These Popular Idols Were Once YG Entertainment Trainees
It’s not uncommon for trainees to switch between one company or another, whether it’s for breaking company rules or seeing opportunities elsewhere. These popular idols were once trainees under YG Entertainment, one of the “Big 3” companies in Korea. 1. PENTAGON’s Hongseok (Photo : Pinterest) YG Entertainment and PENTAGON stans know that Hongseok was previously […]
BLACKPINK Messed Up, And They Couldn’t Do Anything About It
BLACKPINK released another fun-filled episode of 24/365 With BLACKPINK on July 25. As a continuation of the previous episode, the girls chose their meal for their outing together. | @BLACKPINK/YouTube As part of the game’s rules, they could only eat the food that no one picked twice. The girls needed to use “telepathy” to figure […]
Here’s Your Primer For “Was It Love”
Poor single mom No Ae-jeong (Song Ji-hyo) can’t catch a break. All the former film school student has ever wanted was to make movies, but life got in the way. Now that she’s excited to make a film after being promoted from bookkeeper to producer, she discovers the company has gone belly up and now […]
These Are The 15 Most Popular K-pop Girl Groups For The Month of July
The Korean Business Research Institute has released its brand reputation rankings for female K-Pop groups for the month of July. To determine which groups complete the list, they consolidated and analyzed trends such as consumer participation, community awareness, and news coverage These are the 15 most popular girl groups in K-Pop for the month of […]
Top 5 Kpop MVs: The Boys Are Back
I’ve been saving some of these videos in my back pocket, because NOW is the perfect time to celebrate all the comebacks we can look forward to this summer, including SEVENTEEN and Stray Kids. But first come let your heart sigh to BTS’ “We Are Bulletproof: the Eternal”. Read on. You’ll see what I mean. […]
KDrama Reco: A Piece of Your Mind
It’s safe to say that what some of us might need right now isn’t drama and suspense. Sometimes, quiet feels right, and getting pulled into warm cinematography and soft classic musical feels like a breath of fresh air. A Piece of Your Mind isn’t a drama that’s going to shout it’s own praises loud enough […]
Top 5 Kpop MVs: Bringing the Power
Some MVs are light and fluffy and a visual treat. Some MVs go for weird and attention-grabbing. But this week, the MVs are all about power — powerful imagery, powerful voices, and powerful lyrics. As always, you can find these songs and more on my New Kpop to Spin Spotify playlist. Come see what I’ve […]
Top 5 Recap: Hospital Playlist Episode 11
We are getting close to the end, and emotions are bubbling up from all over. Daddy Long Legs Doc is tying up all his ends before leaving the hospital, but is it what he really wants? Will Darth Vader Daddy confess his feelings to Song Hwa in a drinking game? Will she acknowledge him, or […]
March/April/May 2020 Korean Drama Review
The first drama that I finished was Hi Bye, Mama! The plot is about Cha Yu-Ri (Kim Tae-Hee) who died 5years ago and was watching over her child and husband as a ghost. She suddenly gets a chance to become human for 49 days and she is given the chance of life again. In the […]
Drama Review: Fix You (Premiere)
Korean dramas, once again, dip their toe into the mental health trope with the new drama Fix You. Come find out if the story is working, or if it is a huge mess of made of illnesses. A quirky psychiatrist Shin Ha Kyun plays psychiatrist Lee Si Joon. A man who likes to go the […]