I really don’t know what’s going on in Big Hit Entertainment’s head this year. As the agency rapidly expands, their 2020 musical choices have left me cold. BTS’s ON arrived …
Read More »[Review] Bang Yedam’s vocals shine on sparse “WAYO”
More often than not, K-pop agencies play the long game with their trainees, recruiting young with the hope of rearing a world-conquering star. This is usually a behind-the-scenes process, but …
Read More »f(x)’s Amber lashes out at hate comments against her and she has a bit of a point
f(x)‘s Amber has lashed out recently at commenters who have been harassing her almost nonstop for a while now, including the latest fabrication that’s she’s pregnant. Fuck off pic.twitter.com/zMrQgByMzN— Amber …
Read More »[Review] Lay’s “Lit” is just about anything but
Lay has a storied past on this site, scoring a few of my more colorful reviews. To be honest, I have a soft spot for his music – even if I …
Read More »[Review] TWICE’s “More & More” provides more and more plus more and more also more and more
Twice built incredible momentum throughout 2019. I mean, they were already the biggest K-pop girl group on the planet, but they managed to successfully mature their sound and evolve in …
Read More »[Review] Monsta X continue to deliver what’s expected of them on “Fantasia”
After a two-week delay, Monsta X has returned with their eighth (!) mini album. At this point, there’s not a lot to say about their title tracks. Apart from the …
Read More »BTS’s Suga under fire for sampling speech of cult leader Jim Jones on “What Do You Think?”, which is a lot to unpack
While I was a big fan of BTS’s Suga’s “Daechwita”, I had not got around to listening to the whole mixtape yet, as I’ve been swamped recently. As such, apparently …
Read More »[Review] DKB squander interesting beginning on “Still”
Rookie group DKB fit right within 2020 expectations by debuting with a noisy hip-hop track. But as forgettable as I found it to be, “Sorry Mama” did manage to incorporate …
Read More »Ballad Roundup: ‘Youth With You’, BOL4, BTOB’s Eunkwang, Jo Jung Suk, NCT 127
“Baby, this is what you came for…” Or “Hojo Rattling On About YWY2 In The Guise Of A Column About Ballads”. —— Team B – “Miss You 3000” For the …
Read More »LANA completely ELIMINATES the need for KOREANS in K-pop with THESE dance covers!!!
Based on the hot reaction to the KAACHI post and the lively discussion it inspired on LANA and what not, the only conclusion I could come to as an algorithm …
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