When I heard that aespa were going to be on the soundtrack for a movie about Tetris, my brain just sorta instinctually glossed over it, as these types of things …
Read More »Quick Reviews: BLACKPINK’s Jisoo goes through the motions on dull solo debut, “FLOWER”
Accurate reaction of the day. Figure that people will want to discuss the solo debut of BLACKPINK‘s Jisoo, but I’m going to put as much effort into this post as …
Read More »Jill Biden wanting a BLACKPINK/Lady Gaga performance leads to Korea’s National Security Advisor resigning in shame
(Via @shootforbeepee) In news that I’m only getting to now because it took this long for my brain to fully process, South Korea’s National Security Advisor Kim Sung Han resigned …
Read More »‘Peak Time’ contestant and DGNA member Karam under fire for partying with JAV star Kirara Asuka and generally having fun
JTBC survival show Peak Time has given new life to nugu boy groups, including those that have been defunct for years now. One of those is DGNA, who haven’t done …
Read More »[Review] CSR are indeed “Shining Bright”
Many K-pop fans (especially second generation types) were won over by CSR during their debut last year as the group essentially went through the GFRIEND playbook on “Pop? Pop!” and …
Read More »Virtual boy group PLAVE seem to be having a hell of a time
PLAVE are a five-member virtual boy group under VLAST, who debuted recently on March 12 with single “Wait For You“, and they were also recently on Music Core. The song …
Read More »Quick Reviews: IVE try something different with “Kitsch”
The good news is that “Kitsch” is just a pre-release track for IVE‘s first album I’ve IVE, so the single is yet to come. The bad news is that it …
Read More »Rundown: Jimin, MAMAMOO+, BOBBY, Sunmi & BE’O, So!YoON!, Kim Jae Hwan, YEEUN, KINGDOM
Pretty rough couple of weeks in K-pop, but there were a couple of interesting releases where I could understand their appeal to others at least. ====== So!YoON! (SE SO NEON) …
Read More »Quick Reviews: Jimin’s “Like Crazy” doesn’t go nuts, but it’s rather quite nice
Yeah yeah, I’ve already seen pockets of comments here and there saying they’re tired of the retro stuff and synth-pop in particular, but I don’t care whether it’s a trend …
Read More »‘Decadance’: An introduction to the Korean live idol RIA
If you like your music aggressive, melodramatic, and featuring more guitar strings than is strictly necessary, you may enjoy the latest release from RIA, the frankly tremendously titled “I Curse …
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