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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ARIRANG, or The Era of Expectations
BEFORE BTS has gone through many eras of their career. A new one begins at midnight tonight. ARIRANG, the first post-military enlistment hiatus album, truly marks the start of a new era for the group. It’s the era of expectations, of anticipation. It must be so exciting and stressful
2025 K-pop in Review: Big 4 Company Scorecard
2025 was a really weird year for K-pop, in that it felt like everyone in the U.S. was finally talking about K-pop between K-Pop Demon Hunters, Rosé's "APT.", Katseye and BTS's return, but generally it felt like interest in any other K-pop topics
This is All For Twice
On February 18, TWICE kicked off the first of their three New York City area shows at UBS Arena in Long Island. It was a Wednesday night concert that began after 8PM, and it ended close to 11pm. The crowds energy was honestly a bit off that night, likely due
What Bunjang's 2025 Fan Sales Data Says About K-pop
One of the most ill-timed projects of my entire career came out on March 16, 2020: Merch Madness, a Billboard deep dive series into K-pop merchandise, arrived just as the Covid-19 pandemic erupted in the United States. It was a series of deep reporting into business and fan practices, the