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Kotaku EastK-Pop Pick Of The Day: Girls’ Generation
This isn’t a song by Girls’ Generation, the iconic girl group. This is a song about Girls’ Generation. Stella Jang has consistently put out some great music, which has also led to her being featured on this column again and again with Vanishing Paycheck, Monsieur, and Beautiful. Her vocal and musical range continues to astonish…
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Kotaku EastK-Pop Pick Of The Day: Shampoo
Congratulations are due for Shampoo, which never fails to bring a double-take to anyone who hears the name for the first time. “This song is called what?” This 2011 track was a hard pivot for After School, who thus far had pretty much exclusively stuck to powerful, in-your-face tracks like Diva or Bang and had…
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Kotaku EastK-Pop Pick Of The Day: Wonder
English lyrics? In K-Pop? This might be the furthest we’ve stretched the definition of the genre so far, but Wonder is worth it. Don’t let this song’s lack of Korean lyrics fool you, or dissuade you from giving it a listen. ADOY is eminently a Korean indie band, formed in 2015, who just happens to…
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Kotaku EastK-Pop Pick Of The Day: The Chaser
Out of the dozens upon dozens of boy groups that debuted near the beginning of K-Pop’s recognition on the world stage in the early 2010s, few have had more impact or have lasted as long as INFINITE. INFINITE released their first album, First Invasion, in 2010. They overcame a lukewarm debut to gain a reputation…
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Kotaku EastK-Pop Pick Of The Day: Summer Man
A common side effect of obsessively following a single music genre is burnout. My love for K-Pop has waxed and waned over the years, and in the interim, I find substitute genres to keep my ears busy. When I do come back to K-Pop (and I always do), I end up searching for music that…
By Seung Park
