YEAH! THE KIDS ARE ALRIGHT!
Female Singapore|November 2023
ASK MARISSE CAINE ABOUT MUSIC CULTURE HERE AND SHE SUMS IT UP IN TWO WORDS: "HOT AF". FOR WELL OVER A DECADE, THE 33-YEAR-OLD MULTI-HYPHENATE, WHOSE WORK CUTS ACROSS PHOTOGRAPHY, PAINTING AND EVEN TELEVISION PRODUCTION, CAN BE SEEN AT ALL THE COOLEST UNDERGROUND MUSIC EXPERIENCES IN TOWN, SOAKING IN THE SOUNDS, CROWD AND ENERGY NOT ONLY AS A PARTYGOER, BUT ALSO THROUGH HER CAMERA LENS. THREE MONTHS AGO, SHE STARTED THE INSTAGRAM ACCOUNT @WHOARETHEYYYYY_, SHOWCASING HER STYLISH, DOCUMENTARY-STYLE IMAGES OF SINGAPORE'S INTERCONNECTED CREATIVE AND NIGHTLIFE COMMUNITIES WITH THE HOPE OF IT BECOMING A RESOURCE FOR AN UPCOMING ENDEAVOUR OF HERS: A FILM ON THE SCENE HERE AND IN THE REGION. HERE, USING A MIX OF PREVIOUSLY UNPUBLISHED PHOTOS FROM HER ARCHIVES AND NEW ONES SPECIALLY SHOT AND JOINTLY CREATED WITH FEMALE, SHE GIVES US THE LOW-DOWN ON WHY SINGAPORE IS A NEW MUSIC CAPITAL AND WHO ARE SOME OF THE NEWCOMERS MAKING IT POP.
NOELLE LOH
YEAH! THE KIDS ARE ALRIGHT!

“I first noticed Sofia (Fuentes) when she modelled for a Female fashion editorial two years ago. Then I found out that we have mutual friends and started seeing her at parties. She’s a creative (she’s a graphic designer), and is always open to meeting and connecting with new people of different generations and interests, as she’s still young and discovering herself, and she really loves music. It shows in the way she turns up at different music events and gives her all to them, even in the way she dresses up or does her makeup … She helps bring that Gen Z energy to the scene and to keep the scene going, we need new people to join the community.” Sofia wears tweed jacket with sequins and jewelled buttons, matching pants, and crepe top with sequins and braiding, Chanel

(This page) Lucas wears silk shirt and wool pants, Prada. Belt, gloves and jewellery, his own. (Opposite page) Sofia wears satin gown and lambskin leather sandals with raffia pom-poms, Bottega Veneta

"The music-slash-creative community in Singapore has always been very collaborative and supportive in nature, with a constant exchange of ideas and know-how happening across generations and genres, and this has been taking place exponentially recently.

My own community of creative friends (namely the party collective Strange Weather, which is made up of the likes of DJ Gen Yip - pictured below, middle - and with whom Caine shares an apartment) has grown to include many younger creatives who not only party with us, but even come over to practise DJ-ing or to work on their own projects.

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