First thing’s first: Psychemoon, a trio from Incheon, have created no ordinary debut in ‘Ghosthouse‘. With a glance at the song titles, it’s ostensibly a concept album with playful paranormal …
Read More »KARD drop relay dance for “Hola Hola” (J.Seph is dead), and ‘Secret KARD’ starts again
KARD continue actually promoting in Korea for once now that they’ve debuted, and that includes a relay dance for “Hola Hola“, which was a whole mess. Somin looked amazing, but …
Read More »Jang Moonbok drops greatest rap ballad of all time in “Do You Want To Walk Together”
As you know, I’m a lover of soft, slow-moving rap ballads, and I’ve always supported artists who go in that direction and definitely never insult them and ignore them. Thus, …
Read More »TOP sentenced to 2 years probation for marijuana use, fined about a quality bento lunch
In late June it was revealed that the prosecution was seeking two years probation for TOP after he pleaded guilty to using marijuana four times. Today, TOP was sentenced to …
Read More »Iron found guilty of assaulting girlfriend twice, somehow sentenced to just probation
Iron, who has been on trial for assault allegations brought by his ex-girlfriend, has been found guilty. The court concluded that Iron beat his girlfriend because she refused to comply …
Read More »Indie Focus: Fromm shows versatility to go with consistent vocal excellence on ‘Reve’
It feels like with each release Fromm is continually exploring new ground. She lives in varying degrees of indie pop and folk, but on ‘Reve‘, she goes even further to …
Read More »EXO’s “Ko Ko Bop” does a lot of things well, but few things spectacular
Unfairly or not, comeback tracks by top-of-the-pack artists like EXO will always be held to a higher standard. K-pop moves so fast, with each month stuffed full of releases big …
Read More »Tsubaki Factory somehow made a fun song about job hunting in “Shukatsu Sensation”
Tsubaki Factory decided to take on the job hunting process in their newest release, “Shukatsu Sensation“, and they seemingly did the impossible by actually making it into an excellent musical …
Read More »EXO “Ko Ko Bop” accused of plagiarizing David Guetta “Light My Body Up”, producer denies
In the latest round of K-pop plagiarism accusations, netizens are claiming EXO‘s “Ko Ko Bop” sounds like David Guetta‘s “Light My Body Up” because … sure. 사용했구요. 키까지 친절하게 같은 …
Read More »KARD cleverly utilize callbacks and keep the success rolling with “Hola Hola”
After three quality ‘pre-releases’ in “Oh NaNa“, “Don’t Recall“, and “Rumor“, KARD are finally making their ‘debut’ with “Hola Hola“. Their existing catalog has already given them enough popularity internationally …
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