Being a K-pop fan since 2007, I've seen a lot of music videos and listened to more K-pop songs than I can count. K-pop in general is an umbrella term often used to refer to all Korean music and not just limited to what it essentially suggests, pop. I encountered ...
K-Pop, as a genre, is so much more than catchy tunes and weird, flashy clothes. There’s a whole story to be told when a group makes their comeback, and the best way to do this is through concepts. A well-made concept not only represents the idea of the album/single but ...
Legend says Bona is an actual goddess.. A goddess like her shouldn't be allowed to mingle with puny humans.. But as perfect as she is, she seeks equality and is more than willing to bless us with her beauty and graces us as an idol for us to worship.. Putting ...
In 2012, over 100 new groups debuted, marking the rise of rookie group debuts. Yes, over 100 groups. No, many of them haven’t survived. The girl groups who have debuted post-2012 are unable to climb the wall of popularity because they come from small companies. There are, though, surprise success ...
FROM disbandments and member departures to hiatuses, senior K-pop idol groups have faced very rough waters in the first seven months of 2016. At the beginning of the year, there were about 49 active groups who debuted between 2000 and 2010. One popular group out of the 49 have since ...
Artists everywhere are always looking for ways to increase their revenue streams and in places with increasingly crowded music markets, this is especially important. A simple (in theory) way to do so is to increase your audience. Of course, without being able to create new human beings at will, you ...
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