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An international jazz lineup led by a three-time Grammy winner is set to perform at Banana in Kaohsiung on May 3, offering audiences a close-up live music experience in an intimate venue.

Chen has a backstory that would work well for a film. At 13, he left Taiwan for Vienna. His parents stayed behind as he entered a rigorous training system—the kind few young musicians today would be expected to endure. “My parents basically had no idea what I was doing,” Chen said. “In the first ten years, I only made two phone calls a year. Letters back and forth would take months,” he recalled.

2025 recaps show how tightly streaming data is now woven into the way people understand their own media habits. For the platforms, they are also powerful annual marketing campaigns. For users, they have become a kind of digital diary of what they listened to, watched, and talked about throughout the year.

As fireworks exploded over the stadium, I felt like I was meeting my younger self again — the same kid who saw BLACKPINK for the first time on his birthday in eighth grade. This time, it wasn’t just a concert. It was a memory I will never forget.

By Eryk Michael Smith / Images courtesy of Vincent Hsu Growing up in Kaohsiung, Vincent Hsu (徐崇育) never imagined he…