For Your Consideration: Are the MTV VMAs Catering to K-pop?
Editor's Note: This article was written before three new fan-voted categories were announced by MTV: Best Group, Best Power Anthem, and Song of Summer…
Tag: NCT
NCT Dream Make An About-Face in “Boom”
There are some groups where a change in concept is expected, some where it’s encouraged, and some where it comes out so far out of left field, it …
Taeyong Creates a Dreamy, Analog Track for a “Long Flight”
Wrapping up the third season of SM Entertainment's "SM Station," NCT U's leader Taeyong has released his first solo track "Long Flight." Released on T…
Has NCT’s Concept Been Effective?
In 2016, SM Entertainment launched the idol group project called Neo Culture Technology -- otherwise known as NCT. We previously covered the conce…
For Your Viewing Pleasure: Dust Off Your Denim
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…
WayV is Ready to “Take Off” in Their First EP
Four months after their lukewarm debut single, WayV NCT's 7-membered Chinese subunit, has returned with their first EP: the aptly-titled Take Off…
WayV’s “The Vision” Lacks Original Content
SM Entertainment’s ambitious international project, NCT, just took another step towards global domination with the debut of NCT’s Chinese subunit,…
BTS, Iz One and How Tensions Between Korea and Japan Play Out in K-pop
Idols' scandals rarely make headlines outside of Korea and the K-pop fandom. But when a Japanese television appearance by BTS was canceled in earl…
Mullets on Male Idols: Heinous Hairdo or Fashion-forward Street Style?
More than a year after the release of "Ko Ko Bop," Exo finally came back with "My Tempo" and outdid their previous comeback with not one, but two …
NCT 127 Explore Their Identity With “Regular-Irregular”
NCT 127 is back with their first full-length album, Regular-Irregular. Complimentary to the conceptual “dream” in “NCTmentarys”, the group explores wha…