The SB Mixtape: 5/17/2018, K-Pop Book Club

Books are one of my favorite things. It's fun to get lost in a made up world, connect with characters, and just get excited about the story. With the i…

Bigger, Better, Sassier Than Before: The Best Comebacks of 2012

It certainly was a great year to be a K-pop fan--we saw the dawn of many new rookies, the return of long-time favorites, and zeroes become heroes pract…

Music & Lyrics: K-pop Should Be Thankful for Kim Eana

My colleague Paloma has launched a discussion about music and lyrics as a way to measure the evolution of an artist, and this time, I’m going to focus …

A Magical Summer Night Around the Loen Tree

 A handful of artists from Loen Entertainment have teamed together under the name of Loen Tree. Their mini-album, Summer Night, attempts to explore the…

Doing Fine on Their Own: JYP and Ga-in Don’t Need “Someone Else”

Many newer fans of K-pop are unfamiliar with J.Y. Park as anything other than the maverick figurehead of JYP, so before we address his most recent mate…

Highlights of the MBC Gayo Daejun Part 1

The last of the big three music festivals of 2011 was the MBC Gayo Daejun. SBS had messy performances, KBS had the worst fashion, and MBC forgot to inv…

Seeing Double…Or Triple

If you have your eye on fashion in the Korean entertainment industry, you may have become increasingly aware of the number of times you see some of the…

5 Things I LOVED in Kpop This Week: 9/18 – 9/24

It's been an action packed couple of weeks with many of your favorite groups making a Fall comeback.  The most anticipated- the return of the Brown Ey…

How U-Kiss reignited my love for K-pop…

If U-KISS' new song achieved anything, it reignited an old epiphany on life, love, and K-Pop. But mostly K-pop. When U-KISS' new song 'Neverland' ca…

The Best of 5 Things: K-Variety Edition

August 29, 2011, marks the one year anniversary of the series 5 Things I LOVED in Kpop This Week.  It's been fun sharing with you all what 5 things…