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The development of pop music is never just about the lingering echo after a song ends. It needs a space, a site that can hold the emotions and memories left behind by sound, while bridging industry and society, the everyday and the global. In Taiwan, that space is the Taipei Music Center. TMC not only brings performances into view; it makes the pulse of pop music tangible and institutionalized, embedding it into the urban landscape. It offers a sustained platform for curating and promoting pop music, allowing for longterm engagement. Here, %u201csense & sound%u201d becomes more than metaphor, but a daily possibility: not just listening, but participating and immersing in person. Now, let us step into TMC and explore the mission, history, and vision of this home for music. Why was it built? What has it accomplished? And where might it take Taiwanese pop music next?Sense & Sound: Five Ways into Taiwanese Pop Music