Seoul-icon Valley The MAMA awards are coming up, so it’s as good a time as ever to touch on the nominations for OST (that I haven’t already covered) and then …
Read More »[Review] Dreamcatcher go as heavy as they ever have with “No More”
Dreamcatcher have been drifting from their hard rock formula in Korea to something still unique but a bit more mainstream in their fusion, and it’s hard to blame them as …
Read More »[Review] “Black Mamba” makes some odd choices as Aespa end up crafting rather standard fare
As SM Entertainment‘s next generation girl group, Aespa was always going to be heavily scrutinized, and there was a predictable amount of discourse surrounding everything about them prior to debut. …
Read More »[Review] GFRIEND go disco on undeniable “MAGO”
Mago is the dude who gets his tongue ripped out through this throat by Khal Drogo on Game Of Thrones, one of the objectively most badass moments in television history. …
Read More »[Review] TWICE inject life into their 2020 with 80s standout “I Can’t Stop Me”
2020 has been a relatively down year for TWICE to this point, with neither “More & More” nor “Fanfare” eliciting much feeling, especially for such a high-profile group. With “I …
Read More »[Review] Crush and Taeyeon summon Satan in “Let Me Go”
Crush recently released a new mini-album, titled with HER which is composed of five songs with five different female collaborators. His title track, “Let Me Go”, featuring the lovely Taeyeon, …
Read More »[Review] LOONA continue to abandon melody for attitude on “Why Not”
Though I’ve been, ahem, busy with other happenings recently, a LOONA song is always something anticipated (especially internationally) and so there’s a lot of requests to cover it. Understandable, and …
Read More »[Review] Ailee does things her own way in “When We Were In Love”
Ailee is back(!) with her fifth mini-album, I’m. Headlining the album is the emotional ballad, “When We Were In Love”. Not only did Ailee gift us with a new mini-album …
Read More »Ballad Roundup: ChoA, Lee Suhyun, CHUANG2020, Red Velvet
Manifesting in 2020 Sorry for being away for a couple months, summer is not a particularly fruitful time for main-stage ballads, plus we’re all going a little COVID crazy, plus …
Read More »[Review] Jessica’s debut novel ‘Shine’ is entertaining if nothing else
Not sure what exactly possessed me to read and live-tweet former SNSD member Jessica‘s debut novel Shine on a Monday night, but I ended up blazing through it in one …
Read More »
Asian Junkie Asian pop. Without discretion.