Jovi Ho

Co-written with Manfred Tham If Social Media were a class, discussions about ads and its place would be an ongoing assignment. The popular selfie and brunch-photo sharing app, Instagram, recently announced plans to monetise its business through ads – sponsored posts that will appear on timelines masquerading as updates from your friends and stalkees. Naturally, the response online has been… unbridled, to say the least. It all fits into the 3 logic laws of the Internet: 1) Never click on ads that contain the words “FREE” or “Congratulations”, 2) Never read a comment section, and 3) Always complain every time there is a new…

Each week, the Music vertical spotlights one song – new or #throwback, local or international, and across various genres. Check back every Monday for our curated pick of the week, and drop us an email at [email protected] if you’re a local artist with a new track that you’ll like us to hear!  ::: Disclosure ft. Lorde – “Magnets” LORDE IS BACK. Standing under two blood moons, sulking at a party, having a fit dancing in a black raincoat, killing a man – all classic Lorde. This brilliant, tribal-infused collab and its purr-fect video make “Magnets” our song of the week! After (doing an excellent job)…

Each week, the Music vertical spotlights one song – new or #throwback, local or international, and across various genres. Check back every Monday for our curated pick of the week, and drop us an email at [email protected] if you’re a local artist with a new track that you’ll like us to hear!  ::: The Sam Willows – “For Love” Following the massive success of the local quartet’s lead single “Take Heart“, The Sam Willows are back with the second single off their upcoming self-titled debut album (that’s a lot of adjectives). “For Love” is a pop/folktronica song that’s right at home…

We’ve come a long way in terms of technological advancements, but shopping from home is definitely one of the most ingenious marks of progress in the 21st century. As a spoken statement, “I am shopping in my pyjamas” used to be synonymous with laziness and a shocking disregard for Orchard Road’s dress code, but it is now a hallmark of the Internet generation, represented by millions of tech-literate people who complete half of their day’s to-dos while still in the general vicinity of their bedroom. This is the future, and Canon fully respects that. Canon Singapore has launched the Canon eShop –…

Each week, the Music vertical spotlights one song – new or #throwback, local or international, and across various genres. Check back every Monday for our curated pick of the week, and drop us an email at [email protected] if you’re a local artist with a new track that you’ll like us to hear!  ::: Ellie Goulding – “On My Mind” After just a short week of teasers, Ellie is BACK with this banger produced by Max Martin (“Problem“, “Blank Space“, “Love Me Like You Do“). This comes three years after 2012’s “Halcyon“, and definitely picks up where the Billboard Top 10 album left off.…

English DJ and producer Naughty Boy has just dropped his track “Runnin’ (Lose It All)” featuring newbie Arrow Benjamin and mothereffing Beyoncé! How he managed to get her on a track is still a big question mark but this. track. is. fire. The visuals! The production! The hook! It’s hard to decide which element is the real scene-stealer in this beautiful song but it’s definitely, without a doubt, gonna be huge in #Q3. Plus, Beyoncé hasn’t done a good ol’ fashioned hit song where she just saaangs her heart out, at least not since the “Sasha Fierce” era. Yes, while the Fall season is usually…

All across Singapore, locals here have adopted a simple 3-step process to tackle the persistent haze this week: #1 Stopping whatever they’re doing, #2 Whipping out their phone, #3 Tweeting a complaint about it. Bonus points for effort: some take it one step further by attaching a picture of their VSCO Fade +12 surroundings. Truly the mark of a first-world nation. While Singaporeans may be predictable, our national pastime (no, not eating… the other one) of complaining is expressed through a variety of ways – some more entertaining than others. We present to you: the best jokes on Twitter about…

In case you haven’t heard, the Pokémon franchise announced last week the launch of “Pokémon GO“, Nintendo’s overdue foray into the mobile app market. Arriving in 2016, the new release brings the familiar gameplay of the Pokémon series to the boundary lines of augmented reality. /collective sobbing from an entire generation of 90’s kids/ So basically, the mobile app notifies you of Pokémon “hiding” (sorry, those inverted commas were offensive) around your area, which prompts you to get closer in order to battle or capture the wild Pokémon. It’s reminiscent of questionable dating app Tinder, but without the… you know. The aim of…

Here’s the short answer: We’d like to believe so, yes. Pop stars (and their elaborate marketing teams) usually set out to make some waves before new music is announced, and Pink has made a few visits to the headlines recently. To make our case, here’s why we’re expecting a new release from the pop-rock diva soon: 1) She’s penned The Ellen Show’s new theme song “Let’s have a little fun… today!” That familiar jingle has been around for about as long as anyone can remember, but Pink has stepped up to write and perform the new song, titled “Today’s The Day“. The new theme…