Are Pre-Release Singles A Good Promotional Strategy In K-Pop?
Advertisements Dropping a pre-release single before the main album has become a common strategy for many companies in the K-Pop industry — especially among 4th generation artists. Music labels across the globe have used this tactic to build excitement for an artist’s album release. But is this approach as effective as many think in the […]
Drama viewership ratings for the week of January 1-7, 2024
Advertisements The ratings for LIVE YOUR OWN LIFE are finally climbing. Sunday’s 19% mark is the highest it has received since the show began. This is still not that high for a weekender, but it is getting there. Credit the fact that the plots are actually moving forward, and we the audience are actually looking […]
Undercover missions with Esom and Ahn Jae-hong in LTNS
Advertisements Undercover missions with Esom and Ahn Jae-hong in LTNS by solstices A new teaser is out for TVING’s upcoming comedy LTNS (a.k.a. Long Time No Sex), starring Esom (Black Knight) and Ahn Jae-hong (Mask Girl) as a “sexless couple” whose passion has long since dried up. Amidst their barren marriage, a flash of ingenuity […]
Esom and Ahn Jae-hong become blackmailing spies in LTNS
Advertisements Esom and Ahn Jae-hong become blackmailing spies in LTNS by tccolb A fun first teaser and poster have dropped for TVING’s new comedy LTNS (a.k.a. Long Time No Sex), where we’re introduced to our not quite happily married pair, Esom (Black Knight) and Ahn Jae-hong (Mask Girl).Opening with a quick backstory, we see and […]
Premiere Watch: Like Flowers in Sand
Advertisements I only lasted 4 episodes. I like Siwan, but not that much! Besides the fact that rural locations in Korea, whether on the coast or in the mainland, are just really beautiful and make for great cinematography, my (pretty obvious) take on this show and others about small towns is that kdrama writers are […]
News bites: November 28, 2023
Advertisements Oops I was rewriting my comment and deleted the original before I realized it had been responded to. Here’s the revision fwiw: That poster for Knight Flower is fabulous. But dare I ask beanies this question? Ok, I dare. Does the poster suggest to you a COMEDY sageuk? Because it doesn’t to me, and […]
Premiere Watch: Tell Me That You Love Me
Advertisements Premiere Watch: Tell Me That You Love Me by missvictrix Time slot: Monday-TuesdayBroadcaster: ENAGenre: Melo, romance, humanEpisode count: 16Reasons to watch: Though Tell Me That You Love Me has lacked a lot of global marketing due to some heavy, ill-conceived geo-blocking, the hints that we have seen are lovely indeed. In the drama, Jung […]
Korean Netizens Have Nothing But Praise For Red Velvet Folloiwng The Release Of Their Album Trailer
Advertisements Red Velvet has once again set the internet abuzz with the release of their album trailer for the highly anticipated third studio album, Chill Kill. Known for their unique concepts and ability to seamlessly blend eerie aesthetics with pop, SM Entertainment‘s prized quintet has garnered high praise for their latest offering. | SM Entertainment […]
Kim Yoo-jung meets My Demon Song Kang in the rain
Advertisements Kim Yoo-jung meets My Demon Song Kang in the rain by tccolb The first teaser has landed for SBS’s new fantasy rom-com My Demon, where fate brings Kim Yoo-jung (Lovers of the Red Sky) and Song Kang (Forecasting Love and Weather) together in matrimony, to love and to cherish until death the contract do […]