Higher Brothers’ Cross-National Collaboration with Jay Park in “Franklin”

Undeniably, the K-pop industry contains a fair amount of Thai, Japanese, and Chinese idols. And, inevitably, collaborations exist between them and …

The SB Mixtape: 5/31/2017, Slow Wine

One day as I was going about my business, merrily doing work and being in general an innocent child of the Lord, I was listening to my music, as I'm wo…

Dean and the Art of Crossing Over

The formula to a K-pop American crossover follows a predictable timeline: an artist establishes themselves as a local superstar; exports their hits to …

Music and Lyrics: All the Fxxks to Give

Spencer W. Kimball once said “Profanity is the effort of a feeble brain to express itself forcefully”. Well, no disrespect to Spencer W. Kimball, but f…

Hyorin Kicks Off Her Return with “One Step”

Three years after her solo debut, Sistar's Hyorin is making her first comeback! Before her title track "Paradise" had been released, the songstress sha…

Questionable Lyrics in Jay Park’s “Everything You Wanted”

Jay Park has released his newest LP Everything You Wanted and it’s quite obvious that he’s got sex on the brain. Though he’s certainly matured since hi…

The SB Mixtape: 9/7/2016, Relationship Goals

Love songs come in many varieties: simple or soaring, unrequited romance or crazy in love, just starting out or been together forever. The quality of a…

Ready Yourselves: The K-pop Wave Is Changing

Over the last three years, K-pop has been experiencing a bit of struggle to stay afloat the way it did in the late 2000s and early 2010s, while other g…

Follow the Movement Tour in San Francisco: AOMG and DIY Hip Hop Labels

Jay Park has been incredibly busy. In the span of two and a half years since he founded AOMG, he’s released ten singles and two albums. He’s been a var…

For Your Viewing Pleasure: All Jacked Up

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. While we have feat…