Rick Bridges is from Cycadelic Records and he dropped his first mixtape ‘Uncolored‘ at the end of September. There’s so much terrible shit to wade through in Korean hip-hop (especially …
Read More »KARD prove themselves on expertly woven “You In Me” by reaching into the recent past
KARD recently made their first comeback (technically) after their “Hola Hola” debut with “You In Me“, which switched things up from what most are probably used to from them, but …
Read More »George wants you to know he’s on a “Boat” with wonderful MV & wonderfully simple song
Every once in a while my 2017 commitment to trying to listen to as much Korean music as possible actually pays dividends. From time to time you may see me …
Read More »Red Velvet excel on the fresh, diverse, and ultimately replayable “Peek-A-Boo”
Red Velvet are back with “Peek-A-Boo“, aiming to provide a ray of light before the misery of winter truly begins in the world of musical releases. Fortunately, they deliver on …
Read More »MV Lessons: Gugudan’s “Chococo” shows drug use is OK in Korea if directing music videos
Sejeong & The Nuguettes are back with the music video for “Chococo” to teach us all a lesson about Korean society. Basically that despite appearing to be against all kinds …
Read More »EXID are back on track with the diverse & funky “DDD”, get an assist from Missy Elliott
EXID are back with “DDD” after changing things up a bit during their previous comeback with “Night Rather Than Day“ to mixed results both in terms of music and response. …
Read More »Playback’s “Want You To Say” tweaks an overused formula for a quality re-debut of sorts
After a thousand years, Playback has been allowed to leave Coridel Entertainment‘s dungeon after their promising start way back in 2015. Their comeback track is “Want You To Say“, and …
Read More »Masstige’s screaming & distorted vocal on “DAMA” is assertively terrible
Much to my eventual dismay, I stumbled across Masstige‘s “DAMA” music video since I subscribe to CJ E&M‘s YouTube. While I didn’t expect much of anything, it surprisingly managed to …
Read More »FUSE’s ‘K-Stop’ podcast removes episode soon after backlash from BTS/G-Friend fans
‘K-Stop‘ is a podcast from FUSE hosted by Jeff Benjamin and Tina Xu, and the latest episode also included Brooke Bunce. Or at least it was the latest episode until …
Read More »Eddy Kim busts out the Bobby Caldwell blue-eyed soul with “Heart Pound”
I’ve been putting off reviewing Eddy Kim‘s “Heart Pound” for a while now, but I finally found the time to talk about it. And I found it to be worth …
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