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…

For Your Viewing Pleasure: Prints, Prints, Prints!

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. Solid colours are go…

For Your Viewing Pleasure: The Dog Days (Are Over)

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. Summertime can mea…

Rough Translation: Blackface Makes a Comeback with “Nick Fury” (Featuring Henry)

Blackface is back! It’s only been a month since Blackface's last comeback but it recently dropped another bomb on us somewhat unexpectedly. Whether or …

Oh My Venus, Ep. 7-10: Pleasant Surprises and So Much Growth

Oh, how the tables have turned. On me, that is. I was definitely torn about how this drama was going to go at the beginning. Considering my poor exp…

Oh My Venus, Ep. 1-6: Searching for True Beauty and Character Development

Weight loss stories, in general, tend to rub me the wrong way. Perhaps it's the unrealistic standards of beauty in K-pop (and beyond) and the terribly …

Pimp Your Feed: The Idol Instagrams You Have to Follow

If you're finding your Instagram feed boring to scroll through and end up desperately refreshing the app hoping to see something new pop up, never fear…

March OST Roundup: Super Angry Ho-gu Persevere

Happy 1st Anniversary to this Seoulbeats OST segment! It's definitely been eye-opening keeping a lookout for OSTs that might have slipped through the c…

WGM Snags New Prey in Henry, Yewon and CN Blue’s Jonghyun

With news of two couples leaving We Got Married, fans immediately quivered in their seats in fear of impending announcements that their favourite idols…

8 Rising Variety Idol Stars

Kim Jong-kook. Shinhwa. Super Junior. SNSD. Kwanghee. These are all idols that have made their mark in the world of Korean variety shows. In the case o…