Pat Benatar and Chrissie Hynde have a lovechild with Gwen Stefani. It's rock. It's pop. It's female. It rocks.

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POP: Power Pop, ROCK: Modern Rock



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âMs. Kim is very popular among Asian American fans because she is famous for breaking the stereotypes of Asian femalesâthat is, being quiet, passive, demure and submissive.â âThe Segye Times

âMaggie Kim is not shy. In one artful and admittedly racy press photo, the stylish rocker appears in a âtopâ composed of carefully arranged electrical tape. But unlike many provocative female musicians, Kim isnât using skin to distract from limited talent.â â The Washington Post

âIâm never going to live down the electrical tape!â laughs Maggie Kim, about the now-infamous photo that opens her website. âTo me, that photo was artistic and fashion, not pornographic, but I guess it depends on how you choose to look at it.â

Maggie Kim is one of the most provocative, prominent and successful Asian-American independent music artists today. She has carved a unique path for herself as a singer, songwriter, bassist, programmer and producer. Her first demos won the JANE Magazine/Maybelline Reader CD contest and her critically acclaimed first EP, Lesson 1.5, included a collaboration with Grammy Award-winning artist, John Legend.

Though her bold image may cause you to look at her, itâs the drive and talent behind the image that will make you look twice. As a singer, songwriter, bassist, programmer and producer, Maggie has received national and international attention, won several awards and has had her music everywhere from MTVâs PowerGirls to Michaelâs Kangâs acclaimed film, âThe Motelâ.

With her new EP, Rocktease, Maggie worked hard to create a sound that represents the artist she is now. âItâs a lot more ârawkâ than Lesson 1.5, which was a studio project,â explains Maggie. âBut Iâd spent about two-and-a-half years playing and touring with a full band and I wanted this record to reflect that. Itâs more organic, less electronic than the first record. Often, when we played live, people whoâd only listened to Lesson 1.5 would be surprised at how ârockâ our live show was. With Rocktease, you get a more complete picture of what Iâm really like. You know, the rock chick!â

Indeed, the rock chick pulled in producer and engineer Chris Fudurich, whose resume includes Jimmy Eat World, Nada Surf and Britney Spears, to remix her single, âGimme Oneâ. âItâs harder and heavier than anything Iâve ever done,â says Maggie. âBut itâs groovy and really cool. I love it.â

Another first on this record: Maggie did a Korean version of her hit song, âObvious/Want Youâ. âIt was so hard to sing in Korean, my tongue kept getting twisted up!â reveals the Seoul-born artist. âBut Iâm really proud of it, especially since my parents gave their stamp of approval. Iâd like to do more songs in Korean. It was fun to do and in fact, a lot of non-Koreans like that version of the song better than the original English!â

Her videos for âObvious/Want Youâ and âGimme Oneâ have already premiered on MTV K, landing on their Top Ten K Kountdownâahead of Christina Aguilera and Nelly Furtado. The single âGimme Oneâ has been featured on New York radio, alongside The Killers and The Who on Q104.3âs âOut of the Boxâ program and Maggie has again been chosen as a featured artist on XM Satellite radio with Rocktease.

Aside from making music, Maggie is a successful writer with her own popular dating column. Sheâs also completed a lead role in the feature film, âSkyâ, which will be released sometime in 2007, and is being featured in The Passion America series, debuting in 2007, about groundbreaking Asian-American artists. But music remains her first passion. Sheâs planning on recording a full-length album as well as releasing a remix record of her previous songs in the next year.

âI find nothing else as challenging, frustrating, rewarding, exciting, fulfilling and difficult as music,â says Maggie. âWell, maybe love relationships!â