Editorials

In these days of the waning tropical trend, artists really have to do something daring with the genre’s template to stand out. A simple fill-in-the-blank “trop bop” just won’t do. …

I haven’t been a big fan of GOT7‘s shift in style over the past year and a half, but sub-unit JJ Project’s melodic “Tomorrow, Today“ was one of this summer’s …

The story of NU’EST is unique within the world of k-pop: a once buzzed-about group hanging on by a thread, revived not by the hype of a viral moment or …

October will soon be cluttered with idol survival/debut series, from ‘The Unit‘ to YG Entertainment‘s ‘MIXNINE‘, to JYP Entertainment‘s ‘Stray Kids‘. Of the three, Stray Kids seems set to be …

Two weeks after releasing the supple funk of “I Need U“, Lay has returned with the worst K-pop-adjacent track this year (and that’s saying something, since his most recent competition …

The beauty behind the kind of sustained release schedule DAY6 has utilized this year is that it gives an artist the opportunity to display a wide variety of sounds without …

Though Lay is still technically part of EXO, he didn’t participate in their new album or repackage. Understandably frustrating for fans, his absence is the byproduct of continual Chinese promotions. …

There are few “sure things” in K-pop. but the beauty of a self-produced group is that you can be assured of some sense of musical consistency. B1A4 has been that …

Much to my eventual dismay, I stumbled across Masstige‘s “DAMA” music video since I subscribe to CJ E&M‘s YouTube. While I didn’t expect much of anything, it surprisingly managed to …

After the incredible success of her 2017 album ‘Palette‘, IU is taking a victory lap with the release of her second covers project. ‘A Flower Bookmark 2‘ follows the same …