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: Suzy, STAYC, BTOB, WONHO, some Korean hip-hop + others
Some solid stuff this week, though still nothing I really wanted to review. With the Olympics over I’m chomping at the bit … and yet. ====== Suzy – “Satellite” Felt …
Read More »Top 100 Korean Songs Of 2021: Part 7
Asian Junkie’s Best Of 2021 Top 100 Korean Songs Of 2021: Honorable Mentions Top 100 Korean Songs Of 2021: Part 1 Top 100 Korean Songs Of 2021: Part 2 Top …
Read More »Top 100 Korean Songs Of 2021: Part 1
Asian Junkie’s Best Of 2021 Top 100 Korean Songs Of 2021: Honorable Mentions Top 100 Korean Songs Of 2021: Part 2 Top 100 Korean Songs Of 2021: Part 3 Top …
Read More »B-Side Spotlight: September 2021 (STAYC, PURPLE KISS, HyunA & DAWN, Baek Yerin, NCT 127, ITZY)
September was a good, good month for b-sides. A couple of my choices for this playlist have become some of my favourite songs ever from the groups mentioned — even …
Read More »B-Side Spotlight: April 2021 (Wheein, STAYC, Yukika, Yoon Ji Sung, AB6IX, U-MIN, LUNARSOLAR)
Hello there. Don’t look at the date. Let’s go! —— Kim Jaehwan – “Get Antsy” A nice mid-tempo song with lovely vocals. Hwang Chi Yeul – “Rain” Insert “I’m not …
Read More »STAYC’s Relay Dance Again is good timing with a great song to cover in TWICE’s “Like Ooh Ahh”
STAYC are reaching the point where they are on the path towards being the next big girl group, notable especially considering they’re from a company that’s not in the Big …
Read More »[Review] STAYC are capable of more than generic “ASAP”
STAYC were my favorite girl group debut of 2020, and that’s off the strength of a single song. “So Bad” — as many Black Eyed Pilseung tracks tend to be …
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