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The Rapid Rise of Beast: A Retrospective

Beast’s comeback is a month away, but the anticipation is already in high gear. It’s been almost a year since Midnight Sun, which seems both ...

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For Your Viewing Pleasure: Idol (Not So) Confidential

Welcome everyone to another instalment of For Your Viewing Pleasure! While we usually present a sumptuous selection of stars in haute couture, for this week ...

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K-pop Indie Gem: Ibadi

Ibadi is a (currently disbanded) three membered pop-jazz-folk fusion group helmed by Clazziquai‘s Horan. Besides having Horan as a vocalist, the group included Justin Kim (guitar/bass) and Geojung ...

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Hypocritical Hallyu: International Fans and K-pop Fandom

The K-popiverse was hit with some disturbing rumors this afternoon: an international fan of male megaband EXO, who have finally made a much-anticipated and long-awaited ...

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Roundtable: Idol Solo Breakout!

“Solo” seems to be flavour of the month in K-pop, with CL finally getting the green light to go solo and SM just announcing a ...

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K-pop Superhero Soulmate: Iron Man Edition

While no one in K-pop is flying around saving the world, correlations between superheroes and idols are apparent. Firstly, for better or worse, both represent ...

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K-pop Indie Gem: TBNY

TBNY stands for ‘The Basement Noise Yellas’ or ‘Topbob’n'Yankie’, a duo made up of, as you might guess from the second name, Yankie and Topbob ...

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For Your Viewing Pleasure: Mementos of May

Welcome back to For Your Viewing Pleasure, where we take the time out of the week to share with our readers some of the best ...

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CCM clashes with Sports Seoul: A line gone too far?

By this point, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that Korean talent agency Core Contents Media is undoubtedly perhaps the most notorious company to exist ...

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Conquering B.A.P Live On Earth, Seoulbeats Style

When the six alien warriors of B.A.P first arrived last year, these rookies transformed the competition with their fresh edge and nonstop promotions, and left ...

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