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Anna Kuo

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@sputnikuote

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“I see the finished film as a love story, about the joy of finding companionship. There's so much strength in love.”⁠

#NOWNESSASIAPicks NEW: In the music video for Nicholas Semrad's 'Dawn', Taipei-based director Anna Kuo captures the restrained contradictions of the city's stray dogs. 🐕️⁠

Moving through the 'shadows of the city', these dogs embody a poignant metaphor for the song's layered emotionality, portraying a state of being 'so close yet so far'. Filmed across 14 days in late summer, Kuo adopts a documentary approach to follow the daily lives of stray dogs amidst Taipei's industrial landscape. Rather than evoking pity, the film frames their existence in a natural state.⁠

Tap the link in bio to watch the full music video on NOWNESS ASIA 🎶⁠

Musician @nicholastsemrad
Producer @amita0817
Director @sputnikuo
DP @canada30413
Camera Team @heropeco @sputnikuo @laha_habow
Editor @sputnikuo @rogerjclee
Color @cyongchiu
Sound Designer @hi.jeffinition
Title Design @gipi.works


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6
3 weeks ago


“I see the finished film as a love story, about the joy of finding companionship. There's so much strength in love.”⁠

#NOWNESSASIAPicks NEW: In the music video for Nicholas Semrad's 'Dawn', Taipei-based director Anna Kuo captures the restrained contradictions of the city's stray dogs. 🐕️⁠

Moving through the 'shadows of the city', these dogs embody a poignant metaphor for the song's layered emotionality, portraying a state of being 'so close yet so far'. Filmed across 14 days in late summer, Kuo adopts a documentary approach to follow the daily lives of stray dogs amidst Taipei's industrial landscape. Rather than evoking pity, the film frames their existence in a natural state.⁠

Tap the link in bio to watch the full music video on NOWNESS ASIA 🎶⁠

Musician @nicholastsemrad
Producer @amita0817
Director @sputnikuo
DP @canada30413
Camera Team @heropeco @sputnikuo @laha_habow
Editor @sputnikuo @rogerjclee
Color @cyongchiu
Sound Designer @hi.jeffinition
Title Design @gipi.works


736
6
3 weeks ago

“I see the finished film as a love story, about the joy of finding companionship. There's so much strength in love.”⁠

#NOWNESSASIAPicks NEW: In the music video for Nicholas Semrad's 'Dawn', Taipei-based director Anna Kuo captures the restrained contradictions of the city's stray dogs. 🐕️⁠

Moving through the 'shadows of the city', these dogs embody a poignant metaphor for the song's layered emotionality, portraying a state of being 'so close yet so far'. Filmed across 14 days in late summer, Kuo adopts a documentary approach to follow the daily lives of stray dogs amidst Taipei's industrial landscape. Rather than evoking pity, the film frames their existence in a natural state.⁠

Tap the link in bio to watch the full music video on NOWNESS ASIA 🎶⁠

Musician @nicholastsemrad
Producer @amita0817
Director @sputnikuo
DP @canada30413
Camera Team @heropeco @sputnikuo @laha_habow
Editor @sputnikuo @rogerjclee
Color @cyongchiu
Sound Designer @hi.jeffinition
Title Design @gipi.works


736
6
3 weeks ago

“I see the finished film as a love story, about the joy of finding companionship. There's so much strength in love.”⁠

#NOWNESSASIAPicks NEW: In the music video for Nicholas Semrad's 'Dawn', Taipei-based director Anna Kuo captures the restrained contradictions of the city's stray dogs. 🐕️⁠

Moving through the 'shadows of the city', these dogs embody a poignant metaphor for the song's layered emotionality, portraying a state of being 'so close yet so far'. Filmed across 14 days in late summer, Kuo adopts a documentary approach to follow the daily lives of stray dogs amidst Taipei's industrial landscape. Rather than evoking pity, the film frames their existence in a natural state.⁠

