written by: drowningn00b You could not escape the 1llionaire trio last year. Beenzino made his debut on the label with ‘24:26‘, selling out in less than a month, and Dok2 worked with damn near everyone who mattered, from B-Free and G-Dragon, to Jessica from Girls’ Generation. At the helm of “The Year of the Gang” […]

written by: Drowningn00b Choreography is a mainstay in K-Pop – from the suggestive gyrations by JYP in “Kiss” to the leg flips of SNSD’s “Genie”. Certain dance moves come to define artists, like Rain’s t-shirt tearing at concerts and shows, and others launch rookies into idols, like SISTAR’s pole-dances. Whether fans like it or not, […]

The K-Pop music scene has seen an increase of momentum on the musical quality fronts this year, meaning K-Pop has improved. Like any other music industry, it always does and always will, and I’m glad to be here to share those better moments with you in my Best Albums of 2012 wrap up. Here’s my […]

written by: drowningn00b For better, not worse, Jay Park is one of those ‘artists’ that the label serious doesn’t fit. His debut EP, Take A Deeper Look, lost the impact of that title by featuring the ex-2PM member’s oiled and chiseled torso on the cover. The lead singles to the debut EP and his first […]

written by: drowningn00b Dance troupe Prepix made their debut in March with the Rado-composed single “Look To Listen”, with the his and hers singles “Then I Saw You” with Jay Park and “Another Day” with G.NA and Dok2, respectively. “Look To Listen” was an R&B effort, with electronic and band elements, with G.NA going the […]

written by: McRoth It’s a point of argument that former producer Brave Brothers made U-KISS sound particularly bad in their first years as a boy band, but it’s a general consensus that they sound a trillion times better now with him out of the picture. Their previous album, “Neverland“, cemented U-KISS’s new, clean musical style into the K-pop history […]