Reviews

Nowadays, K-pop song descriptions often lead with genre classification. Track A is a “cheerful song of the tropical house genre,” or Track B is a “dance song based on elements …

In a year already flush with debuts, JYP Entertainment’s ITZY are easily the highest profile yet. Not only do they hail from one of the Big 3 agencies, but several of …

ONF’s “Complete“ was as close to perfect as 2018 got, and wound up as my favorite K-pop title track of the year. This puts the group in a difficult position. …

When it came time to draft my Top 10 Rookies Of 2018 list, I wanted to find a place for NeonPunch. After all, their June debut was an early-summer highlight …

CLC finally seemed to find the general direction they wanted to pursue with “Hobgoblin“, and the buy-in to a more mature and serious concept paid dividends with “Black Dress” last …

Those who have followed The Bias List for some time have gone on the SNUPER journey right alongside me. It’s a story that starts with Sweetune-fueled promise, climaxes with Sweetune-fueled …

In theory, boy group HOTSHOT stood to benefit big time from 2017’s second season of ‘Produce 101‘. But despite member Sungwoon becoming part of WANNA ONE, the guys have struggled …

After a series of scattershot singles, IMFACT hit pay dirt with last year’s “NANANA“. It worked within a now-familiar genre (deep house), but inverted the structure just enough to simultaneously make …

Since I latched myself onto the BAND-MAID bandwagon back in 2016, they’ve failed to disappoint with a release yet, which is something I know because that’s what I’ve been writing …

I vividly remember the disappointed groan I let out last March when it was revealed that NCT’s ‘Empathy‘ album would be filled with songs we’d already heard before. That groan returned a …