Tap the link in bio to watch the full music video on NOWNESS ASIA 🎶⁠

Musician @nicholastsemrad
Producer @amita0817
Director @sputnikuo
DP @canada30413
Camera Team @heropeco @sputnikuo @laha_habow
Editor @sputnikuo @rogerjclee
Color @cyongchiu
Sound Designer @hi.jeffinition
Title Design @gipi.works


736
6
3 weeks ago

“I see the finished film as a love story, about the joy of finding companionship. There's so much strength in love.”⁠

#NOWNESSASIAPicks NEW: In the music video for Nicholas Semrad's 'Dawn', Taipei-based director Anna Kuo captures the restrained contradictions of the city's stray dogs. 🐕️⁠

Moving through the 'shadows of the city', these dogs embody a poignant metaphor for the song's layered emotionality, portraying a state of being 'so close yet so far'. Filmed across 14 days in late summer, Kuo adopts a documentary approach to follow the daily lives of stray dogs amidst Taipei's industrial landscape. Rather than evoking pity, the film frames their existence in a natural state.⁠

Tap the link in bio to watch the full music video on NOWNESS ASIA 🎶⁠

Musician @nicholastsemrad
Producer @amita0817
Director @sputnikuo
DP @canada30413
Camera Team @heropeco @sputnikuo @laha_habow
Editor @sputnikuo @rogerjclee
Color @cyongchiu
Sound Designer @hi.jeffinition
Title Design @gipi.works


922
5
3 weeks ago

“I see the finished film as a love story, about the joy of finding companionship. There's so much strength in love.”⁠

#NOWNESSASIAPicks NEW: In the music video for Nicholas Semrad's 'Dawn', Taipei-based director Anna Kuo captures the restrained contradictions of the city's stray dogs. 🐕️⁠

Moving through the 'shadows of the city', these dogs embody a poignant metaphor for the song's layered emotionality, portraying a state of being 'so close yet so far'. Filmed across 14 days in late summer, Kuo adopts a documentary approach to follow the daily lives of stray dogs amidst Taipei's industrial landscape. Rather than evoking pity, the film frames their existence in a natural state.⁠

Tap the link in bio to watch the full music video on NOWNESS ASIA 🎶⁠

Musician @nicholastsemrad
Producer @amita0817
Director @sputnikuo
DP @canada30413
Camera Team @heropeco @sputnikuo @laha_habow
Editor @sputnikuo @rogerjclee
Color @cyongchiu
Sound Designer @hi.jeffinition
Title Design @gipi.works


922
5
3 weeks ago

“I see the finished film as a love story, about the joy of finding companionship. There's so much strength in love.”⁠

#NOWNESSASIAPicks NEW: In the music video for Nicholas Semrad's 'Dawn', Taipei-based director Anna Kuo captures the restrained contradictions of the city's stray dogs. 🐕️⁠

Moving through the 'shadows of the city', these dogs embody a poignant metaphor for the song's layered emotionality, portraying a state of being 'so close yet so far'. Filmed across 14 days in late summer, Kuo adopts a documentary approach to follow the daily lives of stray dogs amidst Taipei's industrial landscape. Rather than evoking pity, the film frames their existence in a natural state.⁠

Tap the link in bio to watch the full music video on NOWNESS ASIA 🎶⁠

Musician @nicholastsemrad
Producer @amita0817
Director @sputnikuo
DP @canada30413
Camera Team @heropeco @sputnikuo @laha_habow
Editor @sputnikuo @rogerjclee
Color @cyongchiu
Sound Designer @hi.jeffinition
Title Design @gipi.works


922
5
3 weeks ago

“I see the finished film as a love story, about the joy of finding companionship. There's so much strength in love.”⁠

#NOWNESSASIAPicks NEW: In the music video for Nicholas Semrad's 'Dawn', Taipei-based director Anna Kuo captures the restrained contradictions of the city's stray dogs. 🐕️⁠

