VIXX Wins First #1 Trophy on Music Bank

A year and a half after debut, Jellyfish Entertainment's sole idol group VIXX has grabbed their first #1 trophy on December 6th's episode of KBS Music …

Exo Wins First Music Show Trophy

SM's newest boy group Exo has won their first music show award today, beating out Korean music legend Cho Yong-pil to take first place on KBS Music Ban…

5 Things I LOVED in K-pop: 12/17 – 12/23

Whether you celebrate Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanza, Festivus, Boxing Day (shout out to Gaya and all our Aussie peeps), or another holiday at this time o…

Best of Weekly Music Shows: 11/1 to 11/4

Hello readers, and welcome to the first music show recap for November! Following various special concerts and baseball games, all the main players are …

Best of Weekly Music Shows: 9/17 to 9/23

Welcome to the fourth installment of the best music performances of the week! U-Kiss, RaNia, SPICA, and She'z made comeback performances while G-Dragon…

Best of Weekly Music Shows: 8/27 – 9/2

Welcome to our new weekly music show rundown, where our writers will be picking their favorite performances from the seemingly endless number of music …

Idol Groups and Music Show Promotions

Promotion cycles. Most idol groups engage in them, performing on a multitude of shows per week, showing off their skills in live performance. These day…

Nugu-spotting: Trying to get interested in a new group

Nugu: (noun) Pronounced nuu-gu. K-pop lingo used to describe rookies, especially when few people know their names. A contraction of the formal term “Nu…

Music Bank’s Lack of “Live”liness: Precaution or Agenda?

Lip syncing is a widely controversial topic not just in K-pop, but in the entire world. Britney Spears received a lot of controversy for it back during…

Busker Busker’s Win and the Music Show Conundrum

Last week, my fellow writer Johnelle included indie band Busker Busker's improbable win on MNet's M! Countdown on her list of the five things she loved…