A year on from its release, there’s still no avoiding “Kor Jai Ter Laek Ber Toe” [Your Heart for My Number], the chart-topping song by Tidarat Srijumpol, better known as Ying Lee, 30, which is now approaching 100 million YouTube views. BK chats with her ahead of the release of her next single this April.

The street hits 150 years old this year, so we head back to discover the best street food, hip new cafes and edgy galleries in this historic hood. 

Jess Barnes, 34, chef and partner at Opposite, ranked #7 in this week’s Top Tables 2014 guide, and also earned four star reviews in BK Magazine for previous restaurants Grossi and Quince, making him one of the town’s foremost chefs. As his restaurant turns one, the Southern Australian reflects on what drove him to cook and his time in Bangkok. 

As BK Magazine turns 13 years old, we round up the things we heart about our city.

Recently dubbed “Jon Stewart on crack” by The New York Times, Winyu “John” Wongsurawat, 29, host of the hit web TV talk show Jor Khao Tuen (Shallow News in Depth), talks to BK once again to recount his six years in the online business, the role of Internet media and the current political situation.   

Psychedelic and electronic sounds dominate the Bangkok music scene this year. We picked out these bands for a bright future.

Veteran stage actress Bird Neelacha, best known for her endearing comedy performances in plays like Dragon’s Heart or the recent Ruk Kon La Kang, will be joined by 14 fellow stage actresses for the new documentary theater production In Ter’s View to tell their life stories. Neelacha takes time out to tell BK about the ever-changing Thai theater scene.

An internet sensation, web TV talk show Jor Khao Tuen (Shallow News in Depth) has even been picked up by The New York Times, which described it as a Thai version of Jon Stewart’s The Daily Show. With the current political situation, there’s no shortage of material for host’s John Winyu and his sidekick, Por Mor. He’s played by Nattapong “Amm” Tiendee, who also happens to be Winyu’s brother in law. 

Manit Sriwanichpoom is often mentioned in the same breath as his Pink Man series, which denounced Thailand’s consumerism through photographs of a man in a pink suit pushing a pink shopping cart throughout various locations in Bangkok and beyond.