Hello and welcome to 2024! Been a rough start to things so far, at least in Korea and Japan, with the year beginning with political stabbings and earthquakes. Yeesh. Anyway, …
Read More »Quick Reviews: Stray Kids at least bring the energy (and a meme?) on “LALALALA”
The nature of Stray Kids‘ music will always make them a bit hit and miss to neutral observers, especially when it comes to title tracks, which can range from bombastic …
Read More »B-Side Spotlight: June 2023 (SHINee, Stray Kids, ATEEZ, Fromis 9, Kang Daniel, Taeyong, I.M, TNX, more)
I don’t often describe the world of K-pop as being quiet, but June was definitely a relatively quiet one by normal standards. Sure, we had a couple of absolutely massive …
Read More »Fan war apparently results in a Stray Kids fan having the police called on them … very normal times
Gonna be honest and say I still have no idea if this is like a parody or not, but either way the result was too funny (and fucked up) not …
Read More »Quick Reviews: Stray Kids stumble into the MIXX Pop stash on dizzying “S-Class”
Stray Kids had an excellent 2021 by my watch, though their results since then have been decidedly more polarizing. If nothing else, “S-Class” will do nothing to change that, as …
Read More »Bang Chan apologizes for his critical comments about the manners & etiquette of unnamed juniors
In international-fandoms-trying-to-butt-into-Korean-cultural-norms-and-getting-their-faves-hate news, Stray Kids member Bang Chan has issued an apology for recent comments he made on a livestream about some juniors not greeting him properly, as it led …
Read More »Quick Reviews: Stray Kids throw everything into “CASE 143”, for better and worse
Following a strong 2021, Stray Kids have mostly been off the mark for me in 2022, and “CASE 143” doesn’t do a lot to change that. For better or worse, …
Read More »Rundown: ATEEZ, BLACKPINK, BTS, Yena, Stray Kids, TRI.BE
Some of this is a bit late, but I got busy, so sue me. There’s like a couple nice tracks and a bunch of cynical garbage. ====== BLACKPINK – “Ready …
Read More »B-Side Spotlight – March 2022 (Weeekly, Ailee, (G)I-DLE, Brave Girls, Kihyun, Stray Kids, Red Velvet, Oh My Girl, NCT Dream, PURPLE KISS, Younha, more)
Y’all want any b-sides? Let’s go. ====== TEMPEST – “Find Me” Weeekly – “Where Is My Love?” Kim Wooseok (UP10TION) – “Ghostin’” Ailee – “Ain’t Talkin’ About Me” (G)I-DLE – …
Read More »Rundown: Stray Kids, ITZY, NCT U, CRAVITY, Seori, VERIVERY, T1419
Some bright spots — or at least sections of songs — but for the most part a pretty shitty week so far, honestly. ====== T1419 – “EDELWEISS” I feel bad …
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