Editorials

Ever since Big Bang‘s ‘MADE‘ project in 2015, multi-month single album campaigns have become an increasingly popular mode of promotion for K-pop acts. It can be an especially enticing idea …

Sometimes the pure inanity of K-pop is a real sight to behold. I like to imagine a totally new reader stumbling upon The Bias List by accident and taking a …

While reviewing Wanna One’s “Energetic“, I mentioned how I felt that IOI’s debut year was hampered by a discography that forced a variety of sounds and styles at the girls …

Following Hyoyeon of SNSD posting on Instagram that only EXO (coincidentally from SM Entertainment) came to greet them, a firestorm of a conversation followed between K-pop fans. Though if we’re …

On the surface it seems like Orange Nugumel Gugudan 5959 have successfully invoked the deceased spirit of Orange Caramel through their “Ice Chu” music video, but look just a bit …

Jessica is celebrating her 10th anniversary since debut, and she’s come back with “Summer Storm“, which doesn’t deviate too far from what Jessica has done musically thus far. Jessica’s music …

After School‘s Raina was on the cusp of quite a solo career a few years ago with the release of mega-successful duet ‘A Midsummer Night’s Sweetness‘. But like After School …

After a burst of music show performances in the spring, last month’s ‘Every DAY6‘ release “Hi Hello“ didn’t seem to be pushed or promoted very hard. But though that song …

Weki Meki have debuted with a lyric from Avril Lavigne‘s “Girlfriend” in “I Don’t Like Your Girlfriend“, which is sort of like SNSD‘s “I Got A Boy” but on steroids …

Rock group Buzz has been around for over a decade, not particularly well known to international audiences but beloved in Korea for their emotive ballads. 2017 has seen plenty of …