There was a time when a collaboration between artists like aespa and G-Dragon would have seemed almost unthinkable. SM and YG were the biggest rivals in K-pop, after all. However, G-Dragon’s not part of YG anymore and SM is a shell of what it used to be now that so much more competition floods the […]
Earlier last month, news broke that MARK had not renewed his contract with SM Entertainment and would also depart from NCT (including NCT U, NCT 127 and NCT DREAM). As a fan of MARK, I was shocked upon reading the headlines, and I ended up postponing my review of his first studio album, The Firstfruit, to […]
The girlies from NMIXX are back with their mini-album ‘Heavy Serenade’. We’re super stoked, so let’s dive right in! We start off with the pre-release track ‘Crescendo’. This came out two weeks ago. After that comes the title track ‘Heavy Serenade’. It’s a blend of “trance, acid, and drum and bass into sophisticated pop.” Hanroro […]