There have been way too many things going on in my life lately for me to maintain a decent handle on what’s been happening in K-pop. I tried to watch last week’s MuCore and ended up fast forwarding through the whole thing because I recognized n-o-b-o-d-y except for like, Dal Shabet, B1A4, and Boyfriend. You [...]

I feel like my reactions towards DBSK’s stuff are getting less and less visceral with every release. Remember how much pent-up rage I had when I first reviewed Keep Your Head Down? Maybe it’s because I’m getting old, but I just don’t have the energy for that shit anymore. Or maybe I just don’t have the [...]

Was looking through my list of previous reviews and found myself being somewhat annoyed at the fact that my album reviews thus far have rested firmly in the SMTown camp. Of course, this has largely to do with the fact that I usually only write about stuff that I actually care about, and while it [...]

For what it’s worth, I’ve never been too fazed at the outrageous comeback teaser photos of SM artists, even if they do feature half-naked, barely-legal boys with long, strawberry blond hair. If there’s one thing SM’s good at, it’s building up hype, and releasing outrageously ugly teaser photos is one way to get attention. Bad [...]

I had an unusually difficult time trying to figure out how to structure this list, and these difficulties mostly stemmed from the realization that I generally have a hard time picking favorites when it comes to K-pop. To be more specific, I don’t completely love everything and I don’t completely hate anything. But I guess [...]