DEAN‘s “Bonnie & Clyde” is an impressive and rare take on modern R&B out of Korea. The instrumental itself was rather basic sounding, but DEAN effectively used his vocal as …
Read More »Luhan’s “Adventure Time” boasts the lyrics of the year & a ready-made meme
Luhan is back with “Adventure Time“, which is somehow related to Vogue China and I guess explains the constant presence of the foreign model. Either way, the best part is …
Read More »GOT7’s “Fly” brings more maturity to the table for better and worse
GOT7‘s return with “Fly” was welcome after a successful teaser campaign that effectively built a lot of hype with a promise of a more serious concept than they previously had. …
Read More »Red Velvet’s amazing “One Of These Nights” MV letdown by paint-by-number song
After being delayed for a day due to quality reasons or something, SM Entertainment finally allowed Red Velvet to drop their comeback track, “One Of These Nights“. If you told …
Read More »YoonA & 10cm’s “Deoksugung Stonewall Walkway” is monotonous & ruins dreams
YoonA and indie band supreme 10cm have combined on “Deoksugung Stonewall Walkway” as a part of SM Entertainment‘s quest to invigorate their digital sales ranking by flooding Korean music charts …
Read More »Cosmic Girls finally drop a poverty “Catch Me” MV, but at least the concept is better
Cosmic Girls have debuted with double title tracks, and “Catch Me” is thankfully the fierce flip side of the aegyo mess that was “Mo Mo Mo“. That’s not to say …
Read More »FIESTAR execute visual concept flawlessly on “Mirror”, while song is both hit & miss
FIESTAR are back with “Mirror“, their first return after members Yezi and Cao Lu gained a bunch of recognition for their individual activities. While FIESTAR have never necessarily been a …
Read More »Lee Hi’s “Hold Your Hand” is an inspired & catchy song laid over a unique MV
While Lee Hi‘s “Breathe” was a pleasant song for a dying whale, “Hold Your Hand” was more along the lines of what I expected to here from her to begin …
Read More »SNUPER have Sweetune channel A-ha for their catchy “Platonic Love” return
SNUPER, a group whose debut I didn’t even bother to cover, are back with Sweetune and “Platonic Love” to serve us modern A-ha‘s “Take On Me” realness. Throwing back to …
Read More »Hani & Solji reunite as Dasoni but not technically Dasoni for “Only One”
Hani and Solji of EXID once had a sub-unit called Dasoni, and while they’re not technically bringing that back for “Only One“, the duo have reunited for the track. I’m …
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