Best of Weekly Music Shows: 6/12 – 6/18

Welcome back to Best of Weekly Music Shows! This week saw Lee Si-eun and S.E.T make their debut; B.A.P’s Jongup also made his solo debut. INA, Jeong Ji…

Best of Weekly Music Shows: 5/29 – 6/4

It's time for another edition of Best of Weekly Music Shows! This week is filled with highs and lows. More groups are making their comeback, so our sum…

SoundCloud and K-pop: Where Artists Find Creative Freedom

SoundCloud for years has provided a place for musicians, famous and local, to share their music. It's home to groups of artists as diverse as the music…

Seventeen’s “Don’t Wanna Cry” is a Collage of Sorrowful Yearning

Seventeen's latest title track, "Don't Wanna Cry", is a marked departure from their earlier ones, going down a more introspective and emotional route r…

Seventeen Impresses with New Sound in “Al1”

Seventeen has consistently worked towards creating and maintaining their own, unique sound: their past title tracks such as “Mansae”, “Very Nice”, and …

Side B: Seventeen Shines with Youthful Sincerity

We are right on the cusp of K-pop summer going into full swing, and Seventeen have just made their comeback with "Don't Wanna Cry". Although they're on…

The SB Mixtape: 5/4/2017, Horns

So, I don't know about y'all, but where I live, it snowed this week. This wouldn't be an issue if I lived somewhere where it was actually winter, but I…

BuzzBeats #12: Popularity, a Blessing or a Curse?

Welcome back to another episode of Buzzbeats. Apologizes for missing out on March. But I hope April's episode will make up for it. There have been q…

History of K-pop: Top Hits of 2016

2016 was a rough year for much of the world, and tough in many ways for K-poppers as well. We lost a few great, spectacular, legendary groups, watched …

SB End-of-Year Review: Veterans and Rookies Alike Impress, Comebacks 2016

There's nothing that excites K-pop fans more than the announcement of a comeback. In 2016, we fans were a bit spoiled with the sheer amount of comeback…