On her latest record, L.A. DJ and beatmaker Jennifer Lee, a.k.a. TOKiMONSTA, urges us to do just that. It’s a strategy that’s worked for her so far. by EUGENE YI…
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If You’re Feeling Low, Let TOKiMONSTA’s ‘One Day’ Pick You Up
TOKiMONSTA, along with Def Jam’s Bibi Bourelly and Chicago-based musician Jean Deaux, are firm believers in the idea that “one day we’ll make it.” Indeed, they channel that belief into…
Review: Producer TOKiMONSTA Welcomes Listeners To Paradise In ‘Oasis Nocturno’
Back in January, TOKiMONSTA surprised her fans by posting a visualizer of her new album on social media, featuring a pair of hands rising from the ground, holding a diamond…
Tokimonsta: The Tracks of the Bunny Monster
Photo credit: Theo Jemison The Tracks of the Bunny Monster Los Angeles native Jennifer Lee, a.k.a. Tokimonsta, is already a star in the electronic music world. But will her mother…
TOKiMONSTA Opens Up About the Brain Surgery That Could Have Cost Her Career
…DJ Jennifer Lee, a.k.a. TOKiMONSTA. Lee, well-known for her psychedelic hip-hop beats, shared with Pitchfork her story about being diagnosed with a brain disease called Moyamoya, in which blocked arteries…
Interview: Tokimonsta On Letting The Music Be Heard
Kore Asian Media asked if I wanted to interview my friend Jennifer Lee, better known as Tokimonsta. I thought: You want me to have a conversation with this accomplished artist…
TOKiMONSTA Serves Up Beats, Literally
Watch this Alpha Girl display her skills that makes her deserving of the alpha title. Leave it to TOKiMONSTA, the local Los Angeles DJ, to bring composing to another…
TOKiMONSTA On Being A Female DJ In A Male-Dominated Industry
…press rushes to grab an umbrella, but TOKiMONSTA, one of the four stars being celebrated that night for the premiere of the Mnet America reality show Alpha Girls, laughs and…
API Women Get Empowered At IDENTITY LA 2019
IDENTITY LA, held on Saturday, May 11, is an annual celebration of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month. This year’s festivities brought together internationally renowned artists—TOKiMONSTA, MILCK and Sophia Black—and activists…
An Original Series All About Asian Girls!?
…follows TOKiMONSTA (DJ/ producer), Mina Kwon (artist, illustrator, graphic designer), Lanie Alabanza-Barcena (founder and lead designer of Hellz Bellz) and Soo Joo Park (fashion model). TOKiMONSTA (Jennifer Lee) TOKiMONSTA is…
The Lookout: Get Ready For Spring With These New Blooms
…– “Oasis Nocturno” by TOKiMONSTA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPwp5mCnCaQ Get ready to turn up with TOKiMONSTA! In her fourth album, the Korean American producer brings the audience a collection of otherworldly tracks and…
14 Asian American celebrities reimagined as Pokémon gym leaders
…That darkness would give way to light by the way of dragon’s breath, and you’d watch as Takei emerged, the fearless leader of the dragon-type gym. giphy The electric-type: Tokimonsta…
“Alpha Girls” Creates Visibility
…careers. Cast members include fashion model Soo Joo Park, graphic artist Mina Kwon, fashion designer Lanie Alabanza-Barcena and DJ and producer Jennifer Lee, aka TOKiMONSTA. Guests sipped on cocktails and…
Thursday’s Link Attack: Mountain Climber Missing, North Korea, Choco Pies
…TOKiMONSTA: “Hotel Room” (Unreleased) prefix Uh, she’s not from Japan. She was born in Torrance, Calif., and is Korean American. Los Angeles-by-way-of-Japan producer TOKiMONSTA dropped one of the year’s strongest…
When Coachella Became No-chella
…Bea Kristi. Female DJs and producers of the Korean diaspora were also set to turn out in full force: Peggy Gou, TOKiMONSTA and Yaeji. And even Mongolia was going to…
