I ended up liking the MBC show the most because it was actually exciting to watch all the way through despite its lack of collaboration stages. Don’t get me wrong, I’m a huge sucker for collabs (hence why my favorite performance was the SHINee/f(x) collabo which was, in all honestly, kind of a dud), but [...]

It’s always a good feeling whenever I put together one of these end-of-year posts and am met not only with a ridiculously long list of songs from this year that I loved, but also an even longer list of songs from this year that I didn’t get a chance to listen to. Even though my [...]

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 [...]

I’m feeling this group; not feeling this song. The chorus of a song usually makes or breaks it for me, and “다시돌아와”‘s chorus is comparatively weak even to most indie-pop pieces, which is the vibe I’m getting for this song. What I am impressed with, however, is their choreography. And their dance skill, obviously…but that’s [...]

You know what’s so great about working with a company that doesn’t usually produce mainstream pop? NO GIMMICKS.