Park Bom made her triumphant return to K-pop only seven weeks ago, but she’s already back with a repackage of her first mini album — led by new title track …
Read More »[Review] Kim Donghan leans into his Taemin fanboy on convincing, confident “Focus”
Kim Donghan is a self-professed Taemin fanboy, and his music is at its best when it leans heavily into those influences. He released two solo singles last year, and each …
Read More »[Review] The Boyz’s “Bloom Bloom” adds another upbeat, catchy effort to their discography
Over their seventeen-month history, The Boyz have waffled between lighter and darker concepts. Long-time readers will know that I’m most inclined towards their funkier material, but November’s “No Air” ended …
Read More »[Review] NU’EST’s moody return with “Bet Bet” feels underwhelming
It goes without saying that NU’EST’s career has been anything but typical. Their phoenix from the ashes story is the stuff of K-pop legends, and it all culminates today with …
Read More »[Review] AB6IX showcase themselves with remarkably dated “Hollywood”
After the disbandment of Wanna One, we’ve seen many of the group’s members make solo debuts, but we’ve yet to see what happens when several of them come together under …
Read More »[Review] N.Flying follow their “Rooftop” breakout with generic seasonal offering in “Spring Memories”
Idol rock group N.Flying scored a major coup earlier this year, as their digital single “Rooftop” made an unexpected climb up the charts. As you might expect, I follow the …
Read More »[Review] Target return with a “Beautiful” chorus
Compared to this time last year, 2019 has seen a disturbing lack of Sweetune. You can imagine how well this has gone over with me. So unlike everyone else on …
Read More »[Review] TWICE make comfortable evolution with “Fancy”
The month of April has been unusually slow for K-pop releases, punctuated only by new music from some of the industry’s leading acts. BLACKPINK and BTS have already delivered their …
Read More »[Review] Monsta X’s I.M. & Elhae combine on languid “Horizon” that lacks any appealing melody
Over the last few years, mixtapes have become an increasingly bigger focus in the development of idol groups. Most of the time, the rapper position in these groups is limited …
Read More »[Review] Great Guys’ name is still terrible but “Dang!” is quite fun
With each Great Guys review I write, I feel obligated to repeat how awful I think their group name is. Seriously, it’s gotta be the worst K-pop name out there …
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