I was walking down the streets of histories
I was weaving all the wasteful energies
I see a million different faces in my dreams
Can’t tell if it’s fake or reality
-Love X Stereo, Soul City
The enterprise of K-pop music is a highly geographical one: performers…
In an industry mostly fuelled by toothache-inducing sugary melodies and sweet visuals, the music video of Sunny Hill’s “Pray” takes the road much less travelled by introducing the haunting and ‘creepy’ story of a physically deformed man. In all its morbidity and dark message that markedly different individuals…
Image: If the K-pop thing all gets too much, there is many an unknown boy (and sometimes girl) group that we’re sure will be willing to hug it all out with you. This one is called F.Cuz.
Calling all newcomers to the wonderful, magical world of K…
This week’s playlist is all about Korean alternative bands. We have seen a lot of changes in the way alternative musicians promote their music both in and outside of Korean. As the K-Indie scene has quickly been able to attract more listeners allowing them to expand easily into…
At first glance Night Flight gives off a soap opera feel with its subdued colouring and generally soft palette, yet stick with this film and allow yourself to be pleasantly surprised as its many intricate layers soon weave elegantly throughout the film. Despite the soft outer shell, Night Flight harvests…
Much ado has been made recently about the state of the idol industry. It seems that everyone and their grandmother has something to say online about girl groups and their talents (or lack thereof). With Soshi failing to live up to their glorious past, 2NE1’s future in trouble after…
LGBT issues in Korea seem to be a hot topic both domestically and internationally at the moment. The concepts of coming out and outing have been gaining traction over the past few years and fashion designer Kim Jae-woong forcible outing on reality TV show Sharehouse brought it to the…
Director Lee Su-jin brings us his first independent feature debut: Han Gong-ju. We follow Gong-ju (Chun Woo-hee) who is, in theory, your typical teenager; she goes to school, has a part time job and she loves music above all. Well, Gong-ju would be your typical…
Image above: A memorial for the victims of the Sewol tragedy that Yoo Byung-eun is linked to.
The world of international K-pop news tends to not involve itself too much with the wider sphere of Korean news and current affairs but every so often a K-pop story…
