JTBC survival show Peak Time has given new life to nugu boy groups, including those that have been defunct for years now. One of those is DGNA, who haven’t done …
Read More »[Review] CSR are indeed “Shining Bright”
Many K-pop fans (especially second generation types) were won over by CSR during their debut last year as the group essentially went through the GFRIEND playbook on “Pop? Pop!” and …
Read More »Virtual boy group PLAVE seem to be having a hell of a time
PLAVE are a five-member virtual boy group under Kakao‘s VLAST, who debuted recently on March 12 with single “Wait For You“, and they were also recently on Music Core. The …
Read More »Quick Reviews: IVE try something different with “Kitsch”
The good news is that “Kitsch” is just a pre-release track for IVE‘s first album I’ve IVE, so the single is yet to come. The bad news is that it …
Read More »Rundown: Jimin, MAMAMOO+, BOBBY, Sunmi & BE’O, So!YoON!, Kim Jae Hwan, YEEUN, KINGDOM
Pretty rough couple of weeks in K-pop, but there were a couple of interesting releases where I could understand their appeal to others at least. ====== So!YoON! (SE SO NEON) …
Read More »Quick Reviews: Jimin’s “Like Crazy” doesn’t go nuts, but it’s rather quite nice
Yeah yeah, I’ve already seen pockets of comments here and there saying they’re tired of the retro stuff and synth-pop in particular, but I don’t care whether it’s a trend …
Read More »‘Decadance’: An introduction to the Korean live idol RIA
If you like your music aggressive, melodramatic, and featuring more guitar strings than is strictly necessary, you may enjoy the latest release from RIA, the frankly tremendously titled “I Curse …
Read More »Debut of aespa’s Naevis at SXSW never happened, now feared to be scrapped #SMERespectNaevis #JusticeForNaevis #NaevisCherish #NaevisPrecious
The debut of Naevis, who hails from from aespa lore and SM Entertainment‘s Kwangya, was supposed to happen in March with an unveiling of some sort happening at SXSW. Unfortunately …
Read More »TWICE’s Chaeyoung apologizes for shirt … though not even the QAnon one
When I saw that TWICE member Chaeyoung had apologized for wearing an offensive shirt, I honestly skipped over the news for a while as I figured it was about the …
Read More »Nine Muses set for reunion & comeback with a 4-member subunit and then a larger group
In somewhat of a shocker even with all the reunions happening of late, the four members of Nine Muses A will reunite and have a comeback this summer, which will …
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