It's All For Your Own Good
Moon and Navel Series
Released on 2024.11.11
Remastered on 2025.07.23
Performanced on Little TASTE Scratch Night, Curated by Kakilang, Looking Glass Cocktail Bar, London, UK, 2024.
This work can be viewed as a standalone piece of music, yet it also aligns with the structure I envisioned during its creation: a conversation/conflict/fusion expressed through the form of a DJ performance. The musical arrangement itself narrates the experiences of growing up as an East Asian queer individual, unfolding memories of home. The narrative traces a journey from childhood dreams and feelings of safety to the resistance born from the gap between oneself and parental expectations. It transitions through evasive, half-hearted responses, finally arriving at a genuine question: can I simply love? In many traditional East Asian families, "love" is a difficult word to openly discuss or express in pure terms. As we grow into our identities, those ingrained criticisms and judgments often surface like a recurring alarm, triggering self-doubt. This piece reflects an internal dialogue of conflicting voices, where consciousness merges, and these voices echo and resonate within the mind.