Heritance

Image by Amber Lee. Incorporates original illustrations and photographs from 연조; H.O.T.’s performance of “Candy” on MBC Top Music, December 7, 1996 (via Naver blog post by Sanabadu); Girls’ Generation and Yang Hee-eun performing “Beautiful Things” on Open Concert, March 9, 2008 (via YouTube); still from S.E.S.’s appearance on Mnet, August 8, 1998 (via Naver blog post by cooshong); and still from Reply 1988, 2015.

This piece appears in print in MENT Issue 003; full digital publication is forthcoming. In the meantime, references associated with the piece are listed below.

Media Featuring Bang Uhe Kyung and Her Music

1. Darree (Vimeo), “Bang Uhe Kyung: On Her Music.”

2. “snsdthcam” (YouTube), “080309소녀시대&양희은 아름다운 것들열린음악회 고화질.” 

3. Again 가요톱10: KBS KPOP Classic (YouTube), “양희은, 방의경(Yang Heeun, Bang Eukyung) - 불나무 [꿈의 콘서트] | KBS 19940301 방송.”

4. 방의경 (YouTube), “Color.”

Other References

1. Grace Yarrow and Marcia Brown, “Nearly 42 million Americans Lose Their Food Stamp Benefits.”

2. Heather Cox Richardson, “Letters From an American: October 25, 2025.”

3. Chris Van Hollen, “Urgent Senate Update: Trump’s Attack on Food Assistance/SNAP.”

4. Gregory Svirnovskiy, “DHS’ New ICE Recruitment Strategy: 50K Signing Bonuses, Student Loan Forgiveness and Trump Posters.”

5. The Center for American Progress, “RELEASE: 7 Ways Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ Hands $2 Trillion to the Rich.”