IU‘s “Twenty-Three” was a joy to watch and listen to, if not for the song itself, than just for the message it sent. Musically speaking, “Twenty-Three” started rather slow, but …
Read More »[Review] Twice’s “Ooh-Ahh” starts off fantastically, ends up nice
After one reality show and some pretty good teasers and hype, JYP Entertainment’s latest venture, TWICE, has debuted with its music video for “Ooh-Ahh.” While it is not shocking to …
Read More »Twice bring the visuals and make it impossible not to smile with “Ooh-Ahh”
Twice have made their debut after much hype (by me) with “Ooh-Ahh“, and though I was probably gonna like this anyway due to the visuals, whether the song would ultimately …
Read More »Artsy Fartsy: Nam June Paik and K-pop globalization through YouTube
With the ever increasing awareness on Korean music videos from the West, one could assume the rise is all because of their glossy productions values, addictive hooks, and smoking hot …
Read More »Stuff I Found In The Dryer #7: The “Hardly Art” Edition
Stuff I Found In The Dryer is a somewhat regular feature about gifs, edits, and other KPAP-related stuff. It’s a little bit of the old, a little bit of the …
Read More »TGM Events release 5-page explanation, ask BTS fans to send goods back
TGM Events, the company who masterminded the recent fail BTS concert, has posted a five-page statement on everything that went wrong at every stop on the tour. Ironically, that this …
Read More »Ailee, “Mind Your Own Business”, and settling for good but not great
Ailee‘s “Mind Your Own Business” is representative of her career to date, for better or worse. A supremely talented vocalist, Ailee belts and molds the song into a quality, theatrically …
Read More »D.O. caught cheating on Sojin with Irene, YOU WON’T BELIEVE WHAT HAPPENS NEXT
As we all know from using netizen forensic evidence and from reading way too much into things, EXO‘s D.O. and Girl’s Day‘s Sojin are totally dating. Thus, how shocking is …
Read More »Stuff I Found In The Dryer #6: The “You Are What You Eat” Edition
Stuff I Found In The Dryer is a biweekly somewhat regular feature about gifs, edits, and other KPAP-related stuff. It’s a little bit of the old, a little bit of …
Read More »Nell’s “Star Shell” and why I continue to enjoy their rather simple sound
Nell recently released their newest music video, “Star Shell“, and like most of the stuff they do, I enjoyed it quite a bit. I’ll admit to being a bit hypocritical …
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