Tag: LOONA
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K-POP 2024 – 10 best videos
This list contains what the title suggests; the ten best K-pop videos in 2024. It’s important here to distinguish between best videos and best tracks, because sometimes unusually good album tracks will not receive any video treatment, or sometimes the…
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K-POP 2024 december
Finally we may have reached a stage in the month where we can talk about December in K-pop, without being surprised by further swerveballs. So let’s get this year finished! HaSeul – Fragile Eyes. Last surprise ARTMS release of the…
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K-POP 2024 the return of LOONA
We’re holding fire on the December review until at least the 25th. In the meantime there will be some special topics in K-pop studies. Way back in 2016, Blockberry Creative, a subsidiary of a large South Korean arms conglomerate, launched…
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K-POP 2024 november
BIBI – DERRE. We like BIBI. Her Lowlife Princess a few years back was one of the most fully-realised solo K-pop albums ever. Her output since has been eclectic, never making safe choices, and with DERRE we are enchanted by…
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K-POP 2024 september
Loossemble – TTYL. The most successful of Loossemble’s three mini-albums in a little over a year, before they split with their label CTDENM. More on this and other post-LOONA related news this year in a separate forthcoming review. naevis –…
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K-POP 2024 may
TripleS – Girls Never Die. Before Modhaus had reassembled the former LOONA subunit ODD EYE CIRCLE, Jaden Jeong had been busy working with a new modular girl group called TripleS, in which fans could vote for members and tracks for…
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K-POP 2024 april
Things heat up a bit in April. BABYMONSTER – SHEESH. Launched last year, YG Entertainment’s latest girl group follow on from BLACKPINK and 2NE1 before them. Sure, there’s a contemporary 4th gen streamlining to the production, but it’s recognisably a…
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K-POP 2024 march
LE SSERAFIM – Smart. Second single for the Fimmie’s EASY minialbum. Could have benefitted from shittyflutes like the first one, but that’s just expecting too much. WENDY – Wish You Hell. First Red Velvet solo of the year gives us…
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virtual angel subliminals
From ARTMS Virtual Angel video. All the things that we almost saw. Don’t do this at home, kids!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqUP26j4XWU
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K-POP 2023 – part one
This year has been huge in K-pop. South Korean pop culture is at a pivotal point where the new fourth generation of groups is making a definitive impact on the landscape. The most notable act to break the mould last…