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…
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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…
Music & Lyrics: Finding Yourself with Stray Kids
When Stray Kids officially debuted with “District 9” in the beginning of 2018, their fiery verses, rock influences, and ram-down-the-door approac…
“Clé: Levanter” Sees Stray Kids Grow Up
The conclusion to Stray Kids Clé series, Clé: Levanter, is an interesting release, and one that certainly shows Stray Kids maturing not only as ar…
Stray Kids Unlock Their Future in “Levanter”
Throughout their Clé album series, Stray Kids have been desperately searching for the key to their happiness and success. In the trilogy's finale,…
KAMP Global: The Wannabe K-pop Coachella
Most of us are not foreign to the K-pop concert atmosphere; it is deafening cheers, hot temperatures, and heightened excitement zapping through th…
Unsung Artists: October 2019
As with every year, the post-Chuseok season welcomed a veritable flood of releases in October, ranging from the debut of Super M and the long-anti…
For Your Viewing Pleasure: All in the Makeup
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 landsca…
Stray Kids’ “Side Effects” Takes Bold Risks
“My head hurts,” is a phrase that sums up my experience with Stray Kids’ latest title track, “Side Effects”. While the song falls under the same genre…