In terms of releases that seemed to come out of nowhere, Susan’s “Amateur Lover” may be one of the most surprising. Not only had I never heard of her before, …
Read More »[Review] (G)I-DLE’s uniquely appealing “Hwaa” compares favorably with “Hann”
(G)I-DLE raced out the gates during their 2018 debut year, releasing two great singles and a great album, by my count. For most they’ve only continued their ascension since, as …
Read More »[Review] Taeyeon makes an acoustic-driven, indie-type single appealing with “What Do I Call You”
As SNSD’s star vocalist, over the years Taeyeon’s solo career has received a lot of hype and scrutiny to go along with it. I haven’t been the biggest fan of …
Read More »Ballad Roundup: OST Edition – B1A4’s Sandeul, Red Velvet’s Joy, EXO’s Chen, Lee Hi, Sohyang
Seoul-icon Valley The MAMA awards are coming up, so it’s as good a time as ever to touch on the nominations for OST (that I haven’t already covered) and then …
Read More »[Review] Dreamcatcher go as heavy as they ever have with “No More”
Dreamcatcher have been drifting from their hard rock formula in Korea to something still unique but a bit more mainstream in their fusion, and it’s hard to blame them as …
Read More »[Review] “Black Mamba” makes some odd choices as Aespa end up crafting rather standard fare
As SM Entertainment‘s next generation girl group, Aespa was always going to be heavily scrutinized, and there was a predictable amount of discourse surrounding everything about them prior to debut. …
Read More »[Review] GFRIEND go disco on undeniable “MAGO”
Mago is the dude who gets his tongue ripped out through this throat by Khal Drogo on Game Of Thrones, one of the objectively most badass moments in television history. …
Read More »[Review] TWICE inject life into their 2020 with 80s standout “I Can’t Stop Me”
2020 has been a relatively down year for TWICE to this point, with neither “More & More” nor “Fanfare” eliciting much feeling, especially for such a high-profile group. With “I …
Read More »[Review] Crush and Taeyeon summon Satan in “Let Me Go”
Crush recently released a new mini-album, titled with HER which is composed of five songs with five different female collaborators. His title track, “Let Me Go”, featuring the lovely Taeyeon, …
Read More »[Review] LOONA continue to abandon melody for attitude on “Why Not”
Though I’ve been, ahem, busy with other happenings recently, a LOONA song is always something anticipated (especially internationally) and so there’s a lot of requests to cover it. Understandable, and …
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