Photos by Jensen Ching.
The seventh edition of Laneway Festival Singapore came and went last weekend, and though it wasn’t without its subjective shortcomings, it’s fuckin’ Laneway, man. You can’t go to the country’s biggest indie music outing and leave the grounds unsatisfied.
The new year also brought with it dark skies and wet weather — a nostalgic throwback for all the OG cats who frolicked in the mud and rain back in 2011 for its first edition. In true festival fashion, the show had to go on, and it did. Booze was chugged; cigarettes were lit, ramen was slurped up, ponchos were worn and ditched on the ground (shame on you), and, of course, dope music was performed.
It didn’t matter that there weren’t any top-tier names on the line-up. Bless the organisers for trying their darndest to drill the fact that Laneway Festival Singapore is A Festival Where You Discover New Music, because our photographer Jensen Ching really thought so when he dropped by The Meadows to cover the event. You can check out some of stage-side highlights on his photo-essay, but this article’s where we’re putting up all the candid moments, vibes and weirdness that happened in between. Bird up.
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