Seung Park's posts

How often do you see a new idol group that debuts with an expiration date already set in stone, even before their…

When Sistar—the group behind a veritable cavalcade of summer hits like I Swear, Loving U and Shake It—announced they…

When Bekah, one of the original members of After School, became the latest victim of the group’s “graduation”…

Welcome to Goodbye Songs Week, where we go through some of the most heart-rending and saddening goodbye songs from…

It isn’t often that listening to a K-Pop track makes you feel like you’ve accidentally stumbled into a tilted…

What if voodoo dolls came alive and turned into K-Pop idols? We’ve all had that dream, right? No? Just me? Okay,…

Halloween is nearly upon us, and for the rest of this week, I’ll be dropping some tracks that fit the mood. First…

Yours truly is easing back into things from a weeklong vacation, so let’s dip our toes back into the pool with a…

Okay, I admit it: after listening to Lies over and over for yesterday’s column, I got sucked into a black hole of…

I’ve used a lot of words to describe a lot of songs in this column, but I rarely call songs iconic—because words…

Out of all former Sistar members, Soyou has probably been the most successful at striking out on her own, thanks to…

Does any song capture all of the shy, timid flutterings of a schoolyard crush as well as First Love does? I’m…

Bossa Nova and Korean indie? Works better than you think.

Norazo has gone through some changes since the last time we featured them, but the central concept has remained the…

Get up and dance, because Akdong Musician’s How People Move is all about—you guessed it—dancing. Plus, it’s Friday.…

Nine Muses is one of the most mature-concept, refined girl groups active right now, so it wasn’t surprising to see…

While I normally try to link to official music videos whenever possible, today is an exception—because the music…

Yes, that Star Wars—the one from a galaxy far, far away—made a K-Pop song.

Idol groups don’t only promote cell phones and hair products. Sometimes, they produce entire songs for various PSAs,…