PopLore – A Year of Singapore Popular Music

Discover and relive the epic, storied and exhilarating journeys of different generations through Singapore popular music and culture.

Video

Poplore: The Hitlist

Poplore: The Hitlist is a three-part video series about music in Singapore commissioned by Esplanade Offstage and produced by OGS.

OGS is a Singapore-based media publisher dedicated to telling timeless and overlooked stories across Southeast Asia.

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PODCAST

PopLore: Stories of Singapore Pop

A seven-episode documentary podcast on the myriad influences and highs and lows of Singapore popular music across cultures, subcultures and time periods. Featuring insights from over 25 industry figures, including Brian Richmond, Rahimah Rahim, Mohamed Raffee, Li Si Song, Joe Ng and weish, it looks ahead to the future.

Music

PopLore #1: Origin stories

How Singapore pop came to be

Music

PopLore #2: Chinese pop in Singapore and abroad

Artful adaptations

Music

PopLore #3: Threads that tie Singapore Malay pop

Nurturing a unique sound through community

Music

PopLore #4: Singapore Indian pop transcends the music of Indian cinema

How these musicians pushed the limits of movie songs

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PopLore #5: "Barbarous music of this kind"

The rise and fall of Singapore’s 1960s band scene

Music

PopLore #6: New wave, new sounds

How Singapore pop came alive again

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PopLore #7: The future of Singapore pop

What lies ahead for local music?

Exhibition

Home Grooves

19 Aug 2022 – 25 Oct 2023

Through archival photographs, interviews and physical memorabilia such as musical instruments, albums and costumes, Home Grooves pieces together the story of different decades of live music.

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PopLore 2022 | A Year of Singapore Popular Music trailer

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