While arguably not as overtly public friendly as before, TWICE have musically been as intriguing and competent as ever in the last few years, and with their contract renewal now …
Read More »[Review] IVE’s “After LIKE” more of a mixed bag than expected given its pedigree
After their wildly successful debut, IVE returned with one of the year’s best and most enduring songs in “Love Dive”. Trying to top that was always going to be difficult, …
Read More »Kim Garam releases statement addressing bullying controversy, provides school violence committee report
It’s been about a month now since Kim Garam’s contract was terminated by Source Music and she left LE SSERAFIM, but since that abrupt decision after the company seemingly fought …
Read More »[Review] Golden Child want to turn back time on “Replay” and manage to do so in the best way
Seemingly without a ton of fanfare, Woollim Entertainment boy group Golden Child have been quietly* building a quality discography. That said, their 2022 has got off to a bit of …
Read More »[Review] KB (OnlyOneOf) provides a funky and … well, free solo effort with the addictive “Be Free”
OnlyOneOf are apparently doing something like LOONA‘s pre-debut concept but in reverse with all of their solo releases coming now, and while I was skeptical of that plan given their …
Read More »[Review] Broken By The Scream return with refreshing idol sound on “Kokoro Harebare Harebare”
BROKEN BY THE SCREAM (BBTS) is a unique crossover idol/metal group that debuted in January 2017, an outfit that can be described as the perfect chaotic mix of low and …
Read More »NewJeans, “Hurt”, and the Min Hee Jin discourse
I was going to include the latest NewJeans release “Hurt” in the Rundown, as I found it to be their least compelling release thus far. Though I did note that …
Read More »Nobody knows what’s going on with LOONA’s Chuu
The saga of LOONA member Chuu has continued to drag on without any definitive clarification, the latest news being that she will not be participating in promotional activities for LOONA’s …
Read More »[Review] PURPLE KISS return to form in dark & delightful “Nerdy”
After lavishing praise on PURPLE KISS for their 2021 debut for securing their place as my favorite rookies of the year, they started 2022 by kicking me the nuts by …
Read More »[Review] NewJeans makes surprise introduction by telling us what they want on “Attention”
When it was announced that former SM Entertainment creative director Min Hee Jin would be debuting a girl group under HYBE‘s sub-label ADOR, I expected the standard big company long …
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