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…
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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…
Unsung Artists: November 2019
As the end of the year and the end of the decade draw near, K-pop artists looked to leave their mark, cement their legacies or redefine themselves…
For Your Viewing Pleasure: Add Some Attitude
Welcome back to another installment of For Your Viewing Pleasure, where we take time out of the week to curate a set of photos from the K-pop landscap…
Queendom: A Celebration of Girl Groups
Following the controversial fourth season of Produce 101 and lacklustre eighth season of Show Me The Money, things were starting to look bleak for…
Ethnic Dot: A Discussion on Bindis in K-pop
Queendom is the latest in a string of idol-based survival show from Mnet, pitting debuted girl groups and female idols for our entertainment.…
The SB Mixtape 9/12/2019, K-pop in Paris
Recently, I visited Paris. It was a magnificent place, but one thing I realized it is so much more than the sidewalk cafes and accordion players that …
(G)I-dle Innovates with a 90’s Summer Vibe for “Uh-Oh”
Just four months after their “Senorita” comeback, rookie girl group (G)I-dle switched things up by returning with a new digital hip-hop single “Uh…
Women Empowerment: The Girl Crush Anthem
The girl crush concept — over the last decade K-Pop has exploded in girl group debuts identifying with this concept. The music associated with thi…
(G)I-dle Stumble with “Senorita”
The Latin trend in K-pop is still alive and well. Though Cube’s rookie girl group (G)I-dle throws an unexpected structure and unique raps into the…