While “INVU” was at least a solid addition to Taeyeon‘s discography, the song was outpaced by its music video, which even at the surface level was a gorgeous work of …
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Things are actually beginning to look up in Korean music this year, honestly. Not necessarily the singles, but the b-sides are quite nice. —— A Pink – “Dilemma” A similar …
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What’s up, holy shit are there a lot of releases flooding in to begin 2022. Or maybe it just feels that way for me since I’ve been playing catch up. …
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Legend has it AJ hired me on the pretense of writing about ballads on this website, something he absolutely hates to do himself. This was shortly before my brain was shattered into a million fragments by reality television. My last ballads article for Asian Junkie was uhhhh... June?
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SM Entertainment has created a female supergroup called Girls On Top (a nod to BoA‘s single of the same name, no doubt) with members BoA, SNSD‘s Taeyeon & Hyoyeon, Red …
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Despite being best known for her ballads, some of Taeyeon’s most enduring work has spawned from daring musical turns. Songs like “Something New” and “I Got Love” harnessed rhythmic energy …
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More than almost anything else in the world, music makes me happy. There’s a certain indescribable rush that my favorite songs give me, and it can’t really be quantified. I …
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Right off the bat, it’s important to state — I am a big Taeyeon fan. Actually, I’m a really big Taeyeon fan. She is one of the few artists who, up …
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FEEL THAT SWEET CHILL IN THE AIR All I want in life is to be slightly cold in order to wear 17 layers of clothing every time I leave the …
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It’s been over two years since Taeyeon’s last full-length album, and in that time her discography has grown in drips and drabs — a holiday album here, a Japanese mini-album …
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