Side B: Saying Goodbye to Sistar

We’re halfway through 2017, and the legendary girl groups keep on falling. This time, it’s Sistar who have taken their last bow. However, there are thr…

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…

Sistar Gives Fans Proper Goodbye with “Lonely”

The interactions of K-pop group members generally echo the dynamics of college roommates. By that I mean the kind of relationship where you know anothe…

Baekhyun and Soyou Soothe Away the Past in “Rain”

Bringing together the captivating vocals of Sistar’s Soyou and EXO’s Baekhyun, we have been presented with a bittersweet tune, “Rain.” Releasing the so…

SB End-of-Year Review, 2016: Similar Criteria, Different MV Picks

The season has come again for us to plunge through a seemingly insurmountable ocean of releases and emerge with our End-of-Year Review. Following the d…

Love is Love: Breaking Away from Heteronormativity and Abuse in Sistar’s “One More Day”

Earlier this week, Sistar dropped "One More Day", a collaboration with Italian producer and EDM pioneer Giorgio Moroder that was announced back in Sept…

7 Girl Groups Facing the Seven Year Curse

The past year has not been good for established girl groups as many have faced member departures if not complete disbandment. With Secret’s Sunhwa bein…

Music & Lyrics: I, My, Me, Mine

In K-pop, we often get a number of themes that is repeated: love, devotion, heartbreak, apologies, relationships, the opposite sex, the act of sex itse…

Best of Weekly Music Shows: 7/4 – 7/10

Welcome back, readers! This week we are moving into the second week in July, and music shows are heating up with the return of a number of big name ido…

Roundtable: K-pop in the Summer

It is now summer in the northern hemisphere; a season that not only brings out the sun, but also rays of bright and sunny K-pop tunes. This week we ask…