Idol rock group N.Flying scored a major coup earlier this year, as their digital single “Rooftop” made an unexpected climb up the charts. As you might expect, I follow the …
Read More »[Review] Target return with a “Beautiful” chorus
Compared to this time last year, 2019 has seen a disturbing lack of Sweetune. You can imagine how well this has gone over with me. So unlike everyone else on …
Read More »[Review] TWICE make comfortable evolution with “Fancy”
The month of April has been unusually slow for K-pop releases, punctuated only by new music from some of the industry’s leading acts. BLACKPINK and BTS have already delivered their …
Read More »[Review] Monsta X’s I.M. & Elhae combine on languid “Horizon” that lacks any appealing melody
Over the last few years, mixtapes have become an increasingly bigger focus in the development of idol groups. Most of the time, the rapper position in these groups is limited …
Read More »[Review] Super Junior D&E’s “Danger” brings the noise but not a whole lot else
Since opening Label SJ (a sub-label supported by SM Entertainment), Super Junior have taken a more active role in the production of their music. This is (understandably) the ultimate goal …
Read More »[Review] 1THE9’s “Spotlight” tries to make ‘merry go round’ swaggy, basically
When it comes to groups spawned by survival shows, it’s hard to predict what genre their music will take. More often than not, these projects simply cycle through whatever trends …
Read More »[Review] BTS & Halsey collab produces perfectly addictive summer radio hit in “Boy With Luv”
BTS have used their rising profile in the West to collab with various famous artists to varying degrees of success. The group’s latest comeback is “Boy With Luv” is another …
Read More »[Review] BVNDIT debut with familiar, workmanlike “Hocus Pocus”
BVNDIT’s debut album is titled ‘BVNDIT, Be Ambitious,’ yet it’s anchored by a title track so generic and workmanlike that it becomes difficult to recall once it’s over. There’s a …
Read More »[Review] CODE KUNST & Lee Hi deliver a measured gem in “XI”
The collaboration of CODE KUNST and Lee Hi is important not just because it always seems destined to deliver quality but also because it’s basically the only time Lee Hi …
Read More »[Review] BLACKPINK return with a grating mish-mash of sounds on “Kill This Love”
BLACKPINK‘s “DDU-DU DDU-DU” didn’t captivate me immediately upon release, but over time I found the hook and the instrumental addictive enough to put it on the year-end list of 2018’s …
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