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Is Print Dead? JUICE Singapore Ends Physical Copies After 19 Years
One of Singapore’s longest-running music publications has fully migrated to digital, in yet another case of media companies being overwhelmed by the costs of going to print. In an internal email sent...
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Singaporeans Are Not Taking The Gong Cha And LiHo Rebranding Well
For as long as any millennial can remember, young Singaporeans have been split neatly into two major factions: Team KOI and Team Gong Cha. In an age where your milk tea drink order is more detailed...
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Take Two Takes Two As New Band M1LDL1FE: Here’s Your Crash Course To The New...
Is this Take Two’s take two? In the second shock rebranding to grip our nation this summer, local indie-pop band Take Two have renamed themselves M1LDL1FE and launched a new single. “Distraction” is...
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Of Methodist: Here’s How This Rising Alt-R&B Artiste Is Exploring Religion...
“Sometimes I forget that I’m a third-culture kid. It’s why I’m obsessed with malls.” In two hours, we’ve explored nearly the entirety of JEM and Westgate, the two gleaming attempts at making the...
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Michelle Chong: Singaporeans “Don’t Care About What They Do”
As National Day slowly approaches like a Sembcorp contingent on a march-past, we are reminded of how Singapore essentially bootstrapped itself from third world to first. We hear about The Singapore...
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Ah-Lemak! The Nasi Lemak Burger From McDonald’s Singapore is Sold Out
Now you see me, now you don’t. The divisive Nasi Lemak Burger from McDonald’s Singapore has been declared “sold out” at all branches just two weeks since its introduction. Get ready to quit cold...
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Sorry Singapore Influencers, No Defense for “Shit English”
A post by online publication Rice Media has sparked fresh debate over influencers in Singapore. Netizens are divided about whether instances of influencers’ poor command of English is cause for online...
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HOW CAN DIS B ALLOW: Loh Wai Poon on Being A “Facebook Uncle”, Fake News, and...
“$2.80 for a breakfast set? It’s ridiculous, you know?” To be fair, our choice of breakfast venue isn’t the most economical. Lau Pa Sat on a Tuesday morning calls to mind white-collar bankers and...
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I Used A Metal Straw For A Week and Now I Notice Plastic Waste Everywhere
For all the shit we’ve given influencers here at Popspoken, we can’t deny that genuine interpersonal marketing still has its effects on consumers. That’s why, after many years of ignoring Earth Hour...
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How This Artist’s Cement Creations Help Fight Prejudice and Plastic Waste
“I wanted the children to know that if you are given the ability to help others, you should. The world doesn’t revolve around us, and no matter how small the help may be, we shouldn’t hold back.”...
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Substation’s OnBorrowedLand: This Exhibition Revisits Sungei Road Market One...
Once a rent-free hawking area, the Thieves’ Market was christened for the stolen goods that were peddled there. After being halved in size in 2011 to make way for the construction of the Jalan Besar...
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Challenging Convention At Bound Theatre
“Two people collide again after years apart, and fall head over heels onto the possibility of their ideal love. They have one evening together to float through the drain of old memories and soak in new...
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Challenging Institutions at Perspectives Film Festival 2018
Perspectives Film Festival, Singapore’s first and longest student-run film festival, returns for its eleventh edition this October. Featuring a selection of seven films, this year’s festival will be...
View ArticleBlu Jaz Cafe Loses Public Entertainment Licence, Local Jazz Community...
Blu Jaz Cafe will no longer be allowed to hold live performances from 1 Feb 2019, as its appeal against the cancellation of its public entertainment licence has been rejected, reported Channel NewsAsia...
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The Social Enterprise Cannot Save Hawkers, But The Customer Can
It’s been a daunting month for the crisis communications team at NTUC Foodfare. News of their merger with competitor food centre chain Kopitiam in late September were soon overshadowed by allegations...
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Organiser Of Inflatable Playground Festival GTFO Asked Bands To Play For Free
Say it with me: exposure can’t feed you. Benjamin Mah of local R&B band Astronauts took to Facebook last night (20 Nov) with screenshots of an email from the organisers of GTFO!, which asked the...
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The Worst Comments On The Miss Universe Singapore Costume
So… we kinda need to talk about this year’s Miss Universe Singapore costume. The costume, designed by Moe Kasim of Moephosis Concepts, was revealed on Thursday morning (29 Nov) and quickly drew the ire...
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Is Singapore Suffering From Festival Fatigue?
The Prudential Marina Bay Carnival returns later this month, promising four new rides and lower prices compared to last year. The carnival will run from 22 Dec to 24 Mar next year, two weeks shorter...
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What’s It Like To Be In The Popspoken Team? A Look Into Our Personal And...
It’s not every day that the Popspoken Team comes together. It’s hard to even get us all online at the same time. As we usher in the new year, we take a moment to pause and look back at how we fared in...
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Queensway Shopping Centre, Haven For Sportswear And Printing Needs, Headed...
Queensway Shopping Centre, the fading complex known for its sneaker stores and printing services, is slated for en bloc sale. The mall and its adjacent housing apartment, Queensway Tower, have begun...
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