Survive & Thrive in Korea
KICK ASS KOREA reason 25 This past weekend the world DJ festival hit Seoul for it’s fourth birthday! I’d missed last year’s bash so I was even more excited to attend this time around. The event brings DJ and musical acts from around the world to perform. For 2010 included Freemasons, Dirty Disco Youth, Fantastic […]
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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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photo by Chosun Ilbo Welcome, amigos to the K Pop Korner, my little nook of Kiss My Kimchi devoted exclusively to all things K Pop. There’s been a serious lack of K pop love, snark, and affection considering this is a Korea blog and so I’ve been given the go ahead to add my 500 […]
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