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 4, 2025)
Sometimes, it’s fun to take a trip back in time and immerse yourself in a specific K-pop year. Similar to my Battle of the B-sides, this feature sees me shuffling a huge playlist of songs from a certain era, picking out six at random and… Read More »K-POP Time Machine: Ranking Six Random Songs from 2015
On the second night of Lucy Dacus’s Forever Is a Feeling tour at the historic Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, the […] The post Jasmine.4.t and Katie Gavin Live in Nashville with Lucy Dacus appeared first on The Alternative.
A K-pop act’s title track isn’t always the best song on their album, even if it’s the one most people will hear. Sometimes, b-sides deserve recognition too. In the singles-oriented world of K-pop, I want to spotlight some of these buried treasures and give them… Read More »Buried Treasure: NEXZ – Want More? One More!
Well, this is a surprise! I somehow missed the announcement about this song, so hearing a collaboration between two of K-pop’s most influential rappers comes as a pleasant little shock tonight. Stop The Rain pairs Epik High’s Tablo with BTS’s RM, crafting a multi-generational shot… Read More »Song Review: Tablo (Epik High) x RM (BTS) – Stop The Rain