Asian Junkie Asian pop. Without discretion.

Hi, you shits. It’s your boy McRoth clocking in for my annual end-of-year list, which I think came together rather beautifully this time compared to the previous years I’ve done this. I hope it does as well a job of wrapping up a year in Korean music for you as it did for me, because not only do I feel ... Read More »

I’ve been listing the Top Korean Songs Of The Year for a couple years now on my blog (McRoth’s Residence), which you should visit frequently and give me lots of hits. Joining me this year are veteran McRoth’s Residence writers lolpenny and drowningn00b, along with noobies TESTAMENTVM and Compliant, as we will list our staff picks for the “Top Korean ... Read More »

The overnight superstardom that came with success of Superstar K3 was not without its trepidations. Reality TV audition programs are enormously successful in creating hype, but notoriously poor predictors of future success. After 11 seasons of Fox‘s American Idol, only four contestants are still arguably relevant, and moreover, their biggest seller to date, Carrie Underwood, isn’t even a pop singer. ... Read More »

Despite her ripe old age, Hyori recently revealed that she is still horny as hell all the fucking time. Apparently, she’s got her own reality TV show or something, and on an April 12th broadcast, Jang Bum Joon of Busker Busker (whatever the fuck that is … I’m guessing some kind of kinky, cross-dressing idol group) sang her an impromptu ... Read More »