Tupac r u still down cd2/20/2023 ![]() “Hong Kong Kids” captured a microcosm of a very specific moment in time in Scibetta’s life - but, also, of a very specific kind of freewheeling adolescence almost intrinsic to the Hong Kong International School Student experience. (He did a stint as an Econ major at Fordham.) Scibetta, currently finishing up in his first semester at Columbia University in New York, is thinking of majoring in English. He’s been busy in school, switching through programmes to find the one that felt right. Since “Hong Kong Kids”, Scibetta hasn’t released something that stuck with the socio-cultural consciousness nearly as much - but that’s by design. In our fair city of Hong Kong, Skibs’ seminal “Hong Kong Kids” - also a product of year 2012 - was released, to both delight and bitter, bitter ire. A decade ago, as we were contending with the fact that everything we know to be good and true could, possibly, end on December 21, 2012, if an ancient Mayan prophecy is to be believed, we were also collectively learning bad, wrist-forward dance moves re: PSY’s “Gangnam Style”, being called to arms by that Kony 2012 documentary and, if those two things didn’t already recall some core, formative, probably terrifying memories, the year 2012 also gave us that guy (Felix Baumgartner) that live-streamed his sky-dive from space, Grumpy Cat and Overly Attached Girlfriend. In this edition, we talk to Skibs, OG Hong Kong kid about that viral hit - and the music he’s currently writing, loving and releasing. In “Tuning In”, we delve into the lives and loves of the people behind the tracks you love - and the ones they love, as well.
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