王和平 PEACE WONG describes her music as dreamy, intimate, and atmospheric but like her influences Patti Smith and Leonard Cohen, Peace’s journey incorporates both music and writing; she also expresses her inner thoughts and feelings through spontaneous doodles – all merge into a unique artistic vision. Peace has moved from Hong Kong to Hualien, Taiwan, to study Creative Writing but this has not stopped her collaborating with video artists and hip-hop musicians near and far throughout the pandemic, as you will discover. We discuss the artistic process; linear vs. non-linear writing styles; dealing with the guilt of not producing/absorbing as prodigiously as planned; learning about life from older creatives, her book recommendations and much else besides. Peace’s debut album, About a Stalker, is available for your enjoyment on YouTube. More links to Peace’s highly original musical and literary endeavours are included below, along with the diverse range of artists who have inspired her.
Songs from Peace in this episode: 畏首畏尾 (fearful) (0:00), the core; the cure (10:23), 羊皮筏子 (15:03), disposable lover (16:00), Phantom Muyu Pt. 1 (18:15), 離開你以後我指甲都不用剪_leaving you i no need cut my nails (22:26), about a stalker (34:36), Step by step (38:40), 虎頭蛇尾 (39:53) // Song from Little Albert: Lazy Bao (27:47) // Song from Mitski: I Bet on Losing Dogs (42:17).
PEACE’s music on SoundCloud
PEACE’s music on bandcamp
PEACE’s poems
PEACE’s website
PEACE - About a Stalker (full album) 王和平 - 路人崇拜 (全專輯）
王和平 / 離開你以後我指甲都不用剪leaving you i no need cut my nails
Disposable Lover 暖完即棄 / 王和平 PEACE
PEACE on Spotify
Phantom Muyu Pt. 1 (audio-visual jam from Peace Wong, Wong Chun-hoi, Yung Tsz-hong)
Little Albert (Hong Kong hip-hop artist)
Logo (Hong Kong band)
Mitski (Japanese-North American singer-songwriter) NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert
The Human Voice (trailer) - Pedro Almodóvar short film
'Beginners' by Raymond Carver
'Year of the Monkey' by Patti Smith
'Flights' by Olga Tokarczuk
'Beautiful Losers' by Leonard Cohen
