Rain Returns With “Rain Effect”

After almost four years since his last album, Back to Basic, Rain has returned with his sixth album, Rain Effect. Under a new entertainment company, Cu…

Is It Love or Hate for Hyorin’s First Solo Album?

It seems common these days to find K-pop artists, who sing as part of a group, releasing solo material. These performers are usually popular on their o…

F.T. Island Returns with ‘The Mood’

F.T. Island fans were undoubtedly excited to receive the anniversary album Thanks To, as it was the first Korean release in over a year. Paired with th…

Jaejoong’s Four Ws: “Who, When, Why” and Wow

If you had asked me whether I thought Jaejoong was going to release a good first album a few weeks ago, I would have laughed and said my expectations w…

Nine Muses Soar With “Prima Donna”

Debuting under Star Empire Entertainment in 2010, one would think that Nine Muses would have already released a full-length album like those who have d…

G.I’s Got “Tremendous” Ambitions

So here’s the thing: summer is over, and time has born out the assertion that 2NE1’s summer releases were not the droid we were looking for. Specifical…

CNBLUE Wants to Know “What Turns You On?”

With their latest effort, What turns you on?, CNBLUE has returned to the place it all began for them: Japan. Four years ago, the band formed in Seoul a…

J.Y. Park Reflects on Life, Love and Happiness with ‘Halftime’

Park Jin-young (or JYP as he is more commonly known) has had a long career. Debuting in 1992 -- the year that this writer was born -- JYP has dabbled i…

Drunken Tiger Loses Some Bite with “The Cure”

After a four-year hiatus and hot on the heels of Tiger JK’s departure from Jungle Entertainment, Drunken Tiger returns with The Cure, the “group”’s nin…

BtoB Writes Their Own “Thriller”

Five months after the release of “Second Confession” which featured the cutest yet stupidly corny pick up line in recent K-pop years (“I’ll be your sho…