At the end of each month, I compile my top three K-pop title tracks and list a ton of honorable mentions. In 2025, I thought I’d try something new and add a weekly feature to supplement my monthly round-up. Each Sunday, I’ll offer a compendium… Read More »THIS WEEK IN K-POP: Ranking the New Releases from May 4 – 10
In connection with my desire to fully keep up with the J-pop industry, I’m planning to do a weekly round-up of any new releases that have caught my ear. Some of these may have been covered on the blog already, but my hope is that… Read More »New & Noteworthy J-pop of the Week (May 11, 2025)
With over 5,000 songs on my iPhone’s “K-Pop Singles” playlist, I thought it would be fun to add a bit of unpredictability to my song review posts. So as a result, we have the “Random Shuffle Review” feature. The rules are simple. I fire up… Read More »Random Shuffle Review: B1A4 – Baby Good Night
Greetings, Decibel readers! It’s raining as I write this article. In fact, it’s basically been raining here all week, making the music in this week’s edition particularly fitting. A lot of the albums here will be very pleasing to listeners looking for heavy, dark, atmospheric metal… Read More »Five For Friday: May 9, 2025
Girl group VVS terrorized us with their stale Tea a few weeks ago and now they’re back with another gimmicky track. Purrfect strains to be camp (sorry, nobody can unfurl a campier purr better than Eartha Kitt) but as usual this style of humor is… Read More »Song Review: VVS – Purrfect