Mr Myint has written more than 300 copy-songs over the last 20 years and tells me that role of the lyricist has evolved alongside Myanmar's political landscape. One of his most popular re-workings ...

The song is a gritty, occasionally vulgar takedown ... rewritten with Burmese lyrics and belted out by local artists, have long been Myanmar’s most popular music genre. “There is still not ...

Not “pop” in the western sense, but full of audacious, brilliant songs. Deakin: I remember the first time I heard the Princess Nicotine compilation. The rhythmic movement seems random ...

As part of my Civic Media Observatory research, I delved into Myanmar’s pop culture and found major narratives that have yet to be covered in-depth by mainstream media, perhaps due to the seemingly ...

Japanese anime is also popular in Myanmar. Several of the other contestants sang anime theme songs, such as “Sparkle” by the Radwimps, and “Gurenge” by singer-songwriter Lisa. Another sang ...

but Yusuf embraces the song, seeing it as a symbol of defiance and a future return. "Myanmar is my homeland," he told AFP. "The country did no harm to us. Its powerful people did. My young sister ...