SB End-of-Year Review, 2015: Debuts that Hit and Miss the Mark
As the year comes to a close, we are listing our favorite (and least favorite) things about 2015 in K-pop. Next up: debuts. While the front-runners wer…
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100 Athletes vs.100 Entertainers: Running Man On the Edge
When it was announced that Running Man, the ultimate in inventive variety games, would be trying something new yet again - a masterpiece of their most …
The 2015 Melon Music Awards: Awards, Performances, and Fans
Held in Seoul, the 2015 Melon Music Awards kicked off the end of year awards show season on November 7. Actor Seo Kang-joon was the main MC this year f…
Defining A Generation: 2015 in K-pop
As many of you likely know, the spread of Hallyu is categorized in “waves,” and K-pop group debuts are divided into “generations.” Within this system, …
SB Comments of the Week, 9/19 to 9/25
Welcome back to another edition of Comments of the Week! As Chelsea mentioned in this week's Week in Review, many acts avoided releasing music in th…
GFriend And The Rewarding of Slip Ups
Once upon a time, I wrote an article about the unplanned events that occur during live performances; from the fun side games of rock paper scissors, to…
Best of Weekly Music Shows: 7/27 – 8/2
Welcome back, readers, to the Best of Weekly Music Shows! Summer is starting to wind down, but it appears no one told Korea that as the onslaught of su…
G-Friend’s Psychologically Tender “Me Gustas Tu”
On July 23rd rookie girl group G-friend brought back the lily-white classical girl group theme cherished by K-pop fans alike and established themselves…
Best of Weekly Music Shows 7/20 — 7/26
Welcome to Best of Weekly Music Shows! In the latest week of the great summer comeback rush, we had Stellar, Gfriend, N*White, NC.A, Sonamoo, Z.Hera, M…
SB Mid-Year Review, 2015: Digging for Decent Debuts
Welcome to another edition of the SB Mid-year reviews! This time our focus is on that anxious phase every idol has endured -- the debut. The rookie …