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East Meets West: J-Pop/K-Pop-Western Artist Collaborations
In late January, will.i.am and CL hinted at a collaboration via Twitter. This led 2NE1 and Black-Eyed Peas (BEP) fans…
Is Plastic Surgery Taking Over The Entertainment Industry In Korea?
Plastic surgery used to be a very unusual thing, when you tell people you had something done; they would be…
South Korea’s FTIsland Makes Moves To Take On The World
By Chuck Taylor for Kcrush. South Korean pop/rock band FTIsland (a.k.a. Five Treasure Island) has long been a phenomenon at…
Plagiarism Controversy: Did Taeyang Copy the Instrumentals for “Eyes, Nose, Lips?”
2014’s undisputable hit, Taeyang’s “Eyes, Nose, Lips” (ENL), seems to be embroiled in some controversy lately as amateur artist Derrick…
2014 Year-in-Review: Under the Radar, Underappreciated Songs
The Big Three’s artists dominated as expected in 2014, and other non-big-three artists like A Pink, Girl’s Day, BTS, VIXX,…
Tips on the Best Way of Learning Chinese
As we all know that learning a foreign language, regardless of the language, requires keen interest and focus, as well…
Juyeon’s Top 5 Favorite Boy and Girl Groups
It’s been almost 6 years of listening to kpop. I didn’t like it at first because it was so different…
Top Ten Albums of 2014
Top Ten Albums of 2014 Besides individual songs, there are many great albums that dominated 2014. In fact, there were…
Unique Things About Kpop
What I found unique about kpop is that there are always a large amount of group members and they each…
Joelle’s top 50 K-Pop Songs for 2014: 10-1
The end is year, so now we face the final curtain as we reveal the top ten best songs for…