A somewhat slow week that included some clunkers, but also had some stuff that should definitely be able to hold the interest of some people. ====== Kep1er – “Giddy” It’s …
Read More »B-Side Spotlight: October 2022 (LE SSERAFIM, Seulgi, Dreamcatcher, MAMAMOO, Acid Angel From Asia, Kep1er, WONHO)
I say this every month, but October had so many b-sides, and they were really difficult to choose between. Let’s go! ====== Seulgi (Red Velvet) (Feat. BE’O) – “Bad Boy, …
Read More »Rundown: MAMAMOO, Kep1er, Lee Chae Yeon, Park Jihoon, UP10TION, Baekho, more
Holy fuck there were a lot of releases recently, especially yesterday. Almost necessitated this post if I wasn’t gonna fall a month behind again. There’s a couple solid releases in …
Read More »Rundown: Hyosung, Lee Changsub, EXID, Xiumin, Crush, Kep1er, Yoojung, mimiirose, RoaD-B, more
I swear I’ll catch up on reviews for the stuff I’ve really liked soon. I swear. Surely. Anyway, catching up on the other stuff, there’s been some quality releases. ====== …
Read More »Queendom 2 Episode 10 (And Beyond): On YouTube & TikTok, content & commentary, past & future
Each group comes out to greet the substantial and frothing masses gathered in the studio. For some reason, Mnet chooses to use the first bars of BLACKPINK's "How You Like That" as walk-up music.
Read More »B-Side Spotlight: June 2022 (Nayeon, Sunmi, PIXY, Kep1er, LOONA, Wonho, Youngjae, Fromis 9, KARD, more)
Every year, summer comes around and companies race to see who can be the biggest hit of the summer. For me, I try to make it through the hot months …
Read More »Rundown: Youngjae, Kep1er, KARD, The Boyz, Lapillus, DAWN, more
There’s actually a couple interesting and listenable releases in here and also a bunch of shit. ===== PIXY – “Villain” A lot like aespa‘s “Next Level” and LE SSERAFIM‘s “FEARLESS” …
Read More »Queendom 2 Episode 9: Brave Girls sad, Hyolyn mad, LOONA bad, FANtastic Round concludes + final song reviews
Episode 9 closes out the third round with the last half of the FANtastic Queendom performances. The show gets to it right away, calling LOONA to the stage for their update of fan favorite, "Butterfly".
Read More »Queendom 2 Episode 8: Queens celebrate “end” of COVID, fans, reunions, and various sponsored products as FANtastic Queendom Round begins
Episode 8 basically revels in Korea's pandemic "victory", in quotes only because they're still at around 25k new cases a day, though I'm all ears for discussions on the balance between safety and allowing people to live their lives.
Read More »Queendom 2 Episode 7: Good stages, great faces as the Dance Units perform and Position Unit Battle comes to a close
In this episode, we finish the first half of the third round, with some surprising results. After some light reminiscing about how great Meat Party was and how wonderful it …
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