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What is going on with the battle for K-pop juggernaut SM Entertainment?
An attempt at creating a thorough, at times clearly exhausted, intro to a very complicated, lengthy situation that has given us both stress and memes
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Getting into entertainment journalism, K-pop edition
Plus an explainer and apology about why I'm not going to respond to career advice requests for the time being
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K-pop's love affair with luxury fashion is wonderful, but bittersweet
I have a terrible relationship with fashion. My mother, a particularly artistic soul, has always been eager, overzealous even, to ensure that I always look well-dressed by her definitions ever since my childhood. In adulthood, this has obviously led to some clashes because as much as I love her she
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Omega X & Loona contract wins open up 2023 as a year for change in K-pop
It feels like every year we proclaim this one a Big year for change in K-pop in January and December, but as I write this on January 16, 2023, it really feels that way. The year has just begun, but courts have already given two major wins to K-pop stars
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5 Minute Focus: Astro's Moonbin & Sanha Discuss favorite scents & 'Incense'
AKA brief five minute podcast monologues by K-pop stars
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Notes on K-pop album faves 2022
Notes on K-pop, aka Tamar Herman's, favorite albums of the year
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Notes on K-pop song faves 2022
Notes on K-pop, aka Tamar Herman's, favorite 50 songs of the year
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2022 in review: What I wrote
To be honest, I don’t want to write today. That’s sort of a lie, because I have a few ideas for this newsletter and articles buzzing in my head at the moment. But over the last few days I’ve been really frustrated by the state of covering
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I like K-pop storytelling, actually
There are problems, but as a lifelong fantasy and sci-fi lover, I'll take all the engaging narratives and theories you give me
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Omega X, K-pop contracts & Hollywood's Golden Age
Or, How artists fighting for their own rights can make things better for everyone in the long run
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The communality of K-pop lightsticks
Some thoughts on the value of "the biggest waste of plastic in the world"