Survive & Thrive in Korea
I know, I know I’ve been MIA on the K-pop reportage, but that stops now! Of course before I tackle any other artist I’ve got to go straight at my girls over in 2NE1. If you’ve been under a rock or in America then you probably didn’t hear about their latest album: To Anyone! I’ve […]
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Have you heard? I bet you haven’t! I just found out myself thanks to this very site about J-pop sensation and Blasian singer Crystal Kay Williams AKA Crystal Kay. No doubt you’re busting a vein trying to figure out why a J-pop singer would be in my K-pop scribblings but rest assured CKW fits right […]
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2NE1 is one of the newest girl groups to hit the K-Pop scene. They more than stand out and top the charts because of their own distinct and non cookie cutter looks. The girls of 2NE1 don’t do the usual glam, girly-girl, cutesy thing. Now, there’s nothing wrong with the girly-girl cutesy thing in general […]
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Okay, my friends from back home love to lord over the fact that the Pop acts there are just all that and a bag of chips. They had never even heard of K-pop before I started filling them in on the music scene here. They can’t help but to compare Pop and K-pop artists. One […]
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Don’t call it a comeback! Okay, yeah you can actually, but really these two superstars never really left! Two of South Korea’s hottest K-Pop giants have new shiny albums. First up is Rain; my BFWDNI (boy friend who doesn’t know it). Rain’s new album is called Back to Basics. Don’t get confused with Christina’s album […]
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I just don’t know what it is about She-Dragon. Kwon Ji-Yong ( 권지용) rides that fence between feminine and masculine like a skate boarder popping a trick down a handrail. I’m not hating. No, I love it. He’s like some pan-sexual mythic Satyr with highlights and skinny jeans and, well, less hair and horns. Okay, […]
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