Rainbow’s Jisook has opened her own YouTube channel, which seems like a promising venture for her given the sheer amount of nerd activities she loves. Of course, being a successful …
Read More »Rundown: ONF, ATEEZ, Xdinary Heroes, Ravi, MINO, Dreamcatcher
Especially nowadays, I don’t really have the time or inclination to do reviews on most songs that don’t illicit some kind of emotion or impetus to write. Most music falls …
Read More »Company of upcoming group H1-KEY defends member Sitala following controversy over her parents’ (and her own) support of Thai military
Grandline Group is kicking off 2022 by debuting a new girl group called H1-KEY, but one of their recent member reveals has caused a lot of controversy. As the company …
Read More »Street Woman Fighter Finale: Mnet gives itself a long, hard pat on the back for capitalizing on the personality of SWF’s cast
net "competition" shows. Mainly in that it really doesn't matter who "wins"; just being casted has proved to be a boon to every participant's career. So to talk about Street Woman Fighter's penultimate episode as some sort of peak for the series is a recipe for folly.
Read More »Truedy has returned with the hilariously named “Love Yourself” and is now just Jessi
Hey, remember Truedy? Yes, from the Unpretty Rapstar 2 cast. Probably known to most international fans as basically a Yoon Mi Rae cosplayer in terms of performance and queen of …
Read More »[Review] Younha releases one of the best singles of the year with “Stardust”
Fans worldwide are reeling over Younha‘s recently released sixth studio album, End Theory. What really is a great album overall, is notably anchored by its wonderful title track, “Stardust”. I …
Read More »Deep Reviews: T1419’s “Red Light, Green Light” is K-pop at its most cynical
Within the realm of K-pop and pop music, in general, you expect a certain amount of shamelessness for the sake of attention or sales or whatever else. It’s so engrained …
Read More »NO:ZE effortlessly ruins her brother’s work life on ‘Radio Star’
Dancer NO:ZE of Street Woman Fighter fame was a recent guest on Radio Star, where among other things she talked about her older brother. He’s an officer worker, and when …
Read More »BoA’s debut classic “ID Peace B” gets the SM Remastering Project treatment, song still as fresh as ever
SM Entertainment‘s SM Remastering Project is gonna expose a lot of … questionable choices in K-pop history, but BoA‘s 2000 debut single “ID Peace B” is not one of them. …
Read More »[Review] Kai’s slow & sensual sound gets sluggish on “Peaches”
Just like last year, EXO’s Kai has returned at the tail end of 2021 to reassert his place in the industry. 2020’s self-titled debut proved to be a great success, …
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