Music Production In Singapore: A Heart To Heart With Homeground Studios
"I intend to use Homeground Studios as a platform to bring the music production standard in Singapore comparable to UK, America, China and South Korea."
Paranormal Activity 3: Same Winning Formula
I was hesitant about watching Paranormal Activity 3 because the last installment I watched had caused me sleepless nights. It’s almost impossible to top that movie. It was so downright scary & brilliant, that I was pretty convinced that it’s real. (I remember Googling about it, wanting to find out if the movie was based…
POPBITE: 6 Questions with Contemporary Dancer, Matthew Koon
Contemporary dancer Matthew Koon was in Singapore recently to perform during Women’s Fashion Week. Matthew first broke into the dance scene for being the first Chinese boy to play the leading role Billy Elliot in the West End production of Billy Elliot: The Musical at the age of 12. Having won the Young Ballet Dancer…
WIN: La Sardina Caviar Lomography Camera + A Popspoken Photoshoot
UPDATE: The contest is extended to 2nd Dec! Win a limited-edition La Sardina metal analogue camera by following 4 simple steps! Details in the post…
Footloose (2011): It’s Time to Cut Loose
After Fright Night’s success at the box office, we are now less hesitant in watching remakes. Add another new movie to your ‘remakes’ list, guys. Here comes Craig Brewer’s version of Footloose. Footloose is the remake of Herbert Ross’s 1984 iconic classic starring Kevin Bacon and Lori Singer. But no, it’s not a bad remake.…
The Thing (2011): Sleep Inducing
If people have been asking you “What thing is this The Thing?” (we are in Singapore after all, so let’s forgive the english), then your reply should be: “It’s Nothing.” Let’s face it, remakes are hard to do. The trick is to follow the original film as closely as you can and interpret it in…
Our Top 3 Picks from Women’s Fashion Week Haute Couture Exhibition & An Interview with Alexis Mabille
Haute couture has finally arrived in Singapore, the other country besides Paris to host all 3 fashion weeks (the other 2 being men’s fashion and ready-to-wear). It’s really something for tiny Singapore to be the gateway to the Asian market: after proving our media mettle by landing on the top 10 fashionable capitals of the…
5 Rad Things We Previewed from the Upcoming Singapore Writers Festival
With just a few more weeks to go before the Singapore Writers Festival (SWF) begins, we got a peek into 5 awesome things that are going to be happening during the festival. From literary tours to literary meals, there’s just no way a wordsmith (or a literature student) is allowed to miss this. Not when…
Swatch launches Kidrobot line with US artist Joe Ledbetter
I’m not kidding you when I say that this is the first time I’ve been really excited by a Swatch collaboration. Sure enough, there are some amazing collabs out there (Jeremy Scott x Swatch, anyone?) but the true essence of a Swatch is that it’s pretty much a blank canvas. In an age where the…
Movie Review | Real Steel
I gotta admit that upon seeing the trailer, I wasn’t entirely sold. Certainly NOT a Transformers rip-off, Real Steel is much more than just brawling robots. It’s a film with heart and loads of soul. After plenty of rom-coms and family satires under his belt, Shawn Levy impresses us with this sci-fi gem which just might…
Maison Ikkoku Reinvents Haji Lane Enclave with Cafe, Fashion and Bar
Haji Lane really should get a book documenting its rise and fall as a lifestyle enclave (are you listening, BooksActually?). The once oh-so-hip destination for sheesha & Singapore independent fashion was almost begging at its knees once, you know, the wannabes flooded the area – at the same time too many camwhore pictures of girls standing…
Band To Watch Out For: Graffiti6
I enjoy discovering new music from time to time and this band that i’m going to unveil is so good (in my point of view) that it will be such a waste if i don’t share it with my Popspoken readers! Introducing Graffiti6, a duo from London who began collaborating since 2008. Graffiti6 is made…
Fright Night (2011) – Vampires are Scary again
Remakes are hard to do. Story focus, character alignment and even special effects have to be thought out extra carefully. It’s impossible to avoid comparisons and the hordes of die-hard original fans that come with them. Thankfully, there isn’t much to complain about Craig Gillespie’s take on Tom Holland’s 1985 vamp flick cum cult classic Fright…
EXCLUSIVE: Interview with Rising Singapore Fashion Photographer Fadli Rahman
“I’d rather make my work (get) talked about in the Singapore fashion industry, rather than just stay normal.” So says Fadli Rahman, one photographer the Singapore fashion scene is keenly casting its watchful eyes on. From photographing for magazines such as Men’s Folio Magazine to Oxygen Magazine, to styling for various local and regional fashion…
Audi Fashion Festival 2011: What We Didn’t Tell You About The Other Womenswear Fashion Week
Since Women’s Fashion Week is coming this October, we thought what better time to recap the ready-to-wear womenswear fashion week in Singapore! Audi Fashion Festival was held in May and featured stunning collections, from Singapore stalwart alldressedup to regional label Greyhound and international ready-to-wear from Emanuel Ungaro. As we were doing our coverage, there was…
Singapore Becomes 2nd Country To Host Haute Couture Week: Is The Gamble Worth It?
It looks like Singapore is going all out to make it big in the fashion arena.
H&M in Singapore on September 3: Not Just Another Fast-Fashion Store
Yes, Singapore, you can finally say goodbye to Cotton On and all the mats and minahs that follow with it. H&M finally opens its stores this morning (3 September), 11am at Orchard Building, where California Fitness used to be. (Imagine that yoga room now stocking candy-coloured shoes!) A long time coming indeed, for the Swedish…