Brown Eyed Girls

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Everybody Dance Now: Dance MVs

Famous dancer and choreographer Doris Humphrey once said “There are times when the simple dignity of movement can fulfil the function of a volume of ...

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Young At Heart: Debunking K-Pop’s Age Limit Myth

As years go by, and more rookies crop up, one wonders when and if their beloved groups will end up on the chopping block and ...

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Exploring the Physical: Album, that is

In this day and age where most of us tend to get our music in digital form, legally or otherwise, buying physical albums have largely ...

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K-pop: Creation and Maintenance of a Sound

As more and more groups debut each year, it’s becoming more important for groups to establish themselves in some unique way. They need to stand ...

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The Los Angeles Korean Music Festival: Old Versus New

This past weekend saw a Hallyu takeover of Los Angeles. The annual Korean Music Festival brought together fans of Korean music both old and new: ...

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Miryo, JoHoney, Whatever, She’s Still Alright

But, just alright. Brown Eyed Girls is chock-full of talent it’s bubbling to the brim with, and it explodes during their promotions. Not only do ...

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Miryo Is Seoul’s Baddest Female

There are so many female “rappers” in K-pop girl groups these days, it’s easy to forget the ladies that studied to be true, viable MCs, ...

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K-pop: Dark vs. Cute Concepts

K-pop is highly gimmicky, every new song and album requiring the idols to don a new look to stay current. This isn’t true for all ...

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The Omnipotence of Orange Caramel

In my country, the greatest expatriate community are South Koreans. Although that might not be true in other nations, it has been known that for ...

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Highlights of the MBC Gayo Daejun Part 2

And we bring you part two of our highlights of the MBC Gayo Daejun for 2011! Once again, Gil and I return to grace you ...

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