There’s been a fair amount of controversy around the promotion of Xiumin’s Whee!, as SM Entertainment seem to be up to their old tricks of blocking artists who have left the agency. Xiumin remains a part of EXO, but he’s embarked on his own solo… Read More »Song Review: Xiumin (EXO) – Whee!
Today is the day of girl group members gone solo, as Red Velvet’s Seulgi joins ITZY’s Yeji with new material. Baby, Not Baby is her second official solo single, though she was recently a duet partner with K-pop legend Kim Wan Sun on the 80’s… Read More »Song Review: Seulgi (Red Velvet) – Baby, Not Baby
Though Yeji burst onto the scene as part of girl group ITZY, she first stepped onto my radar as a contestant in SBS’s 2018 talent audition show The Fan. In fact, a ton of talent ended up flourishing from that program! Even back then, it… Read More »Song Review: Yeji (ITZY) – Air
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Jizzy Pearl has done it all in his four-plus decades in heavy music. Pearl (James Wilkinson) came of age in the 80s during the rise of hair and glam metal on the Sunset Strip. He hustled for the entire decade and dealt with perpetual poverty.… Read More »“I Want My Fingers Burned From Carrying The Torch”: Jizzy Pearl’s Four-Plus Decade Journey In LA Metal