NOTES ON K-POP RE-EDIT: GOT7 Discusses Breaking Records, Selling Out Shows & Dabbing
A look at one of my first-ever interviews for Billboard, with a focus on editing & how to formulate interview questions
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Flexing the fandom self
It's June, which means it's the most wonderful time of year for BTS's ARMY: Festa, aka the annual celebration of the group's anniversary. Every year, the act has put out new and old content, streaming concerts, releasing special songs and concerts, commemorating
Notes on K-pop interview: Niel
I didn't tell him this when we spoke, but Niel, aka Ahn Daniel, aka a member of popular 2.5 K-pop boy band Teen Top, was the soundtrack to my college years. My mornings, in particular, because Teen Top's "Supa Luv" was my phone
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