• Married To The Music’s Gallery (Page SIX)

    September 3rd –> November 2nd 2024 (See all Gallery Pages) In “honor” of the blog being a year old, I’ve decided to do these little roundups every so often, starting in September of last year. Here are my Top 2 songs of every artist I covered from September 3rd to November 2nd of 2024, along…

  • ITZY Deep Dive #2/2: Born To Be 4th Gen Leaders Or To Outstay Their Welcome?

    Here are my credentials (again): I can’t say that I was ever a fan of ITZY, but they had just debuted when I became interested in kpop, and so I ended up checking them out. They kind of lost me along the way, though, especially after Sneakers came out, and so I wanted to see…

  • ITZY Deep Dive #1/2: Born To Be 4th Gen Leaders Or To Outstay Their Welcome?

    ITZY was formed in 2019, and quickly became a group that was inseparable from the rise of confident girl crush in the 4th generation of kpop. There are five members: Yeji, Lia, Chaeryeong, Ryujin, and Yuna.  Here are my credentials: I can’t say that I was ever a fan of ITZY, but they had just…

  • BigBang Deep Dive #2/2: In The Shadow Of Burning Sun

    TW: PTSD, sexual harassment, sexual assault, depression, suicide Please read the first part here before you go into this one, for background on the Burning Sun scandal, who BigBang were/are, and why I’m doing this review. Album #3: Tonight Tonight feels tailor-made for a club, chaotic and messy, and I’m not entirely sure if it…

  • BigBang Deep Dive #1/2: In The Shadow Of Burning Sun

    TW: PTSD, sexual harassment, sexual assault, depression, suicide BigBang is possibly one of the most famous (and most infamous) groups of kpop’s second generation. The famous part is easy: they were incredibly popular in their time, debuting in 2006 and each of the five members—Taeyang, G-Dragon, Daesung, T.O.P., and Seungri—had huge careers as solo artists…

  • The Burning Sun Scandal: A Special Post

    TW: PTSD, sexual harassment, sexual assault, depression, suicide (This is an excerpt from my BigBang review, hence why it is BigBang focused.) BigBang is possibly one of the most famous (and most infamous) groups of kpop’s second generation. The famous part is easy: they were incredibly popular in their time, debuting in 2006 and each…

  • The Best Of The Best: 40 to 31

    The Best Of The Best The Top K-pop Songs: 40 To 31 The Best Of The Best, from a shoulder to cry on in the dark to a friend to pull you onto the dance floor to a bubblegum explosion of love. (See 50 to 41 here) (See 30 to 21 here) (See 20 to…

  • The 50 Best Kpop Songs: 50 To 41

    The Best Of The Best The Top K-pop Songs: 50 To 41 The Best Of The Best, from a shoulder to cry on in the dark to a friend to pull you onto the dance floor to a bubblegum explosion of love. (See 40 to 31 here) (See 30 to 21 here) (See 20 to…

  • The Best Of The Best: 30 to 21

    The Best Of The Best The Top K-pop Songs: 30 To 21 The Best Of The Best, from a shoulder to cry on in the dark to a friend to pull you onto the dance floor to a bubblegum explosion of love. (See 50 to 41 here)(See 40 to 31 here) (See 20 to 11…

  • The Best Of The Best: 20 to 11

    The Best Of The Best The Top K-pop Songs: 20 To 11 The Best Of The Best, from a shoulder to cry on in the dark to a friend to pull you onto the dance floor to a bubblegum explosion of love. (See 50 to 41 here)(See 40 to 31 here)(See 30 to 21 here)(See…

  • Song Jieun Deep Dive: Can An Idol Say “Don’t Look At Me Like That!”?

    Song Jieun first debuted as a k-pop idol in the group Secret in 2009, and was with them for almost nine years before debuting under her own agency as a soloist.  Here are my credentials: So, I know (and have loved) Jieun’s song Don’t Look At Me Like That for a while now, and consider…

  • K-pop Recommendations: Other Genres

    K-pop Recommendations: Other Genres Very simply, this “Other” category is everything that doesn’t fit neatly into a category, from traditional Korean (Promise by Kingdom), to Country (STAY by Blackpink), to Folk (Voyage by Kim Sejeong) (For Other Recs, click here) (For genres, click here) (For all special features, click here) Groups: The Kingdom Description: Kingdom…