SB Exchange #7: T-ara
Our featured artist for this week’s SB Exchange is Core Contents Media‘s flagship group, T-ara. I’d entered the fandom just as “John Travolta Wannabe” was…Read More
WTF Moment: Lee Joon and Lizzy’s Couple Dance
Lee Joon and Lizzy are one of the couples on “Pit A Pat Shake,” K-pop’s latest and greatest fake-dating-esque variety show. The duo performed an…Read More
The Road to K-pop Stardom: Auditioning
During my freshman year of high school, a close friend of mine who had just moved from Korea once told me that almost all of her Korean…Read More
Go Younha, Where Art Thou?
I remember the first time I encountered Younha. It was around Christmas in 2009, and I was about to head home from university after a…Read More
5 Things I LOVED in K-pop: 1/23 – 1/29
We say good bye to January with a K-pop rookie throwdown, Song Ji-hyo proves once again why she’s the queen on Running Man, Bora does…Read More
K-pop Voting Frenzy: Why, oh why?
This post isn’t a statement of opinion as much as it is a question. I’ve spent quite some time in K-pop, and while I admit…Read More
K-pop and America: Are Pop Groups Coming Back?
As life has taught me, people are not always over things. They just like to take a break from it every now and then. Life…Read More
Label Me: Joyrich
Fashion is an integral part of the K-pop machine. What idols wear in teasers and music videos help to build hype for upcoming releases, while…Read More
The Woes of T-ara
T-ara is one of those girl groups whom no one ever would have thought could make it this far. Back in the summer of 2009,…Read More
A Closer Look From the Outside: K-pop on Al Jazeera
K-pop has been growing in popularity and notoriety, with K-pop videos getting millions of hits on YouTube and K-pop artists possessing very loud and proud…Read More
