Editorials

Carrying on a tradition that began with 2013’s still unbeatable ‘Miracles In December‘, EXO is back with their fourth special winter album. Sometimes these releases end up being overtly tied to …

BAP have nearly replicated their prolific 2016, making another three comebacks this year. That constant work ethic has to be lauded, even if the material hasn’t always kept up the …

For all its merits, mainstream K-pop is too often dependent on the newest and shiniest idol acts. Its current incarnation may have developed in the 90s, but there just aren’t …

IZM, a Korean online music magazine, recently selected 10 singles (in no particular order) that represented 2017. Those 10 singles included songs by 10 different artists: WINNER, IU, BTS, Red …

TWICE are back one more time before the end of the year with “Heart Shaker“, and I thought it was quite representative of the musical best and worst of the …

A few days ago, journalist Jae-Ha Kim tweeted out something that happened to her that I felt was rather uncontroversial. When I was in Korea recently, I was set to …

Regardless of whether the release was amazing or shit, I was always going to cover a release by the duo of Jang Moonbok and Sung Hyunwoo. Still, based on what …

An EXO stan recently filed a gigantic-ass formal complaint over alleged defamatory comments that stemmed basically from K-pop fandom fighting bullshit, while another EXO stan got a permit to stage …

No matter how popular HyunA is, she will always be a divisive artist. K-pop pushes sexuality as much as any genre of entertainment, but it’s usually clouded in a confusing …

There’s no reason why Rain shouldn’t have the number one single in Korea right now. He’s one of K-pop’s most beloved (and most successful) soloists, back after a long hiatus …