Normally I’m not one to post about individual teaser pictures, but Lay making his return to EXO for their upcoming special album Don’t Fight The Feeling is certainly an exception …
Read More »B-Side Spotlight: March 2021 (IU, Sejeong, WOODZ, ATEEZ, Rain, Pentagon, Weeekly, B.I, Super Junior)
My name is Hels and I’m behind schedule. Now, you may be asking yourself: Hels, what do you do all day that you can be two months behind schedule? Well, …
Read More »Deep Reviews: EXO Baekhyun does what he can with repetitive “Bambi”
The familiar groove of “Bambi” is actually rather nice, and EXO member Baekhyun does a solid job of selling the mood. However, the production doesn’t do him any favors, as …
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 »[Review] EXO’s Baekhyun gives Japan a smooth dance track to start 2021 on “Get You Alone”
Whether related to the pandemic or not, SM Entertainment’s reach into the Japanese market seemed to stall in 2020. I’ve always considered them one of the few K-pop agencies that …
Read More »Deep Reviews: EXO Kai’s “Mmmh” solo debut isn’t ambitious but fits a certain mood perfectly
Given that this is the solo debut of EXO’s Kai, expectations were bound to be out of whack from what maybe they should’ve been musically. But as somebody who expected …
Read More »[Review] Bolbbalgan4 & Baekhyun put together a drab collab with “Leo”
Just a day after IU and BTS‘s Suga teamed up to deliver the kind of superstar collaboration that the digital charts wet themselves over, BOL4’s Ahn Ji Young and EXO’s …
Read More »[Hot Debut Stage] Daughter of EXO’s Chen | Gangnam Hospital 200429
Back in January, EXO‘s Chen announced his marriage and the pregnancy of his wife, which was met with excitement internationally but was decidedly more mixed in Korea. Thankfully, Chen’s wife …
Read More »Ballad Roundup: Chungha, Suho & Younha, IZ*ONE, Dreamcatcher, Sejeong
“If we take away the fake votes, Gaeun places 5th…“ Sorry for the delay! Been slow on getting this out because time is now a flat circle and I don’t …
Read More »[Review] EXO’s Suho falls into generic trappings with “Let’s Love”
So … the EXO solos haven’t exactly panned out the way I would have hoped. So far, it’s been an unending stream of ballads and mid-tempos, each blending into the …
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