Music and Lyrics: Airplanes
As summer makes itself increasingly felt in the Northern Hemisphere, many people travel for pleasure and fun. A common mode of travel due to its simpli…
Tag: f(x)
SM’s Treatment of Non-Korean Artists
The recent news of Henry leaving SM Entertainment, which unfortunately did not come as a surprise, raises wider questions about the treatment and posit…
The SB Mixtape: 5/17/2018, K-Pop Book Club
Books are one of my favorite things. It's fun to get lost in a made up world, connect with characters, and just get excited about the story. With the i…
Amber’s “Rogue Rouge” Gets Emotional
On April 15, Amber Liu released her first mixtape, titled Rogue Rouge. It’s been a while since Amber or her group f(x) have released new music, so I wa…
BuzzBeats #17: Who Run The World? Women Who Inspire
Welcome back to another episode of Buzzbeats. With the passing of March's National Women's History Month and now April being National Sexual Assault…
Olympic Champions of K-Pop (The SB Mixtape, 2/9/2018)
The Winter Olympics are upon us once again. They're an opportunity for the greatest athletes in sports, ranging from figure skating to curling, to comp…
K-pop Indie Gem: XXX
There must have been divine intervention when the universe brought together rapper Kim Ximya and producer/DJ FRNK. For I can quite honestly say not a l…
Roundtable: K-Pop in the Wild, Wild, West
As K-pop further breaches the conciousness of Western media outlets, including many mainstream publications, the portrayal and coverage of the genre ma…
The SB Mixtape: 9/6/2017, Walk, B*tch!
Ever since I saw Shinhwa's video for "This Love," I've been aching to give honor to those voguing oppas who completely slayed everyone's existence, giv…
Music & Lyrics: Red
When summer comes around in K-pop, there are several things that come to mind: summer comeback music video tropes, female groups getting the spotlight,…