The birth of modern K-pop is often dated to 1992, when Seo Taiji and Boys, a dance-oriented trio led by an ex-metalhead, performed their song “I Know” on the South Korean network MBC. Not only did the ...
As we build toward the 2024 Billboard Music Awards on Dec. 12 and Billboard's Year-End Charts reveal on Dec. 13, check out our editorial list of staff picks for the best K-pop songs of the year. As ...
For this ranking, I surveyed over 100 fans—all of whom sent me their picks for K-pop’s best albums of all time. From genre mainstays to underrated acts who have yet to be properly introduced to a ...
On a breezy May evening in Los Angeles, thousands of K-pop fans mill outside the Peacock Theater. They’re waiting for rookie boy band Riize’s first US fan-concert — a hybrid mix of songs and ...
Hardships are all around us. And with all the struggles that people go through, it’s often hard to find the motivation to push through. Luckily, there is always music to bring us together. Here are 10 ...
K-pop. Oscar-celebrated cinema. Samsung in the living room. Political urgency in the press. However prominent Korean culture seems to be, there is surprising lack of coverage of the classical scene at ...
In honor of the Seoul Series at Gocheok Skydome this week, we thought it would be fitting to help introduce the Dodgers and Padres to one of South Korea’s most powerful diplomatic tools and global ...