Reviews

IZM, a Korean online music magazine, recently selected 10 singles (in no particular order) that represented 2017. Those 10 singles included songs by 10 different artists: WINNER, IU, BTS, Red …

TWICE are back one more time before the end of the year with “Heart Shaker“, and I thought it was quite representative of the musical best and worst of the …

Regardless of whether the release was amazing or shit, I was always going to cover a release by the duo of Jang Moonbok and Sung Hyunwoo. Still, based on what …

There’s no reason why Rain shouldn’t have the number one single in Korea right now. He’s one of K-pop’s most beloved (and most successful) soloists, back after a long hiatus …

Girl group 1NB recently made their debut with “Where U At” that came with a music video rated 19+ and at least earned it. While that’s surely what will get …

LOONA are still rolling out new members, and Yves is the latest to emerge with “New“. Despite any individual limitations, Yves delivers one of the best LOONA-related tracks thanks to …

Nell teamed up with GroovyRoom recently on “Today“, which on its face is just easy listening but builds into something more. “Today … I just feel this way.” I admittedly …

Rick Bridges is from Cycadelic Records and he dropped his first mixtape ‘Uncolored‘ at the end of September. There’s so much terrible shit to wade through in Korean hip-hop (especially …

KARD recently made their first comeback (technically) after their “Hola Hola” debut with “You In Me“, which switched things up from what most are probably used to from them, but …

Every once in a while my 2017 commitment to trying to listen to as much Korean music as possible actually pays dividends. From time to time you may see me …