Orientalism is a western ways of seeing Asia, so I felt that we need a redefinition of our own because we often forget the context and use it. Especially, I wanted to escape the stereotypes that are applied to Asian women, that are treated ridiculously in the media. But I did not want to create a song that contains messages that only stays in one side. So I wanted to consider both Eastern and Western perspectives. Based on familiar genres of western music such as pop, hip-hop, and electronic, I tried to combine those elements with Asian instruments and Korean traditional music Pan-sori. I wanted to transformed them into unexpected music and characters. In addition, I didn’t want to approach simply by using Eastern codes, jokes as memes, or smirking. I wanted to clarify Orientalism which doesn’t fully explain the true Asian culture. Rather than merely using Asian images, sounds, and concepts, I wanted to express thoughts and philosophy in my own way.
Lim Kim, on Orientalism (statement on her new crowdfunding page)
