Notes
NotesWrite-ups from this side of the archive. Everything here is written for the site rather than reposted from somewhere else, and each piece says where its numbers came from.
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2026.09.18
2 min read
SETUPEXE × MEMI, a clothing collaboration
SETUPEXE is not a single. It is SETUP-EXE, a Seoul streetwear label, and a collection made with MEMI that went on sale through MUSINSA on 21 September.
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2026.09.09
4 min read
Who MEMI covers, counted
523 clips, the oldest from May 2017. Counted by year, the posting peaks in 2022, the same year the solo records start, and falls in every year after it.
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2026.09.08
5 min read
MEMI live, 2012 to 2026
Fifty-four shows across fourteen years, and the five-year gap in the middle turns out to have a cause: her band was on hold for military service while she played in another one.
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2026.09.06
4 min read
Where the sound comes from
A guitar teacher who laughed at her request, four years of blues and indie covers nobody was watching, and a gear list with documents behind it.
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2026.09.04
5 min read
A listener's guide to the records
Two short EPs and a long run of singles either side of them. The catalogue in release order with the dates pinned down, and four routes into it.
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2026.04.11
3 min read
MEMI signs to DayOneDream
Four days, three announcements: an exclusive contract with BTOB's label, a first headline show on 9 May, and a London date that had already sold out before the Seoul tickets went on sale.
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