SB End-of-Year Review, 2019: Some Solid EPs in a Lacklustre Year
Continuing from the first part of the End-of-Year discussion on albums, Lo, Qian, and Aastha discuss the best K-pop mini…
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SB End-of-Year Review, 2019: Albums That Made 2019 Less Terrible
We've come to an end of an especially tumultuous year in K-pop. As tradition dictates, Aastha, Lo, and Qian have gathered together to share their view…
SB End-of-Year Review, 2019: Boundary-Breaking MVs Take the Lead
Stunning K-pop MVs require mastery in the art of marrying music, performance, and cinematography. 2019 has not been the most spectacular year for…
SB End-of-Year Review, 2019: An Abundance of Choices in Dance
Dances are so ingrained in K-pop that we’d be remiss if we didn’t discuss it in our End-of-Year Reviews. Continuing from the Dance Mid-Year Review, ch…
SB End-Of-Year Review, 2019: A Year of Bold Heroines and Supernatural Happenings in Dramas
In 2019, old trends continued and new trends were started. The move towards multiple seasons for dramas is continuing with Netflix at the forefron…
SB End-of-Year Review, 2019: Surprising Debuts from Smaller Companies
2019 may go down in K-pop history as a exceptionally bad year for events and news within the industry, but it's been exceptionally strong for debu…
SB End-of-Year Review, 2019: Comebacks that Push Musical Frontiers
No matter where an artist is at in their career, a comeback is challenging. For senior artists, the key is how to take an identity they’ve establi…
End-of-Year Review, 2018: The Sharp and the Trendy of Dances
We've looked at debuts and comebacks; MVs and albums; K-indie and K-drama; and now we have arrived at the end of our review of 2018 with one of th…
SB End-of-Year Review, 2018: Debuts That Excited Us
It's the end of the year, and we looked back at what new K-pop acts created excitement for us. Many of these acts brought something different to the t…
SB End-of-Year Review: South Korea Has a Stellar Year for Indie
In South Korea, independent artists tend to be the silent heroes of the music industry. They work tirelessly to create art that calls to them as well a…