Moving through the 'shadows of the city', these dogs embody a poignant metaphor for the song's layered emotionality, portraying a state of being 'so close yet so far'. Filmed across 14 days in late summer, Kuo adopts a documentary approach to follow the daily lives of stray dogs amidst Taipei's industrial landscape. Rather than evoking pity, the film frames their existence in a natural state.⁠

Tap the link in bio to watch the full music video on NOWNESS ASIA 🎶⁠

Musician @nicholastsemrad
Producer @amita0817
Director @sputnikuo
DP @canada30413
Camera Team @heropeco @sputnikuo @laha_habow
Editor @sputnikuo @rogerjclee
Color @cyongchiu
Sound Designer @hi.jeffinition
Title Design @gipi.works


922
5
3 weeks ago


“I see the finished film as a love story, about the joy of finding companionship. There's so much strength in love.”⁠

#NOWNESSASIAPicks NEW: In the music video for Nicholas Semrad's 'Dawn', Taipei-based director Anna Kuo captures the restrained contradictions of the city's stray dogs. 🐕️⁠

Moving through the 'shadows of the city', these dogs embody a poignant metaphor for the song's layered emotionality, portraying a state of being 'so close yet so far'. Filmed across 14 days in late summer, Kuo adopts a documentary approach to follow the daily lives of stray dogs amidst Taipei's industrial landscape. Rather than evoking pity, the film frames their existence in a natural state.⁠

Tap the link in bio to watch the full music video on NOWNESS ASIA 🎶⁠

Musician @nicholastsemrad
Producer @amita0817
Director @sputnikuo
DP @canada30413
Camera Team @heropeco @sputnikuo @laha_habow
Editor @sputnikuo @rogerjclee
Color @cyongchiu
Sound Designer @hi.jeffinition
Title Design @gipi.works


922
5
3 weeks ago

#TuesdayTunes NEW: In the music video for Nicholas Semrad's 'Dawn', Taipei-based director Anna Kuo captures the restrained contradictions of the city's stray dogs. 🐕️⁠

Moving through the 'shadows of the city', these dogs embody a poignant metaphor for the song's layered emotionality, portraying a state of being 'so close yet so far'.⁠

Filmed across 14 days in late summer, Kuo adopts a documentary approach to follow the daily lives of stray dogs amidst Taipei's industrial landscape. Rather than evoking pity, the film frames their existence in a natural state, as Kuo shares: 'I see the finished film as a love story, about the joy of finding companionship. There's so much strength in love'.⁠

Tap the link in bio to watch the full music video on NOWNESS ASIA 🎶⁠

Musician @nicholastsemrad
Producer @amita0817
Director @sputnikuo
DP @canada30413
Camera Team @heropeco @sputnikuo @laha_habow
Editor @sputnikuo @rogerjclee
Color @cyongchiu
Sound Designer @hi.jeffinition
Title Design @gipi.works


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3 weeks ago

#TuesdayTunes NEW: In the music video for Nicholas Semrad's 'Dawn', Taipei-based director Anna Kuo captures the restrained contradictions of the city's stray dogs. 🐕️⁠

Moving through the 'shadows of the city', these dogs embody a poignant metaphor for the song's layered emotionality, portraying a state of being 'so close yet so far'.⁠

Filmed across 14 days in late summer, Kuo adopts a documentary approach to follow the daily lives of stray dogs amidst Taipei's industrial landscape. Rather than evoking pity, the film frames their existence in a natural state, as Kuo shares: 'I see the finished film as a love story, about the joy of finding companionship. There's so much strength in love'.⁠

Tap the link in bio to watch the full music video on NOWNESS ASIA 🎶⁠

Musician @nicholastsemrad
Producer @amita0817
Director @sputnikuo
DP @canada30413
Camera Team @heropeco @sputnikuo @laha_habow
Editor @sputnikuo @rogerjclee
Color @cyongchiu
Sound Designer @hi.jeffinition
Title Design @gipi.works


2.3K
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3 weeks ago

#TuesdayTunes NEW: In the music video for Nicholas Semrad's 'Dawn', Taipei-based director Anna Kuo captures the restrained contradictions of the city's stray dogs. 🐕️⁠

