For Your Viewing Pleasure: Up Close and Personal
Welcome back to For Your Viewing Pleasure, where we take time out of the week to curate a set of photos from the K-pop landscape. Usually, I like to…
Tag: Nam Ji-hyun
Shopping King Louie, Ep. 1-11: Farewell to the Tormentor Trope
K-drama fans have a kind of love-hate relationship with the tropes of the romance genre. Despite griping about endlessly recycled material, people keep…
Short and Sweet: Love Cells
“I’d actually like it if the world suddenly ended,” muses Ma Dae-choong, and so begins Love Cells. The series -- literally translated as…
Common Food Descriptors in K-pop
Food is more than just sustenance; it is an aspect of life present in our everyday lives. Food can be symbolic -- olives, peace and chocolate, romance …
The Romantic and Idol, We Can’t Get Enough Dating
Idols dating, it’s a taboo topic for fans, companies, and the idols themselves. For the last month there has been rumor after rumor about idol couples …
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 their st…
Lee Hyun is Shallow
8eight's Lee Hyun released the MV for his comeback solo "You are the Best of My Life" (aka "Best of Mine") from his second solo mini album via Big …
4Minute Ji-hyun performed in Malaysia despite poor health
Ahh...the hardships our Korean idols go through. What fighting spirit Ji-hyun has displayed!
What’s with the influx of idols in the K-drama-sphere?
Our TV screens are afire with K-pop singers these days. Headlining the current idol wave are upcoming dramas, KBS2 TV's "Dream High", SBS' "It's Okay, Daddy's Girl" and MBC's family sitcom "All My Love". These ambitious plotlines from Korea's three main networks are to be played out by a host of K-pop idols.