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Is There Any “Art” Left in K-pop? 27 Aug 2013 | 02:30 pm
What does it mean to be an “artist” in K-pop? Do they write their own songs? Perform their own dances? Perhaps they’ve simply been around long enough to have the title placed on them. Many would argue...
Do You “1, 4, 3″ Henry? 27 Aug 2013 | 08:30 am
The peculiar thing about K-pop is that as frothy and feel-good as it all is, pure and unadultered bubblegum pop isn’t quite as widespread as it’s implied to be. Sure, every now and then an act will re...
I Demand You Smile: The Power of Fans 27 Aug 2013 | 02:00 am
Fans can be amazing, truly amazing. They organize beautiful fan projects, donate thousands to charities in the name of their faves, donate rice wreaths, make epic fanchants. Despite these wonderful th...
Society According to K-pop 26 Aug 2013 | 08:00 pm
If you’ve been in K-pop long enough, you know that most songs are usually about love. When it comes to love, K-pop has all the bases covered – falling in love, one sided love, being in love, falling o...
The Amoeba Culture Edition: K-Hip-Hop and “Control,” Part 2 26 Aug 2013 | 02:00 pm
The first part covered a basic introduction to the start of this massive K-hip-hop battle. Ending with Gaeko‘s response to E-Sens‘ “You Can’t Control Me,” arguably the game-changer that made a portion...
24K Does Aegyo with “U R So Cute” 26 Aug 2013 | 08:00 am
Debuting last September, 24K (pronounced “two-four-kay”) still has their rookie title firmly intact. The sextet arrived on the K-pop scene with a rather interesting concept from the start. Four membe...
Best Of Weekly Music Shows: 8/19 to 8/25 26 Aug 2013 | 03:00 am
The K-pop season is starting to get exciting again. We are now seeing more comebacks both by recognised groups and solo acts from even bigger groups. That the currently promoting acts are not too bad ...
The Sunday Social: 8/25, K-pop Feuding 25 Aug 2013 | 06:00 pm
Happy Sunday! Let’s talk feuding in K-pop. As everyone should know by now, there’s some beef (okay, maybe that’s an understatement) going on in the K-hip hop world. If you’re not caught up, get caugh...
Swings Starts It All: K-Hip-Hop and “Control,” Part 1 25 Aug 2013 | 02:10 pm
Recently, inspired by the popularity of Kendrick Lamar‘s feature on Big Sean‘s latest track, “Control,” there have been a number of tracks released sampling the song, some being diss tracks, largely b...
Week in Review: Control 25 Aug 2013 | 08:55 am
For those of us not in the Los Angeles area for KCON 2013 with better things to do this weekend, here are some of the top stories that happened the past week in the K-popiverse for you to peruse in ca...
