Asian Glow
Shin Gyeongwon (born June 14, 2001), better known by their stage name Asian Glow, is a South Korean slacker rock musician.
Asian Glow
- Name
- Asian Glow
- Birth Name
- Shin Gyeongwon
- Born
- 14 June 2001
- Occupation
- musician
- Fields
- slacker rock · emo · shoegaze
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Shin Gyeongwon (born June 14, 2001), better known by their stage name Asian Glow, is a South Korean slacker rock musician.
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Asian Glow was a musician. The musician was born in Seoul. The work spans emo, shoegaze and slacker rock.
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• Name — Asian Glow • Landscape — yes • Birth Name — Shin Gyeongwon • Born — 14 June 2001 • Origin — Seoul, South Korea • Genre — Slacker rock, emo, shoegaze • Years Active — 2020present • Label — * Longinus Recordings
Career
Career
Prior to the solo project, Shin was a member of the shoegaze band FØG, and also made music under various monikers and projects. In 2020, they released their first album Nosferadoof under the stage name Asian Glow, and later gained attention from fans of emo music on YouTube and Reddit. In 2021, they released their second full-length album, Cull Ficle. Later that year, they released a split album, Downfall Of The Neon Youth with close musicians Parannoul and sonhos tomam conta. In 2022, they collaborated with Swedish musician Weatherday, releasing the EP Weatherglow. In June, they released their third album Stalled Flutes, Means. In August, they performed alongside Parannoul, Brokenteeth, Wapddi, Della Zyr and Fin Fior at Digital Dawn, a concert that celebrated the burgeoning online Korean indie scene. On September 22, they released Paraglow with Parannoul, and received acclaim from TheNeedleDrop and Pitchfork, with contributor Ian Cohen commenting the release "feels like a true collaboration". On 1 January 2023, they released the single Dorothee Thines. On 4 February 2024, alongside the release of their album Unwired Detour, Shin announced the retirement of the Asian Glow stage name, but then in November returned to using it. On 6 January 2025, they released their newest album 11100011, under the Asian Glow name.
Studio albums
Studio albums
• Nosferadoof (2020) • Cull Ficle (2021) • Stalled Flutes, Means (2022) • Unwired Detour (2024) • 11100011 (2025) • Arin Cot (2026)
EPs
EPs
• pt.2345678andstill (2021) • lines between the doorframe (2021) • Coverglow pt. 1 (2022)
Collaborative albums & EPs
Collaborative albums & EPs
• Downfall of the Neon Youth (2021) (with Parannoul and sonhos tomam conta) • Weatherglow (2022) (with Weatherday) • Paraglow (2022) (with Parannoul) • Dreamglow (2023) (with sonhos tomam conta)
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Asian Glow was born at Seoul.
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- 1.Seongnan, Ajae. 해외에서 주목한 서울의 원맨 밴드 Asian Glow의 첫 Full-length 앨범이 발매되다. Visla Magazine. 2022-06-17.
- 2.Reference “unwireddetour” in the source article.
- 3.P, Chris. Asian Glow : Cull Ficle. Korean Indie. 2021-07-14.
- 4.10 Korean indie singles to remember 2021. The Korea Times. 2021-12-28.
- 5.Asian Glow, 『Cull Ficle』, 2402437, 2021.03. Top Plein. 2021-03-11.
- 6.Deville, Chris. Stream Parannoul’s New Split LP With Asian Glow & sonhos tomam conta. Stereogum. 2021-10-22.
- 7.Cruz, Matt. An Opulent, Stratospheric Ascension - "Jet" by Weatherday & Asian Glow. Impact 89 FM. 2022-04-03.
- 8.Cruz, Matt. The Dawn of a New Era: Seoul’s Best and Brightest: Parannoul, Asian Glow, BrokenTeeth, Wapddi, Della Zyr & Fin Fior @ Rolling Hall. Impact 89 FM. 2022-09-16.
- 9.Cohen, Ian. Paraglow EP. Pitchfork. 2022-10-26.
- 10.Darville, Jordan. Song You Need: The post-shoegaze explosion of Asian Glow’s "Dorothee Thines". The Fader. 2023-01-09.
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