Asian Junkie Asian pop. Without discretion.
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 »[Review] CSR are indeed “Shining Bright”
B-Side Spotlight: November 2022 (BoA, KARA, Red Velvet, ITZY, B.I, Highlight, BIBI, CSR, AleXa)
November was, somehow, one of those months where it feels like every group possible decided to come back — I guess to get those winter sales in before it’s too …
Read More »Rundown: B.I, woo!ah!, DRIPPIN, CSR, Park Jin Young, Ryu Sujeong, SECRET NUMBER, more
A lot of releases since the last update and surprisingly a decent amount of quality. ====== VICTON – “Virus” Broken record from me but definitely tired of hearing verses like …
Read More »B-Side Spotlight: July 2022 (Sunye, aespa, Heize, SF9, VIVIZ, ATEEZ, STAYC, WJSN, Hyolyn, HyunA, more)
Some of my absolute favourites dropped albums or were featured artists last month, and I love that for me — it’s the energy I deserve. Because of that, this playlist …
Read More »Rookie girl group CSR do a great ‘rock’ performance cover of “Rough” for 1TheK
The timing of this is incredible, as I had just noted in the Rundown that CSR reminded me of early GFRIEND — specifically mentioning “Rough” — but with almost childish …
Read More »Rundown: ENHYPEN, Sunye, Nicole, P1Harmony, Xdinary Heroes, TAN, CSR, more
Actually a rather nice week in terms of songs that range from listenable to good even if they haven’t quite hooked me yet. ====== ENHYPEN – “ParadoXXX Invasion” I can’t …
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