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 …
Read More »[Review] Dreamcatcher close better than Mariano Rivera on “BOCA”
From their debut, Dreamcatcher’s trajectory has always pointed up, but in recent comebacks things seem to have escalated, and “BOCA” feels like it could be a pivotal moment for the …
Read More »[Review] SuperM may want to go “100”, but the song certainly didn’t
Over time, I’ve come to embrace the concept of SuperM. Sure, it’s cynical and inorganic, but it’s unabashedly so and in a way it kinda represents K-pop well because of …
Read More »[Review] From the “First Line”, Shin Yong Jae brings us all the feels
Shin Yong Jae‘s newest release “First Line” shows us it doesn’t matter whether he’s melting our hearts with 4Men or belting it out as a solo independent artist – this …
Read More »[Review] Sunmi’s “Pporappippam” is great, so I’ll have to remember how to spell it eventually
Sunmi‘s last two singles have been entertaining, either through messaging or visuals, but they didn’t appeal to me musically as strongly as essentially all of her previous solo efforts. Thankfully, …
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