REVIEWS

Released: August 17th, 2020 Looks like tropical house is here to stay and for good! After what has seemed like a long hiatus of the genre...

Released: June 9th, 2020 Title tracks and concept photos can be quite deceiving. WJSN's latest comeback pictures seemed reminiscent of...

Released: June 22nd, 2017 I am a huge advocate for trends and experiments in the loosely-defined song structures of K-Pop, but at the end...

Released: June 14th, 2011 Although Summer 2020 may end up becoming one of the more forgettable summers for many of us, it doesn't hurt to...

Released: July 27th, 2017 Rarely do K-Pop musical acts with a rock-orientated discography ever take the center of attention in South...

Released: August 11th, 2011 Duos like this one rarely exist in K-Pop anymore; with the long-term average of the number of members in a...

Released: June 1st, 2020 Despite what everyone may say about TWICE, you cannot deny how infectious their title tracks are. Each of those...

Released: May 25th, 2020 Exo's Baekhyun officially becomes the 5th member to release a solo album, just 2 months after Suho released his....

Released: May 29th, 2020 After Mamamoo's Solar released her first solo album just a month ago, I didn't expect Moonbyul to respond that...

Released: May 26th, 2020 Monsta X recently celebrated their 5th anniversary, and the amount of music they've released up to this point...

Released: August 17th, 2015 A lot of magic happens when you take the best vocalist and the best rapper from the same group and put them...

Released: July 28th, 2011 One of my early favorite memories regarding 2NE1 was when I actively kept up with their steady release of...

Released: July 23rd, 2015 Although spring may be nearing its end here in North America, G-Friend's Me Gustas Tu takes us to a paradise...

Released: May 19th, 2020 As Neo Culture Technology continues to expand across multiple continents and cities, so do their capabilities of...

Released: May 19th, 2020 The ongoing flux of new girl groups this month never stops! Now the third girl group to debut in May after...

Released: May 20th, 2020 It's quite funny because yesterday I posted a throwback review of Lovelyz's Candy Jelly Love (who Sujeong is a...

Released: May 19th, 2020 Some things to point out first; one of the members, Dita, is Indonesian, which would make her the first to ever...

Released: November 17th, 2014 When I look back at the song's title, I finally just realized how strange the name is, but that's not going...

Released: May 18th, 2020 As the newest label-mate to arguably the hottest boy band in K-Pop and in the world right now, it can be...

Released: May 15th, 2020 Is the arrival of the fourth generation close upon us? Every single member in the new girl group Woo!ah! was...

Released: May 15th, 2012 A special feature post is a post where I post content that isn't a typical song critique review. Rather it...

Released: May 11th, 2020 Although I may be a little late to the NUEST party, I was actively staying in touch back when NUEST debuted in...

Released: May 11th, 2020 At first glance, Day6 may seem like another typical boy group, but that is not the case. Day6 is a pure rock...

Released: June 7th, 2013 2013 was a fun year full of memorable tunes in my playlist, but it also the beginning of the transition from the...

Released: May 12th, 2020 Next up we have Bvndit, a 5-member girl group under agency MNH Entertainment. MNH may sound completely...

Released: January 11th, 2012 Whew it's been a while since I last did a throwback review! Today I want to dive further into the musicality...

Released: May 4th, 2020 I haven't been following Astro much, but I have been listening to their past hit single Baby and it is really...

A special feature post is a post where I post content that isn't a song critique review. Rather it focuses on other areas of K-Pop that I...

Released: May 6th, 2020 It's been a while since we have seen collaborations between idols who are on top of their games right now. At the...

A special feature post is a post where I post content that isn't a song critique review. Rather it focuses on other areas of K-Pop that I...

Released: April 27th, 2020 I can't remember the last time a permanent boy group with this many members debuted since Seventeen (Wanna One...

Released: April 20th, 2020 Prior to doing my research, I was not exposed to the boy group Imfact at all, so I was a little surprised when...

Released: April 29th, 2020 And so a full month of blog reviews has gone by! Minus the last 2 days where I didn't post at all (my...

Released: April 28th, 2020 I remember doing research on the girl group members prior to this comeback and I saw something interesting;...

Released: April 27th, 2020 As I mentioned in an earlier post, there aren't too many soloists in K-Pop at the moment, but Chungha happens...

Released: April 27th, 2020 Never before had I been super excited for a comeback like Oh My Girl's. The girl group is career-wise soaring...

Released: August 29th, 2011 Rarely in K-Pop do we ever see duos and soloists releasing new music; it is most likely that either of the...

Released: June 19th, 2009 Allow me to introduce you to the dimension of trot. Trot is a genre of Korean music (not Korean Pop) dating...

Released: April 23rd, 2020 To this day I still have no idea what Yeeun's stage name "HA:TFELT" means, but whatever it means, it's played...

Released: February 12th, 2013 B.A.P was one of the most promising artists in the past decade, redefining the limits a boy band group can...

Released: April 22nd, 2020 Fun fact: I still listen to their debut single Dream Candy every single year since its release in 2015, but...

Released: September 15th, 2009 This time we turn the clock all the way back to 2009, an era that will surely make you feel old if you can...

Released: April 20th, 2020 I've always thought that Got7 and JYP emphasizes stage performance and choreography as their number one...

Released: October 2nd, 2012 Girl group EXID went through such a wild roller-coaster ride. Debuting back in 2012, EXID found almost no...

Released: February 16th, 2017 When I think of the year 2017 in terms of K-Pop, the first thing that comes to mind is tropical house. 2017...

Released: April 26th, 2019 I honestly don't know much about Eyedi, other than the fact that she auditioned in Mix Nine, a survival show...

Album: Sunny Summer Released: July 19th, 2018 B-side spotlight is a special feature where I want to highlight specific album tracks that...

Released: September 19th, 2018 Rarely do dance-pop songs ever appear on one's homework playlist or perhaps while one is star gazing up at...

Released: April 13th, 2020 Debuting back in 2011, Apink is one of the 2nd to last groups still standing from the second generation (the...

Released: January 31st, 2013 Let me guess this off my chest; Gone Not Around Any Longer is technically a SISTAR19 song, but it's more of...