“23“, a bonus track from ‘The Producers‘ included on the physical CD purchase of IU‘s latest album, “Chat-Shire“, has come under fire for allegedly illegally sampling Britney Spears‘ song, “Gimme …
Read More »Indie Focus: iamnot’s ‘Whoami’ showcases the past and future of blues
Crossover is not a new genre in the Korean indie scene. The Barbarettes are doing superb stuff with girl group music, Vivis is bringing back late 90s/early aughts electronica, and …
Read More »Seohyun brought servants with her to the airport, murders a career
Seohyun‘s perfect robotic ruthlessness was on full display today, as she showed off her servant girls at the airport in front of the press. Taunting us with her royalty. Also, …
Read More »Artsy Fartsy: The Childlike World Of LUMPENS
LUMPENS are group of directors and producers, all with somewhat fine art backgrounds, and their most recent music video is IU‘s “Twenty-Three“. They’ve done music videos from the Wonder Girls to …
Read More »A survival guide for American Asian pop fans fucked over by YouTube Red
Some of you Americans out there have stopped shooting each other long enough to notice that certain K-pop and J-pop videos are blocked on YouTube. So, what’s going on? Why …
Read More »Stuff I Found In The Dryer #8: The “More Of The Same” 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 »IU’s “Twenty-Three” is 3:54 dedicated to gloriously destroying souls
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 …
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