Ladies, gents, beautiful they/thems, and everyone else, welcome to this extremely late edition of B-Side Spotlight for … February 2022. Oops? This one is pretty short and sweet, without my …
Read More »Rundown: Epik High, A Pink, Taeyeon, TREASURE + more
Things are actually beginning to look up in Korean music this year, honestly. Not necessarily the singles, but the b-sides are quite nice. —— A Pink – “Dilemma” A similar …
Read More »Ballad Roundup: Mailbag (Sunny Hill, NCT U, f(x), Suzy, Epik High) + Ladies’ Code Sojung, Punch
Huang Zitao, the Prince of Tears Apologies for the long hiatus again (happy Lunar New Year), we got some tracks from the Twitter Mailbag mixed with some new(ish) cuts. Sunny …
Read More »Jay Park’s “20/20” will be on the ‘Madden 20’ soundtrack, which provides Epik High & FIFA 07 flashbacks
Roc Nation announced yesterday that Jay Park‘s “20/20” featuring HITBOY would be on the soundtrack for ‘Madden 20‘. [email protected] and @Hit_Boy teamed up again for "20/20" on the #Madden20 soundtrack …
Read More »[Review] Epik High team with Crush to deliver melancholy hip-hop on “Lovedrunk”
Epik High have been a staple in the Korean music scene for as long as I can remember, and their brand of emotive hip-hop has a timeless feel that is …
Read More »Tablo confirms what everybody knew about how awards shows operate + thoughts on awards meaning and stuff
As a part of an engaging interview Epik High did with Tamar Herman for Forbes, one interesting tidbit that somehow didn’t make the article was about how Tablo and the …
Read More »Epik High has left YG Entertainment, which hopefully ends up as a good thing
Korean hip-hop trio Epik High have left YG Entertainment, according to a statement from the company. “YG Entertainment’s exclusive contract with Epik High has ended. After long discussion, YG and …
Read More »Top 100 Korean Songs Of 2017: #80 To #61
Asian Junkie‘s Top 100 Korean Songs Of 2017 continues to chug along. —— Honorable Mentions #100-#81 —— Any song released in Korea during 2017 is eligible to be included on …
Read More »‘MIXNINE’ position battle performances (broadcast & fancam) + new rankings … sorta
On the most recent episode of ‘MIXNINE‘, the battles between positions got started. This episode had the least amount of YG and the most amount of the contestants doing shit, …
Read More »Epik High & Oh Hyuk team up to just do what works on “Home Is Far Away”
One thing I’ve always appreciated about Epik High is that, even when they’re exploring trends, they have a style unique to them. This blend of alternative and old school hip …
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