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The designer K-pop idol is alive and well
PowerPuff Girls and iPhone meet luxury K-pop stars NewJeans
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Maybe The Real Treasure Was the Concert Friends We Made Along the Way
Your subscription supports my work and allows me to pursue original essays and interviews like these. If you’re already subscribed, I hope you’ll consider upgrading to a paid subscription so I can keep this newsletter going! Thank you for reading, and all your support! Last week, I was
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Why are K-pop stars singing children's songs?
What do NCT 127’s Cherry Bomb, NMIXX’s Young, Dumb, Stupid, NewJeans’ Zero, EXO’s Kokobop all have in common? Aside from being pretty great songs, they all reference nursery rhymes and/or hand games. They’re far from the only K-pop songs that reference nursery rhymes, which begs
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Teasing the demise of K-pop's Twitter playground
This is the way the fun ends, not with a bang but 머스크새끼
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5 Minute Focus: VAV discuss the passage of time 'time' after nearly 3 year hiatus before Designer
Welcome to the third Notes on K-Pop audio interview! This is a five-minute segment featuring industry talent and insiders discussing their relationship and feelings about a certain topic for five minutes freely via voice note with no interruptions. You can listen to the short interview, or read an English-language transcript
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A tale of three K-pop contract disputes
EXO CBX, Loona, and Omega X's recent contract disputes are a temperature check
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RE-EDIT: SHINee Talk Upcoming Projects & How EDM Is Influencing K-Pop Artists at KCON LA 2016
One of my favorite aspects of Music Journalism Insider’s newsletter is a series called Notes on Process, featuring writers explaining how a piece came together. I wanted to riff on that a bit for this newsletter, but not so sure what the best way to do so is, so
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The immense fineness of 10 glorious years taking small, progressively more difficult steps with BTS
Happy anniversary, you living legends! Please excuse me for getting a bit personal and sappy in celebration
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Amid EXO CBX contract battle, fans turn to memes & humor
For K-pop fans, who often turn to their faves for a dose of comfort and support, it felt like a major milestone
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Mini Note #2 - F*ck It All
Seventeen and KARD make me wonder why everyone's dropping F bombs
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Putting a phoenix borne from trauma to rest
An ode to our blog baby, KultScene
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5 Minute Focus: Elise Hu on Beauty & 'Flawless'
Former NPR Seoul bureau chief, Hu's upcoming book 'Flawless investigates K-beauty and our relationship with fashion, beauty