Best of Weekly Music Shows: 6/4 – 6/10
Welcome to Best of Weekly Music Shows! It's nothing but good vibes with groups bringing us hot summer tunes. Sub-unit Loona/yyxy made their first appea…
Tag: Wanna One
Dividing Up Wanna One in 1÷x=1 (Undivided)
Wanna One has certainly taken a new approach towards their third mini-album. Keeping up with the pattern of incorporating mathematical operations in th…
Wanna One’s Shine Fades in “Light”
Wanna One’s success was engineered long before they made their debut. CJ E&M, the production company behind Produce 101, had already proven their f…
Wanna One and The Myth of Accountability In K-pop
There is an unspoken agreement between idols and fans. It’s a shared investment in the creation of a particular fantasy. This can be generalised to thi…
Wanna One Disappoint in “0+1=1”
It’s not exactly a secret that a large portion of the K-pop fan mentality is about the idols as people rather than musicians. As such, the comeback of …
Wanna One Can Do Better Than “Boomerang”
Korea’s own dream team of idols, Wanna One, published their second mini album 0+1=1 on March 19th. On the same day the music video for the title track…
The SB Mixtape, 1/24/2018: Survival of the Fittest
The survival show has become a staple of the K-pop world. In a landscape that thrives on competition and popularity, it's easy to see why there's a dra…
SB End-of-Year Review, 2017: A Mixed Bag for Dance
2017 was an eventful year. So far we've covered comebacks, debuts, dramas, and indie releases in our annual End of Year Reviews. Of course we also too…
SB End-of-Year Review, 2017: Girl Groups Lead the Debuts Pack
As always, the approaching end to the year signals the beginning of our End-of-Year Review series. We kick start this year's discussion with the debuts…
Suing Netizens is Not as Simple as It Seems
Last week, SM Entertainment announced the agency would be taking legal action against malicious commenters who were spreading false rumours about their…