Fashion and K-pop: Striking the Right Balance

Image construction is one of the fundamentals of making it big in K-pop. Fashion constitutes a major chunk of this very process of the formation of the…

Return of the Jedi: Kris and Luhan Hold Joint Press Conference

It's been a wild week for those of us who've been keeping up with the Kris and Luhan epic. February began with SM Entertainment filing their own lawsui…

Keeping Up With Krishan: Contract Disputes and Lawsuits Galore

In case you had forgotten that former members Luhan and Wu Yi Fan (the artist formerly known as Kris) abandoned their group to start new careers in Chi…

Why 2014 Was Not the Beginning of the End for K-pop

2014 is the year of the Kpopalypse! Well, not really, but K-pop fans, admittedly myself included, have been declaring it to be. This year has broug…

Speak Up! Idol Lawsuits Sowing Seeds of Change

The K-pop community was shocked on the 26th of November, when B.A.P filled for the nullification of its contract with TS Entertainment. B.A.P has beco…

The Future of the China Line

In the settling dust of their respective contract termination lawsuits, former Exo members Wu Yifan (Kris) and Luhan have re-emerged in the entertainme…

Confessions of a Fangirl: Idols Who Deserve A $

Dear $eoulmates, Last week on my campus, A$AP Ferg performed at a free concert, and the crowds were unreal. For as long as I can remember, I've been…

Notes on a Scandal: What Can SM Entertainment Learn from 2014?

All is not well in the house of SM Entertainment. To be fair, 2014 thus far has given us a host of scandals across the entertainment companies, but SM …

Roundtable: Taking Stock, Mid-2014

Welcome back, everyone, to another Seoulbeats Roundtable! As we fast approach July, let's take a moment to reflect on the first half of what has…

A Peek Into the Dollhouse: K-pop Industry and Oppression

With Kris taking the final stride out of SM spurring reactions and counter-reactions, rumours and reports, it put the limelight (again) on the unethica…