‘A celebration of Asian identity, creativity, and unity’: 88rising’s Head in the Clouds festival returns to Queens

Fast Company reports from one of the biggest AAPI heritage celebrations of the year, with music spanning genres from hip-hop to K-pop and beyond.

Nestled in the Forest Hills neighborhood of Queens, a bowl-shaped stadium reverberated with cheers as (G)I-dle, the five-member South Korean girl group with nearly 13 million Instagram followers, strutted onto the stage at Head in the Clouds Festival, touted as the biggest music festival centering the Asian diaspora.