{"id":2040599,"date":"2025-09-22T09:28:18","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T09:28:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2040599"},"modified":"2025-09-22T09:28:18","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T09:28:18","slug":"the-hong-kong-cantopop-djs-rekindling-the-citys-love-of-the-genre-one-party-at-a-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/the-hong-kong-cantopop-djs-rekindling-the-citys-love-of-the-genre-one-party-at-a-time\/","title":{"rendered":"The Hong Kong Cantopop DJs rekindling the city\u2019s love of the genre one party at a time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The three members of Beat Friday do not look like your typical DJs when they take to the decks.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Dressed in suits and ties, or even braces and gold-rimmed glasses, the group have curated their image to remind party-goers of the golden age of Cantopop.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">From the 1980s to the 2000s, the music genre was one of the most unifying cultural forces in Asia, and Hong Kong was an entertainment powerhouse that dominated cinema and music in the region.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Fast forward to the present day, and Asia and the world are singing to a different tune: K-pop.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-inline-container e1a5rv550 css-1llrc1m e1yqhwb40\" data-qa=\"Component-renderMap-StyledDiv\">\n<div class=\"image-inline caption e1fvabeq0 css-19sk4h4 ea9pn0s0\" data-qa=\"Component-Container\">\n<figure class=\"image-inline caption ea9pn0s1 css-1qeofuq e1gf69pb0\" data-qa=\"ArticleImage-ArticleImageContainer\">\n<div data-qa=\"ArticleImage-handleRenderImage-ImageContainer\" class=\"css-0 e1gf69pb3\"><\/div><figcaption data-qa=\"ArticleImage-DescriptionContainer\" class=\"css-1ixmelf e1gf69pb1\">DJs Ballshing and INK perform at M+ in Hong Kong\u2019s West Kowloon Cultural District. 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