Category News and Views
Another Muse Bites the Dust as Hyuna Graduates From Nine Muses
Weeeeeeeellllllllpppp. At this rate, Nine Muses may be better off calling itself The Muses or An Unspecified Number of Singing And Dancing Models because they are not going to get back to nine members at this rate. Star Empire has announced that Moon Hyuna, one of Nine Muses’ better singers and the second most tenured […]
TWICE Will Apparently Make A Comeback In October
Slow day for K-Pop news (as of this typing) so let’s just go with this delightfully vague report about a possible TWICE October surprise. It looks like there may be a music video of sorts in the works (potentially)(reportedly)(speculatively). Several representatives from the music industry claim that the rookie girl group have plans to return […]
Black Pink Has Already Filmed Another Music Video
Fresh off of the success of their debut music videos for “BOOMBAYAH” and “Whistle,” it doesn’t seem like Black Pink is going to be resting on their laurels any time soon. While a representative for YG Entertainment stressed that the group would “slowly” look to expand their brand to variety shows and other entertainment avenues, […]
MAMAMOO To Doubly Bless August With Two Sub-Unit Releases
As if this month hasn’t been blessed enough between a SPICA comeback and the debut of Black Pink, Mamamoo has decided to end August with the release of two (Yes, two!) tracks. Both will be sub-unit duets, one featuring the “Angel line” of Solar and Wheein and the other featuring the much more descriptively named […]
Reviewish: SPICA – “Secret Time” Is A Pretty Mild Time
Over my years extolling the virtues of SPICA, even I could see that the group’s discography featured similar magical positives and slight, but undeniable, flaws.The group’s visuals and vocals were always breathtaking but the group’s dedication to an older R&B sound and a lack of emphasis on hooks and pop riffs often left the group’s […]
Mythical SPICA Comeback Is Real
After a two year drought that has felt like five K-Pop eternities, SPICA, a.k.a. MAMAMOO But Not Popular, will finally be gracing our inferior species with a comeback. The group dropped their first teaser image for “Secret Time” and, well, thank the gods for all that is Boa (and Narae) (and Jiwon) (and Bohyung) (and […]
Reviewish: Hyuna – “How’s This?” Is Just… No
The biggest draw of a Hyuna solo comeback is also often its biggest potential drawback; namely that the Hyuna mish-mash of sexual provocation, hyper-active beats and Hyuna’s vocal HEP-HAP-singing falls right on the line between genius and disaster (The obvious exception that proves the rule is “Bubble Pop” which is just sublime pop music). Unfortunately, […]
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