SHINee’s Key has a history of becoming a K-pop savior on this blog, breaking long streaks of “7” and “8” rated songs with music that pushes bolder and further. That certainly occurred in early 2023 with his single Killer, but his follow-ups have been less… Read More »Song Review: Key (SHINee) – Hunter
Since the release of their first demo back in 2017, I have remained in contact with Lepidus Plague, the unstoppable force behind the Australian black metal act, Kommodus. Our conversations have been published numerous times on this very website. With the release of his magnum… Read More »Human Bulldozer: A Conversation with Kommodus’ Lepidus Plague
As if BoA wasn’t busy enough with her album released last week, she’s back with a new Japanese single as well. We have groundbreakers like BoA and Tohoshinki to thank for K-pop’s popularity in Japan, and it’s always nice to see them take another well-deserved… Read More »Song Review: BoA – Good For U
It’s always exciting when a new group debuts under a major agency, and CORTIS have a big legacy to live up to. GO! is technically a pre-release, so we can’t call it their official debut yet, but it offers a glimpse of Big Hit’s first… Read More »Song Review: CORTIS – GO!
In my house, there exists a hallowed “Damdadi” that heralded the arrival of a personal favorite idol group, so there’s no way I’m not instantly imagining baseball uniforms and hip-shaking choreo when I see that title. However, producer R.Tee and i-dle’s Soyeon have also ventured… Read More »Song Review: R.Tee – DAMDADI (ft. Soyeon of i-dle)