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The B-Sides: Red Velvet (Velvet Side)

Red Velvet is widely known for their catchy and infectious pop tunes, and they often gain jaw-dropping popularity in Korea and worldwide. However, when they release slow, sentimental tunes, unfortunately, they don’t gain much attention. As a result, SM Entertainment has made an obvious effort to make Red Velvet release more Red songs than Velvet […]

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The B-Sides: Red Velvet (Red Side)

Red Velvet, SM Entertainment’s latest girl group, has gained immense popularity as of late, and for good reason too. Their irrepressible spirit and energy has gained the hearts of Koreans, as well as K-pop fans internationally. Also, another major factor comes to play. Unlike many girl groups at the moment, Red Velvet is able to […]

Lee Gikwang – ‘ONE’ Review

It has been a rough road for Highlight for the past year. After leaving Cube Entertainment, they had to change their group name (which was Beast) as they no longer had rights to it. Having to start afresh, they rebranded themselves as Highlight and started their own company, Around Us Entertainment. While it is unfortunate […]

EXO – ‘The War: The Power of Music’ Review

Breaking records yet again with The War, EXO had the highest amount of pre-orders for a K-pop album in history (which I think got beaten by BTS shortly after, but that’s not the point). To make things short, this particular comeback was immensely successful, and ALL of the songs on the album are still in […]

Jeong Sewoon – ‘Ever’ Review

We all probably know Sewoon as the guy that almost made it into Wanna One, finishing in 12th place, while only the top 11 formed Wanna One. Now, he is on his own feet as a solo artist under Starship Entertainment, and has released the debut mini album Ever. While I am pretty sure that […]

CLC – ‘Free’sm’ Review

CLC has been, for quite a while, one of my favorite girl groups in terms of musicianship. When they released the album Crystyle, my breath was completely taken away by the massive change in direction of music that they have taken. From bright and cute to formidable and chic. That was the sudden change they […]

Pristin – ‘SCHXXL OUT’ Review

After School used to be the sole girl group of Pledis Entertainment, and obviously, since the company needs to be viewed in a positive light in order to make a profit, new blood is needed. Finally, 8 years after After School’s debut, Pledis puts Pristin out into the Korean pop market. Their debut song, Wee […]

Taeyang – ‘White Night’ Review

This has, truly, been an eventful year for Big Bang, in both good ways and bad (click here, if you don’t know what I mean). Since the members are slowly, one after another, beginning their military enlistment, they have decided to focus on solo activities for the time being. The ever-popular G-Dragon has released a […]

The B-Sides: Taeyeon (Non-Ballads)

While Taeyeon can pull at our heartstrings and emotions with her ballads, her non-ballads are the ones that are able to give us the vital energy we need before or after a stressful day at work or school. In fact, her non-ballads are arguably even better than her ballads since they show a side of […]

The B-Sides: Taeyeon (Ballads)

Before I begin, some of you may be asking, what are B-sides? Well, Wikipedia provides the following definition for A-sides: The A-side usually featured the recording that the artist, record producer, or the record company intended to receive the initial promotional effort and then receive radio airplay, hopefully, to become a “hit record”. Based on […]