Moving through the 'shadows of the city', these dogs embody a poignant metaphor for the song's layered emotionality, portraying a state of being 'so close yet so far'.⁠

Filmed across 14 days in late summer, Kuo adopts a documentary approach to follow the daily lives of stray dogs amidst Taipei's industrial landscape. Rather than evoking pity, the film frames their existence in a natural state, as Kuo shares: 'I see the finished film as a love story, about the joy of finding companionship. There's so much strength in love'.⁠

Tap the link in bio to watch the full music video on NOWNESS ASIA 🎶⁠

Musician @nicholastsemrad
Producer @amita0817
Director @sputnikuo
DP @canada30413
Camera Team @heropeco @sputnikuo @laha_habow
Editor @sputnikuo @rogerjclee
Color @cyongchiu
Sound Designer @hi.jeffinition
Title Design @gipi.works


2.3K
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3 weeks ago

#TuesdayTunes NEW: In the music video for Nicholas Semrad's 'Dawn', Taipei-based director Anna Kuo captures the restrained contradictions of the city's stray dogs. 🐕️⁠

Moving through the 'shadows of the city', these dogs embody a poignant metaphor for the song's layered emotionality, portraying a state of being 'so close yet so far'.⁠

Filmed across 14 days in late summer, Kuo adopts a documentary approach to follow the daily lives of stray dogs amidst Taipei's industrial landscape. Rather than evoking pity, the film frames their existence in a natural state, as Kuo shares: 'I see the finished film as a love story, about the joy of finding companionship. There's so much strength in love'.⁠

Tap the link in bio to watch the full music video on NOWNESS ASIA 🎶⁠

Musician @nicholastsemrad
Producer @amita0817
Director @sputnikuo
DP @canada30413
Camera Team @heropeco @sputnikuo @laha_habow
Editor @sputnikuo @rogerjclee
Color @cyongchiu
Sound Designer @hi.jeffinition
Title Design @gipi.works


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3 weeks ago

One of my favorite projects I’ve ever worked on, Dawn, by @nicholastsemrad, is out now.

There are lots I want to say about this project, but for now, I want to credit the amazing team I got to make this with. Link in bio to watch! Hope you enjoy :)

Produced by - @amita0817
DP - @canada30413
Camera team - @heropeco, @laha_habow, and me
Edited by - me and @rogerjclee
Color - @cyongchiu
Sound design - @hi.jeffinition
Title design - @gipi.works


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2 months ago

One of my favorite projects I’ve ever worked on, Dawn, by @nicholastsemrad, is out now.

There are lots I want to say about this project, but for now, I want to credit the amazing team I got to make this with. Link in bio to watch! Hope you enjoy :)

Produced by - @amita0817
DP - @canada30413
Camera team - @heropeco, @laha_habow, and me
Edited by - me and @rogerjclee
Color - @cyongchiu
Sound design - @hi.jeffinition
Title design - @gipi.works


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14
2 months ago


One of my favorite projects I’ve ever worked on, Dawn, by @nicholastsemrad, is out now.

There are lots I want to say about this project, but for now, I want to credit the amazing team I got to make this with. Link in bio to watch! Hope you enjoy :)

Produced by - @amita0817
DP - @canada30413
Camera team - @heropeco, @laha_habow, and me
Edited by - me and @rogerjclee
Color - @cyongchiu
Sound design - @hi.jeffinition
Title design - @gipi.works


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14
2 months ago

One of my favorite projects I’ve ever worked on, Dawn, by @nicholastsemrad, is out now.

There are lots I want to say about this project, but for now, I want to credit the amazing team I got to make this with. Link in bio to watch! Hope you enjoy :)

Produced by - @amita0817
DP - @canada30413
Camera team - @heropeco, @laha_habow, and me
Edited by - me and @rogerjclee
Color - @cyongchiu
Sound design - @hi.jeffinition
Title design - @gipi.works


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14
2 months ago

One of my favorite projects I’ve ever worked on, Dawn, by @nicholastsemrad, is out now.

