Yaeji
From Renée Rapp to Anohni – the year in queer pop
LGBTQ+ artists dominated in 2023, with club tracks, protest songs and gay anthems
Sam Levin in Los Angeles
29, Dec, 2023 @12:00 PM
Blank space: how Taylor Swift – and an aching sense of loss – dominated music in 2023
Away from Swift’s joyous, record-breaking successes, the year’s most acclaimed albums were concerned with death and absence
Alexis Petridis
22, Dec, 2023 @5:00 AM
The 50 best albums of 2023, No 7 – Yaeji: With a Hammer
The Korean-American producer renovated the club sounds that made her name into a powerful, fierce record of pandemic identity reckoning
Katie Goh
14, Dec, 2023 @3:00 PM
The best albums of 2023 so far
From the unique sonic world of Yaeji to the dark folk music of Lankum, here are our picks of the best LPs from the first half of the year
Ben Beaumont-Thomas, Safi Bugel, Alexis Petridis and Laura Snapes
06, Jun, 2023 @12:00 PM
Yaeji: With a Hammer review – popwards, with rage and candour
The Korean-American singer-DJ examines complex questions of heritage on a debut album proper that expands her beatscape to include moments of grace
Kitty Empire
09, Apr, 2023 @8:00 AM
Yaeji: ‘Music allows for time travel, and for us to understand each other better’
The Korean-American artist was a darling of the underground dance scene, but hadn’t fully reckoned with her painful past. She explains how reiki healing and anime led to clarity and a wondrous debut album
Shaad D'Souza
05, Apr, 2023 @1:44 PM
Guardian albums and tracks of 2020: how our writers voted
We’ve announced our favourite releases of the year – now the Guardian’s music critics reveal their individual top picks of 2020
Guardian music
18, Dec, 2020 @6:00 AM
Yaeji: What We Drew 우리가 그려왔던 review – eclectic electronica
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Kitty Empire
12, Apr, 2020 @4:30 AM
Yaeji: What We Drew 우리가 그려왔던 review – dance music for an existential crisis
Straddling the blurry line between dream pop and DIY house, the Korean-American’s first full-length effort is a diaristic work of startling emotional clarity
Aimee Cliff
03, Apr, 2020 @8:00 AM
Tracks of the week reviewed: Bow Anderson, The Killers, Yaeji
This week we’ve got tear-stained retro-soul, a snake-hipped pop explosion, and an experimentalist house banger
Michael Cragg
20, Mar, 2020 @11:00 AM
From shamstep to drill: the top 40 newcomers of 2018
From Bjork-endorsed Syrian-American producer Káryyn to the gruff UK drill of Abra Cadabra and the stunning, Aphex Twin-like compositions of Glasgow’s Lanark Artefax, we pick out the names to keep tabs on next year
Rachel Aroesti and Ben Beaumont-Thomas
28, Dec, 2017 @10:00 AM
Singer/rapper Yaeji: ‘I was pretty shy about using my voice’
The BBC Sound of 2018 nominee, who was raised in Atlanta and Seoul, not only meld elements of dance and house – she also sings in English and Korean
Alexandra Pollard
08, Dec, 2017 @1:00 PM
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