Editorials

Following the disbandment of the Wonder Girls, Sunmi looked to re-establish herself as a soloist with her ‘Warning‘ trilogy, consisting of “Gashina“, “Heroine“, and now “Siren“. Well, mission accomplished. One …

It always cracks me up when a group’s press release proudly declares that they’ll be venturing into a new sound, only to have that sound turn out to be something …

As the third season of the ‘SM Station‘ platform continues to shine light on unexpected collaborations, the pairing of EXO’s Baekhyun and rapper Loco arrives with much expectation. It’s been …

2017 set the bar incredibly high for NCT’s youngest unit with the February release of NCT Dream’s buoyant “My First And Last“. In fact, I’d argue that SM Entertainment hasn’t …

There really isn’t a precedent for the kind of music an act like Shinhwa should be releasing. It’s been an astonishing 20 years since their debut, making them K-pop’s longest-running …

The indefinite hiatus of girl group After School and its sub-unit, Orange Caramel, is made even more frustrating whenever one of the group’s members returns with a by-the-numbers ballad. I don’t …

When BTS sent out a tweet praising Nicki Minaj‘s ‘Queen‘ album that was complete with links to buy, people wondered what was going on and if a collab would happen. …

BTS have been off to a great start in 2018 by my estimation, with “Ddaeng“ standing out as particularly excellent. As usual there was a lot of anticipation for where …

There are few things more frustrating than the Japanese music industry’s insistence on posting short music videos online. I get the fact that videos usually come packaged with physical albums …

If H A Lot is a band you’ve never heard of, then you might miss the pedigree that makes up the band. Gyuhyun, vocal and guitarist, comes from bands like Nevada 51 and Reflex. Junghun, guitarist, is …