SB Decade in Review: A Song a Year, Part 2 (2015-2019)

As we cross over into the 2020s, retrospectives on the past decade of K-pop are abound. Year on year, the shifts in the K-pop scene may not be ap…

For Your Viewing Pleasure: Animal Prints and Fuzzy Things

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 lan…

SB End-of-Year Review, 2019: Boundary-Breaking MVs Take the Lead

Stunning K-pop MVs require mastery in the art of marrying music, performance, and cinematography. 2019 has not been the most spectacular year for…

SB End-of-Year Review, 2019: An Abundance of Choices in Dance

Dances are so ingrained in K-pop that we’d be remiss if we didn’t discuss it in our End-of-Year Reviews. Continuing from the Dance Mid-Year Review, ch…

SB End-of-Year Review, 2019: Comebacks that Push Musical Frontiers

No matter where an artist is at in their career, a comeback is challenging. For senior artists, the key is how to take an identity they’ve establi…

For Your Viewing Pleasure: Winter Chic

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…

Seventeen’s “An Ode” Takes the Risk to Blossom

After nearly two years since their last full album, Teen, Age, Seventeen has taken the next step in their music career with An Ode. It has been an…

“Poison: Fear” Paints Seventeen’s Darkest Artistic Fears

"There's a picture of Uncle Walt up there. What does he remind you of? Don't think, answer. Go on." "A m- m- m- madman." "What kind of madman?" "A cr-…

Dance Exchange #7: Seventeen

There has been plenty said about Seventeen in terms of music. Another hallmark of Seventeen is their energetic, detailed, and synchronized choreog…

Side B: Seventeen’s Edgy Twist on Sensuality

Seventeen first broke onto the scene with an infectious, funk- and hip-hop-laced style of pop, establishing a stronghold in this sound and its acc…