Canberra brought it's Lunar New Year Festival to a close on the 21st, with a night of performances in the center of Dickson. Andy Trieu, Kevin Kim, and ANU's K-RUSH took the stage, to bring some high quality K-Pop performances for the local crowd. I went to take some amateur looking photos. Andy Trieu &... Continue Reading →
Review: Yena’s started a Love War, but it she might not reach the endgame
Yena is back! Just shy of a year after her solo debut, Yena has returned to give us a third hit of her music, with her 1st single album, Love War. https://open.spotify.com/album/3gWIe0cTPYqrI8xIYHjten?si=peMiW6fVSHe7Zx0neT-V4A Love War brings us three new tracks which, surprisingly, leave behind her infectious smile, and bubbly pop-rock, to show us a much more... Continue Reading →
K-Pop Songs With Regional Differences
Ever since I found out that it was President Namjoon and Justin Seagull that literally invented English, I decided to exclusively speak it, even if monolingualism is a curse, I stick to it for the cause. I know I made the right choice because K-Pop groups have been releasing English tracks since BTS released Dynamite... Continue Reading →
Going Deeper with DPR: Regime Tour in Sydney – Show 2
"It's like a real life music video" - random lady standing next to me, who is correct. I had given up on going to DPR. I made the choice to go to HallyuPopFest earlier in the year, letting the Regime tour in Sydney's tickets sell out, leaving me full of regret, and pretty bitter after... Continue Reading →
How much is K-Pop worth as an Aussie?
Allow me to indulge in combining two of my interests together for this bit on this one... If you were to ask me 10-ish years ago, when I first got into K-pop, if I ever thought I could find a connection between my new found favourite music, and Street Fighter, I would have looked at... Continue Reading →
Chan has been listening to ONEFOUR… but he probably couldn’t admit it.
*ONEFOUR's music is not clean, and contains violent lyrics referencing and glorifying gang violence. Read and listen at your own discretion* MAXIDENT? More like MIXIDENT, because that album was a mixed bag... I was intrigued by 3RACHA's track, 3RACHA though. There was something so different in the song compared to other K-Pop tracks, but it... Continue Reading →
Maybe Australian K-Pop festivals aren’t for me?
I went to see KEP1ER, ONEUS, ASTRO, Oh My Girl, and Kai at HallyuPopFest. I couldn't see squat. I resent that. My experience of HallyuPopFest (HPF) was that of quite a hollowed out music festival, that left me feeling like I just wasted $170AUD, rather than giving us a great start for post-lockdown, Australian, K-Pop... Continue Reading →
Adults Only: 19+ Music Videos
Alright, it's time. Grab your soju, head to your room, and lock your door, because its about to get steamy. Also a bit violent. It's KpopBBQ after dark, with a little exploration of 19+ K-Pop MV's. You know the coloured circle on MV's, you know what the number means, but what's the point if most... Continue Reading →
19+ K-Pop MV’s Part 2: Twerkin’ and stuff
Where do I even start here? How far do I take it? Like... you know what's coming, but I ain't tryna do something too pervy... This is journalism, okay? I have a degree. Let me have this, in peace. Before we get there, I need to briefly talk about MV that seem to have the... Continue Reading →
Adults Only: 19+ Music Videos
Alright, it's time. Grab your soju, head to your room, and lock your door, because its about to get steamy. Also a bit violent. It's KpopBBQ after dark, with a little exploration of 19+ K-Pop MV's. You know the coloured circle on MV's, you know what the number means, but what's the point if most... Continue Reading →