Hello there, playlist darlings. Without rambling on too much this month, cutting down tracks for this one was really quite a lengthy process. It seems like every company was trying …
Read More »Songs You May Have Missed: October 2023 (YOUHA, BewhY, JK Kim Dong Uk, Balming Tiger, Boramiyu, S8YN, BEBE YANA, more)
Hello playlist darlings, how are we all? Sometimes when I’m writing these I feel really chatty, and have a whole load of things I’ve been musing on — but this …
Read More »B-Side Spotlight: September 2023 (Key, Loossemble, PURPLE KISS, BOYNEXTDOOR, FTISLAND, EL7Z UP, Kep1er, CRAVITY, more)
Hello again, playlist darlings. It always feels a little odd to be writing about tracks that came out during the last throes of summer warmth when the nights have drawn …
Read More »Songs You May Have Missed: September 2023 (Kim Boa, Lee Jin Ah, W24, The Deep, Dust Funk, 9001, Slom, Mandong, more)
Hello, playlist darlings, it’s so good to see you again. Quite often when I’m putting these together, it can be a bit of a slog to get through every single …
Read More »B-Side Spotlight: June 2023 (SHINee, Stray Kids, ATEEZ, Fromis 9, Kang Daniel, Taeyong, I.M, TNX, more)
I don’t often describe the world of K-pop as being quiet, but June was definitely a relatively quiet one by normal standards. Sure, we had a couple of absolutely massive …
Read More »Songs You May Have Missed: June 2023 (MISAMO, Eric Nam, LimJi, Dynamic Duo, We;Na, Donghyun, Dept, more)
Hello, playlist darlings. I’ve had the very strange experience this month of slogging through my long list of releases for June. I don’t normally have this: even if it takes …
Read More »B-Side Spotlight: May 2023 (LE SSERAFIM, Dreamcatcher, SEVENTEEN, (G)I-DLE, +(KR)ystal Eyes, BTOB, ENHYPEN, KARD, more)
Does anyone else feel the start of a next generation in the air? I’ve been seeing a lot of stuff lately about the beginning of the fifth generation of K-pop, …
Read More »Songs You May Have Missed: May 2023 (MIRANI, HORI7ON, Colde, ASH ISLAND, Yun Seokcheol & Sejin, more)
I say this all the time, but music is one of life’s least complicated and truest joys. I don’t need to tell anyone that there’s a lot of shit that …
Read More »B-Side Spotlight: August 2023 (JIHYO, SOMI, NCT U, tripleS, STAYC, Yunho, H1-KEY, VANNER, more)
Hello playlist darlings, it’s your favourite curator gremlin here again. I’m hoping you’re all doing well now that the seasons are changing, because I know I am personally at my …
Read More »Songs You May Have Missed: August 2023 (LIMELIGHT, BIBI, IDIOTAPE, THORNAPPLE, Kandis, AHI, Shor, more)
Hello playlist darlings, how are you all? I am writing this playlist in the middle of the worst rain I’ve ever seen, and things are feeling distinctly autumnal. It’s odd, …
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Asian Junkie Asian pop. Without discretion.