A new edition of Head in the Clouds is coming to Under the K Bridge. Rolling Stone can exclusively reveal the lineup for the 88rising-curated festival, set for Sept. 20 in Brooklyn, with headliners Indonesian-Filipino DJ ISOxo, rapper Rich Brian, and Chinese singer-songwriter Kun. “New York City is one of …
Read More »How Illenium Became Asian America's Favorite White Boy
At Forest Hills Stadium, on a chilly Saturday afternoon in Queens, throngs of Asian Americans crowd the grounds of 88Rising’s Head in the Clouds festival. Among the sea of concertgoers, one uniform crops up again and again: black jerseys with white piping, one name splashed across the back — ILLENIUM. …
Read More »Rich Brian, NIKI, Beabadoobee Join Head in the Clouds' First New York Festival
Since its first festival in Los Angeles five years ago, 88rising’s Head in the Clouds music festival will travel to New York for its East Coast debut. Label 88rising has since introduced the festival to Manila and Jakarta, and will produce the New York installment with The Bowery Presents and …
Read More »Jackson Wang, Joji, Rich Brian Lead Lineup for Asian-Centric Head in the Clouds Festival
Some of the biggest Asian acts in the world will descend upon Southern California this August as label 88rising‘s Head in the Clouds Music & Arts Festival returns for a second year. Indonesian songwriter and producer NIKI, Hong Kong native Jackson Wang and his “Magic Man Experience,” and Indonesian rapper …
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