If you want to understand Asia’s future, stop looking at Shanghai or Tokyo. Look at where a 22-year-old in Bandung is remixing a 90s dangdut beat into a TikTok sound that will go viral in Brazil next week.
— Reported from coffee shops, skateparks, and TikTok lives across the archipelago. If you want to understand Asia’s future, stop
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