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Extra Small shares their favorite album discovery from a secret exhibition in South Korea

Extra Small is a Los Angeles-based music duo made up of Jae and Levy. I wrote about Tears, their newest record – produced, mixed, and mastered entirely by the duo – for our Best of 2024 music list, and called it “GTA radio glamour,” “chic as fuck, experimental hip hop/electronic ushering in a new vibe shift,” and “TL;DR: WHAT I WANT TO HEAR AT THE CLUB.” Recently, they dropped a sick video for my favorite track off the album, “Pony,” directed by Ashley Hood and Victoria Davidov. We also hear that a Tears remix album is on the way. Lucky for us, Extra Small is here to share what they’ve been into.

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Mythologies by Roland Barthes

I just finished it recently after two years of reading. It’s a book composed of essays by Roland Barthes, a literary theorist. I am kind of an analytical person, and always like to make connections between symbols and reality and ramble. If you’re a person like me, you’ll prolly like this book. The essays are written based on his precise semiotic principles and logic, but they also have very poetic qualities to them, which is cool. Now it’s displayed by the kitchen table and used as a trivet when I eat ramen noodles. -Jae

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Drifters/Love is the Devil- Dirty Beaches

We’ve both been fans of Dirty Beaches for a while. This album is so unique and uncompromising, and yet still so pleasurable and beautiful at the same time. Any time I play it, it’s a hard hitter, cuz it is how I feel 90% of the day, honestly. It has gotten to a point where I started playing this every time during my 30-minute YouTube workout routine. Now, that’s a really good spiritual, contemplative practice for Korean men. -Jae

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Filipino food

My girlfriend put me on. It’s so underrated. Everything exists in a very different realm from what you’re used to. The pastries go insanely hard too. -Jae

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Jon Rafman - Musique Pour le Chevalier Aux Fleurs

Found out about this album at the secret exhibition-type gallery thing back when I was in South Korea last November. Then I saw this CD case with such a beautiful cover so I had to look it up and it was from Jon Rafman. Didn’t know he made music until then but definitely blew my mind. -Levy

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djay

I mean anybody can be a DJ these days. So as I. Practice makes perfect. This application is free (some paid features) and you can import your mp3 file to the deck. Just like what DJs do. -Levy

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Poker Night with Highschool Friends

Been playing poker with my highschool friends and my older brother recently. We started with Monopoly cash but bought the damn chips just now. It made me pay attention to lots of things like the vibe in the room and facial expressions like I’m on some “Casino” shit. Overrated movie by the way. Found out that I’m such a lucky guy. There is no gambling. The first person who loses all their money has to do either 100 push-ups (min 25 each time), 250 squats (min 50 each time) or 8 minutes of plank position (min 2 min each time). Great memory. -Levy

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