Ciao, my name is Paola Laforgia

📍 between South Korea and Europe

Features

A selection of interviews I have given, cultural commentary I have shared,
podcasts I have been featured in,
& other things along those lines.

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🔹 Fattore K에 대한 인터뷰, Arts & Culture (KOR) (2025)
🔹 Cosy Whiskey Bars to K-Pop Havens: Paola Laf’s Guide to Seoul, Trippin (ENG) (2025)
🔹 Cittadine K, Vanity Fair Italia (ITA) (2025)
🔹 Echi e consonanze, Moksori Magazine (ITA) (2025)
🔹 L’universo del K-pop, Luce Magazine (ITA) (2025)
🔹 How to be a DJ?, VISLA PAPER ISSUE 21 (KOR) (2024)
🔹 Perché il K-pop è così odiato?, Rolling Stone Italia (ITA) (2024)
🔹 Linked-in Seoul : 이방인이 바라보는 서울, 그들이 사랑하는 음악, Visla Magazine (KOR) (2024)

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🔸 Il Mondo Cultura - 11 gennaio, Internazionale (ITA) (2025)
🔸 Il Mondo Cultura - 30 novembre, Internazionale (ITA) (2024)
🔸 Electronic music in the light of digitalization: local sounds facing the challenge of global trends, FLEE + Mundi Festival: Extra Muros, Dublab (ENG) (2020)
🔸 Militanza K-Pop, Asia: Una rubrica di messaggi vocali (ITA) (2020)
🔸 Come parliamo di musica, Decamerette (ITA) (2020)

ABOUT

Born in Bari, Italy and based in Seoul, South Korea since 2021. I previously lived and worked in London, UK, with stints in Tokyo, Japan; Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany; and Milan, Italy. From 2016 to 2022 I worked behind the scenes at NTS Radio. Between 2015 and 2018 I also dipped my feet into the fashion world, freelancing for publications including Vogue Japan.

I currently do promotion and A&R for South Korean independent record label SoundSupply_Service; host a regular radio show; occasionally DJ; organise events and parties; and write books, essays, and articles, both independently and on commission. One of my main research topics is ethnomusicology, with a particular focus on K-pop.

I hold a BA in Philosophy and a MA in Global Creative and Cultural Industries with a focus on the contemporary music scenes of South Korea and Japan.

I speak Italian, English, Korean, Spanish, German, and some Japanese. I am learning French.

I do not have a Linkedin profile.

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I’m available for:

• writing articles, essays, cultural and music commentary
• writing music press releases
• writing copy
• translation work
• interviewing and hosting talks and panels

• music consultancy, incl. direction for labels
• programming for events, spaces (such as bars, restaurants, hotels, etc.), fashion shows, festivals, etc.
• radio hosting, producing, editing
• live DJ sets and listening sessions (mostly music to listen to rather than to dance to)
• thematic music mixes and playlists
• sound engineering and sound design work

Open to ideas and collaborations.
Get in touch at paolalfrg@gmail.com 💌