As I’ve been saying over the course of the SM Remastering Project, more than anything this has allowed us to reminisce on the company’s past hits, and their latest is …
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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.
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Pretty rough fucking week except for like one song, maybe two. ====== ALICE – “Drive Away” ELRIS rebranding as ALICE and then ex-Hello Venus member ALICE releasing something immediately after …
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Hags rejoice! Following 2NE1 reuniting at Coachella recently, it’s now been announced that SNSD will make a group comeback for their 15th anniversary with a new album in August. On …
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When former SNSD member Jessica released her debut novel Shine, I blazed through it in one unadvisable caffeine-fueled night, but oddly enough it was surprisingly enjoyable for what it was. …
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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 …
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Welcome the first chapter of my coverage of 'Queendom 2', in which I provide AJ with a grease trap for Queendom comments, stapled to a 2500 word article. So, assuming you are done wailing and gnashing about how your faves (read: Dreamcatcher) did not make the show, let us once again sally forth into the long night that is Mnet reality programming.
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Lee Mujin recently signed with Big Planet Made after leaving his previous company, and part of that transition was starting his own YouTube channel. That’s turned out to be wonderful …
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While “INVU” was at least a solid addition to Taeyeon‘s discography, the song was outpaced by its music video, which even at the surface level was a gorgeous work of …
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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 …
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Asian Junkie Asian pop. Without discretion.