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 …
Read More »Rundown: Taeyeon, Fromis 9, Yuju, Wheein, DRIPPIN, YENA + more
What’s up, holy shit are there a lot of releases flooding in to begin 2022. Or maybe it just feels that way for me since I’ve been playing catch up. …
Read More »Ballad Roundup: 2021 is finally over + SEVENTEEN, IU, Eric Chou, Kep1er, JENYER, KLANG
Legend has it AJ hired me on the pretense of writing about ballads on this website, something he absolutely hates to do himself. This was shortly before my brain was shattered into a million fragments by reality television. My last ballads article for Asian Junkie was uhhhh... June?
Read More »SME announces female supergroup Girls On Top consisting of BoA, Taeyeon, Hyoyeon, Wendy, Seulgi, Karina, Winter
SM Entertainment has created a female supergroup called Girls On Top (a nod to BoA‘s single of the same name, no doubt) with members BoA, SNSD‘s Taeyeon & Hyoyeon, Red …
Read More »[Review] Taeyeon returns with hard-hitting pop ballad, “Dear Me”
Right off the bat, it’s important to state — I am a big Taeyeon fan. Actually, I’m a really big Taeyeon fan. She is one of the few artists who, up …
Read More »Songs You May Have Missed: October Edition
FEEL THAT SWEET CHILL IN THE AIR All I want in life is to be slightly cold in order to wear 17 layers of clothing every time I leave the …
Read More »Dreamcatcher’s Siyeon does short (greatest) cover (ever) of Taeyeon’s “Eraser” in special clip
Dreamcatcher may not be having a Korean comeback for a while, but at least they’re giving us stuff to hold us over in the meantime, the latest being a special …
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