Seung Park's posts

I just wrapped up three days’ worth of E3 conferences, so all I want to do is lean back, close my eyes, and put on…

Summer is very nearly upon us. Here in New York, where Kotaku’s mothership is based, that means the advent of…

A decade after it was released, Super Junior’s 2009 hit Sorry Sorry remains one of K-Pop’s untouchable anthems.

The opening chords to Exist’s Whatever kind of remind me of an atmospheric soundtrack to a Metroidvania or a…

Last week, Pledis Entertainment announced Pristin’s official disbandment after a year of radio silence. Fans…

Offing is one of those Korean artists that I randomly stumbled upon during my late-night YouTube listening sessions.…

I’ve become quite fond of the newbie group Cherry Bullet, despite their somewhat underbaked debut. Maybe it has…

This isn’t a song by Girls’ Generation, the iconic girl group. This is a song about Girls’ Generation.

Congratulations are due for Shampoo, which never fails to bring a double-take to anyone who hears the name for the…

English lyrics? In K-Pop? This might be the furthest we’ve stretched the definition of the genre so far, but Wonder…

Out of the dozens upon dozens of boy groups that debuted near the beginning of K-Pop’s recognition on the world…

A common side effect of obsessively following a single music genre is burnout. My love for K-Pop has waxed and waned…

Avengers: Endgame, the big send-off to the current crop of money-printers known as the Marvel Cinematic Universe,…

When I first introduced Pristin last year, I couldn’t hide my enthusiasm for their surely long and productive future…

It’s springtime in Korea, and that means one thing: a resurgence in the nation’s collective obsession with cherry…

Bolbbalgan Puberty’s 2016 release, Galaxy, is a vertical slice of everything that I like in Korean indie: soothing…

Something that I appreciate about the Korean language is its tendency to assign playful words to nuanced definitions…

When I brought up Mnet’s Produce and IZ*ONE last week, it led me down a rabbit hole to taking another look at…

IZ*ONE is an absolutely massive Korean/Japanese girl group (12 members!) formed with the finalists from the latest…

Some was the sleeper hit of 2014, beating out many big idol group comebacks to become one of the most representative…