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 …
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 »Rundown: ASTRO, ONEUS, B.I., HYO, TNX, DAVICHI, Ciipher, TRIGER + others
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 …
Read More »SNSD to make first group comeback in 5 years for 15th anniversary
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 …
Read More »[Review] Jessica’s follow-up novel ‘Bright’ starts slowly but definitely delivers on drama
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. …
Read More »B-Side Spotlight: February 2022 (Epik High, Billlie, Taeyeon, BTOB, STAYC, Wonho, A Pink + More)
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 »Queendom 2 Episode 1: Mnet takes its sweet time to position all the pieces during season premier
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.
Read More »Lee Mujin opens YouTube channel with “Traffic Light” & “The Assignment Song” lives + acoustic live cover of Taeyeon’s “Fine”
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 …
Read More »[Music Video Review] Taeyeon’s beautiful “INVU” invokes Artemis & Orion
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 …
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 …
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