There are lots I want to say about this project, but for now, I want to credit the amazing team I got to make this with. Link in bio to watch! Hope you enjoy :)

Produced by - @amita0817
DP - @canada30413
Camera team - @heropeco, @laha_habow, and me
Edited by - me and @rogerjclee
Color - @cyongchiu
Sound design - @hi.jeffinition
Title design - @gipi.works


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14
2 months ago

My very first single as a solo artist, “DAWN” is NOW AVAILABLE on all the streaming platforms! Along with the release, I’d love to also announce that the music video directed by the lovely @sputnikuo is now live! LINK IN MY BIO TO WATCH!

This song was written to accentuate the peace that comes with the moment before sunrise. Whether it’s a breath of fresh air before the workday starts, a breath of release at the end of a long evening, or, in a more symbolic sense, the dawn of new beginnings and of seeing the world in a new light, ‘Dawn’ is a very powerful time in this world.

I’d love to thank everyone involved with this project. It’s been such a joy to make this story come to life, and getting to finally work with Anna and her team on the video was an absolute treat!

Ellie Dunbar - violin
Megan Shung - violin
Rita Andrade - viola
Zack Reaves - cello
Brian Bender - mix/master

Video credits
Producer - Amita Huang
Cinematography - Ching-Wen Liao
Camera Team - Heropeco, Anna Kuo, Laha Habow
Edit - Anna Kuo, Roger JC Lee
Color - CY Chiu
Sound Design - Jeff McCollister


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32
2 months ago

My very first single as a solo artist, “DAWN” is NOW AVAILABLE on all the streaming platforms! Along with the release, I’d love to also announce that the music video directed by the lovely @sputnikuo is now live! LINK IN MY BIO TO WATCH!

This song was written to accentuate the peace that comes with the moment before sunrise. Whether it’s a breath of fresh air before the workday starts, a breath of release at the end of a long evening, or, in a more symbolic sense, the dawn of new beginnings and of seeing the world in a new light, ‘Dawn’ is a very powerful time in this world.

I’d love to thank everyone involved with this project. It’s been such a joy to make this story come to life, and getting to finally work with Anna and her team on the video was an absolute treat!

Ellie Dunbar - violin
Megan Shung - violin
Rita Andrade - viola
Zack Reaves - cello
Brian Bender - mix/master

Video credits
Producer - Amita Huang
Cinematography - Ching-Wen Liao
Camera Team - Heropeco, Anna Kuo, Laha Habow
Edit - Anna Kuo, Roger JC Lee
Color - CY Chiu
Sound Design - Jeff McCollister


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32
2 months ago

Tomorrow.


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2 months ago


03.13.2026


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2 months ago

thirty one in twenty five after a summer storm before a nap


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3 months ago

Had a dream I ditched my friends to fly into the sky so I could get hit by the sunset at the perfect angle. Waking up from that made me want to share a little favorite thing I’ve written. tyvm


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4 months ago

being a good boyfriend to myself this summer


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9 months ago

being a good boyfriend to myself this summer


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2
9 months ago

Duo San Benito

Mérida is occupied by Coca Cola somehow, you see the brand name everywhere, in markets on pieces of furniture, even tarps are taken over by the brand. Sun shines through the red tarp harshening its heat, making you need a cold drink and guess what’s the only kind of drink they have, Coca Cola.

@casa_cache


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1
10 months ago

Duo San Benito

Mérida is occupied by Coca Cola somehow, you see the brand name everywhere, in markets on pieces of furniture, even tarps are taken over by the brand. Sun shines through the red tarp harshening its heat, making you need a cold drink and guess what’s the only kind of drink they have, Coca Cola.

@casa_cache


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1
10 months ago

At 5am my lens fogged up from the temperature change from my room to the balcony, which quickly evaporated but gave a palpable sense of humidity. You can see the difference when the video replays.

@casa_cache


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11 months ago


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