Culture Spotlight On Japan Jun 08, 2018 ... popularity; it was the place to be 30 years ago, and it's being revived in Nagoya, Osaka, and Tokyo. In 2017, Japanese City Pop made a comeback and is a highly requested genre at nightclubs. South Korea is also experiencing this strong attitude toward pop music trends of the past. Solid, an R&B group from ‘90s, is releasing a new album after 22 years but staying true to their original sound and aesthetic. The Korean-American trio released their self-created comeback album and threw a party at ...
Culture Spotlight On Turkey Jun 06, 2018 ... million, compared to $300 million in 2015 and is only second to the U.S. in most exported TV content. Fashion Fortitude: Istanbul Stands Strong As Textile LeaderIstanbul is a city known for its textile, leather, and clothing production and is home to many Turkish and foreign brands. While designing is still a growing strength of Istanbul, it maintains a reputation as Europe’s fourth fashion city. It has a particular appeal because it sits on the cusp of Europe and Asia, and offers both ...
Culture Spotlight On Mexico Jun 05, 2018 ... Tradition and regional pride propel cultural trends in Mexico.Mexican culture is being celebrated on an international scale lately, with its heritage, music, and films crossing borders. Meanwhile, young people's passion for music makes it a major market for streaming.Come On Stream: Mexico Leads With Music StreamingMexico City has become a dominant force in the music streaming world, particularly on Spotify. High-profile artists like Adele, Radiohead, Harry Styles, and Dua Lipa all have Mexico ...
Global Music Trends Jun 03, 2018 ... created by rapper Marco Pavé. His hip-hop opera, “Welcome to Grc Lnd 2030,” is a look at a dystopian future taking place in a city rebuilt on Memphis in which yellow fever is ravaging the Black community, inciting the start of a modern civil rights movement.PUNK’S NOT DEADPunk music, like cats, seems to have nine lives. The original use of the phrase Punks Not Dead was a 1981 album released by Scottish punk rock band The Exploited in response to critics who said the ‘70s wave of punk music was over ...
Global Gaming Trends May 31, 2018 ... Your Bass In January 2018 the first All Your Bass festival took place in Nottingham, England. Hosted by the National Videogame Arcade, which aims to preserve and explore the history of the video game industry, the two-day event celebrating the music of video games featured concerts, talks, and more taking place across the city. Hyperplay A collaboration by Riot Games and MTV is producing Hyperplay, a festival focusing on eSports and music. The two-day event will take place ...
Global Analog Trends May 29, 2018 ... digital culture with higher rates of Internet and smartphone usage than the U.S. and Japan. Despite this, analog entertainment is alive and thriving in its capital city, Seoul. Located in the Itaewon neighborhood, the Hyundai Card Music Library is an audio oasis for Hyundai credit card holders who want to make an activity of listening to records. The music library/café features nine turntables and boasts over 10,000 vinyl records. Kenya’s Vinyl Revival Kenya’s vinyl record dealers are ...
Global Art & Design Trends May 26, 2018 ... Art/design trends popping up around the world.Whether or not they consider themselves artists, art is a significant category of popular culture to young people: 80% of global youth say that art/design is important to their life. It is important to even more young people in Indonesia (93%), Turkey (90%), and Nigeria (90%). This appreciation for art is appearing in new ways, evolving outside of traditional museums to increasingly include Instagram museums, coffee cups, city streets, and even ...
Know It Alls Mar 23, 2018 career media & entertainment news online learning ... “knowledgeable” today is more so about a width of comprehension; 79% of young people in the U.S. and 72% in the UK, as well as 88% of U.S. Trendsetters and 87% in the UK, think it is necessary today to know at least a little bit about every topic. The kind of knowledge that is important for youth to know is also evolving. Complex skills that used to require applied brain power, such as solving math equations or figuring out how to navigate from point A to point B in a new city, are now easily and quickly ...
Extracurriculars Mar 22, 2018 education customization online learning personalization school Life Skills ... and Menlo Park City are a first test of AltSchool’s ability to scale its learning platform in a more diverse set of classrooms.Brainly Quora-for-kids platform Brainly is a social learning community boasting 100 million students monthly from 35 countries who use the platform to answer homework questions and more, which speaks to Gen Zs’ open-source mindset. Users post their question and within minutes receive a clear, moderated response from a fellow student. Brainly also stores millions of ...
Mixed Emotions Mar 20, 2018 health & wellness social life mindfulness ... ;Class is a mix of cardio, body conditioning, yoga, and meditation to create a kind of active therapy session. Toomey encourages attendees to be emotionally vulnerable and make as much noise as they went to release their feelings.Anger Rooms Across the country, people are going to “anger rooms,” such as the BreakRoom near Atlanta and The Wrecking Club in New York City, where they pay to use objects such as a baseball bat, sledgehammer, or crowbar to destroy other objects, like television sets, dishes ...