's (K.Will, Big Bang, JYJ & F.T. Island)

(13:04) An MV filled with pure nostalgia (BTS)

(15:58) Silly & Goofy MVs (SHINee, AOA & EXO)

(25:20) MV's with the most convoluted plots of all time (B.A.P, MBLAQ & 2NE1)

(33:50) Aesthetically memorable MV's (Jus2, TWICE, Red Velvet, T-ARA, VIXX, U-KISS)

(38:30) Non-kpop related music videos shoutout! (RAN, Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham, NIKI)

(45:05) Recent memorable K-pop MV's (IVE & ARTMS)

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Please note that SYN does not have the rights to podcast the music it plays on 90.7FM. That means you'll have listen live on SYN 90.7FM | DAB+ syn.org.au every Tuesday from 8pm to 10pm for all the wonderful tunes.

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With the weather getting colder every single day, you might need a little remedy for the sickness you might have caught and what's a better cure than the brand new single titled 'cold medicine' released by the Western Sydney bedroom pop artist herself, tiffi! She joins Le & Lisha to chat all about the inspiration behind her latest tracks as well digging into what made tiffi the young musical gem she is today! 🐰

You can listen to cold medicine on Spotify, Apple Music and YouTube. 

You can also follow tiffi on Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok to hear about all her future releases and projects.

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