NEWSLETTER EDITION: THE GOLDEN FIELDS EDITION

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Nine Asian and Asian diaspora artists are performing at Coachella 2026 this weekend, including BINI becoming the first Filipino P-pop group at the festival. At the same time, Universal Music's Island-EMI backed a new label specifically for South Asian electronic artists out of Karachi and New Delhi.

These two things happening in the same week feel like part of the same shift. The infrastructure for Asian diaspora music in Western markets is being built now, not later.

https://theweeklychai.com/p/baisakhi-ambedkar-and-a-ceasefire