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This is Notes on K-pop, an upcoming newsletter by Tamar Herman full of musings on K-pop & then some. I’m looking forward to sharing ideas and thoughts with you!
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What story is SM telling?
It's Wednesday night, May 14, as I write this. I spent the prior weekend in LA, and arrived home to NYC yesterday morning after zooming to a redeye from the Monday night launch party of Lee Soo Man: King of K-pop, directed by Ting Poo and now streaming
Schrödinger's discourse
Who is talking about K-pop anymore? Do you know? Do I know? Sometimes it feels like nobody, and everybody. I'm sitting here drinking coffee on Sunday morning and eating some amazing rugelach from my favorite bakery (if you're in NYC ever, try their babka I swear
The Failure of Fantasy
Over the past few weeks, a few big major Korean entertainment-oriented stories have broken: * The five member group that debuted under Hybe subsidiary ADOR as NewJeans, then claimed they could go on their own to fulfill their dreams and potential while becoming NJZ, lost the right to go by the
Unlocking the BLACKPINK Expansion Pack
It's March 2025, and Blackpink's members as soloists now have more songs than Blackpink as a group. BLACKPINK as a team have 32 original songs (some were recorded again in Japanese, or re-released in live or remix versions). Between solo albums and singles where they'