Rock Producer Will Yip on the Promise—and Limits—of Asian American Representation in Music
The spike in anti-Asian violence in the U.S. is now impossible to ignoreânearly 3,800 incidents were reported from the start of the pandemic through this February. And that number only grew higher last month, as Asian Americans across the country were spat at and assaulted. Following the March 16 shooting in Atlanta that left eight people dead, six of whom were women of Korean or Chinese descent, indie rock producer and Memory Music label owner Will Yipâknown for his work with Title Fight, Mannequin Pussy, Bartees Strange, Wicca Phase Springs Eternal, and many othersâfelt like ...