Editorials

While AOA remains on hiatus, leader Jimin is back with her second solo single in conjunction with W Magazine. October’s “Hallelujah“ seemed to be on the cusp of trends by …

Defying all odds, ‘Produce 101‘ project group JBJ sold over one hundred thousand copies of their debut mini album last year. This ranks them right up there with the biggest …

Chungha has been one of the bigger success stories from 2016’s ‘Produce 101‘ group I.O.I. While most other members have been reshuffled back into their respective groups, she embarked on …

If there was one song in 2017 that I severely under-rated, it would be Sunmi’s “Gashina“. While I didn’t love it at first, the track became something of a national …

Sometimes it feels like Monsta X and I are on a constant seesaw. I’ll love one single, then dislike the next. To be fair, their hard-edged sound was not designed …

With the cute bubblegum pop of Twice leading the girl group wave in Korea, it’s becoming harder to find new rookies debuting with anything but a cheerful image and sound. …

Japanese releases by K-pop artists can be very hit and miss, but if any agency has managed a consistently solid J-pop catalog for their artists, it’s SM Entertainment. They’ve nurtured …

So the other day I covered EXP Edition‘s latest venture, “Stress“, basically because I covered their start as a K-pop group borne out of a rather shitty thesis and how …

Lim Youngmin and Kim Donghyun of MXM became one of 2017’s best-selling rookies, even though their current configuration as a duo is only temporary until they join fellow ‘Produce 101‘ …

Dreamcatcher recently released “Full Moon” for the fans to celebrate the group’s one-year anniversary. They’ve released ballads before, so I figured this would be a perfunctory one as well since …