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 »[Review] EVERGLOW’s “La Di Da” deserves to be their breakout hit
EVERGLOW is one of those girl groups whose presence was difficult to ignore, but for my money, hadn’t quite yet lived up to their potential. The pieces were always there, …
Read More »[Review] Taemin’s “Criminal” is a star operating at the top of his game
Taemin’s solo career has always been a success, filling a much-needed male pop soloist void. Behind subdued yet funky and groovy notes, there hasn’t been much objectionable that he’s dropped, …
Read More »[Review] Sori delivers a synth-heavy gem in “Initial S”, which is hopefully not her swan song
Following her previous release, Sori found herself on the verge of giving up her dream of singing and presumably focusing on acting going forward. Thankfully, she seems to have given …
Read More »[Review] BLACKPINK and Selena Gomez collab on a surprisingly flat “Ice Cream”
BLACKPINK have teamed with Selena Gomez in the much-hyped collab for “Ice Cream”, and the all-English release continues their helps maintain their presence in the American market, for better or …
Read More »Sori has a project for her (maybe final) comeback single
Sori has been active on YouTube and on various television shows, but she hasn’t made a musical release since last July. Recently though she launched a new Kickstarter project to …
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