Editorials

People sending me Stan Twitter drama is typical, usually because they want me to side with them. It can get annoying sometimes, but sometimes I also get useful stuff from …

Over the past month, I’ve been digging deeply into the gargantuan discography of prolific J-pop group AAA. They’re an act I’ve been wanting to get into for years now, but …

Double title tracks are not particularly common in K-pop, and even less so when it comes to artists from small agencies. Despite this, boy group VAV have released two music …

The winter of 2018 has yet to give us many great ballads. I’m certainly not complaining, as January yielded a steady supply of uptempo pop instead. But it does feel …

Over the past few years, B1A4‘s Japanese releases have become a welcome continuation of the sound they’ve established in Korea. The group self-produces almost all of their material, and that …

DAY6 had an incredibly prolific 2017, releasing two songs a month that were then compiled into a pair of full-length albums. However, this demanding schedule seemed to be taking its …

Despite her participation in the excellent second season of ‘Sister’s Slam Dunk‘, 2017 never really gave us that reliably retro Hong Jin Young trot anthem. She did promote one song …

SEVENTEEN have settled into a pattern that alternates between the upbeat pop of their past and an emotional brand of tempo-shifting EDM. And while I will always be drawn more …

Looking back on my past reviews of Gugudan’s discography, I’ve been a little hard on the group. I’ve never actively disliked one of their songs, but every time they make …

On her currently-streaming documentary, BoA has professed a desire to release music that appeals to the current generation of k-pop fans. Her concerns are valid: Why listen to an established …