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Album Review: Wendy – Like Water

JT EarlyApril 8, 2021

Despite how arduous the process can be, there is beauty and triumph in allowing time for recovery and healing – and this is embodied by K-pop singer Wendy on h...

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Album Review: IU – LILAC

Chase McMullenMarch 31, 2021

What a difference four years can make. When Korean superstar IU, real name Lee Ji-Eun, released her last studio album Palette in 2017, she was somewhat on the ...

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CLC’s Sorn embraces liberation on her uplifting “Run”

JT EarlyMarch 26, 2021

It was September when we heard from K-Pop group CLC with their badass track “Helicopter”, but March has now brought not only a new song “Another Level” (for th...

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IU releases expansive new album Lilac, shares glorious video for title track

Chase McMullenMarch 25, 2021

It's been a long road, but IU has finally returned with her fifth album Lilac. To be fair, she's released EPs and singles in the meantime, but it's been (inhal...

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Red Velvet’s Wendy to make solo debut with first mini-album Like Water

JT EarlyMarch 23, 2021

SM Entertainment, to much anticipation and excitement from fans, has officially announced member of K-pop group Red Velvet Wendy's solo debut and mini-album tit...

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K-pop Queen IU reveals fifth album title and release date

Chase McMullenMarch 3, 2021

Sometimes a picture truly is worth a thousand words. Well, enough for this article at least: K-pop superstar and singer-songwriter IU has finally revealed both...

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Album Review: CHUNG HA – Querencia

JT EarlyFebruary 26, 2021

“Home, authentic self / Where my own desires are protected / My own oasis: Querencia,” so K-Pop singer Chung Ha introduces the world of her debut album. It see...

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Album Review: Hyuna – I’m Not Cool

Chase McMullenFebruary 4, 2021

It hasn’t been an easy road for Hyuna. Ever since her 2011 debut “Bubble Pop” and her appearance in the music video for the song that really started it all, “G...

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HyunA ends lengthy hiatus with epic new single, “I’m Not Cool” along with mini-album

Chase McMullenJanuary 28, 2021

It's been a long wait for HyunA fans. Ever since her prior label took the truly absurd action of firing her and her romantic partner (and group mate) E-Dawn fo...

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IU playfully embraces her “Celebrity” with new single, prepares fifth album

Chase McMullenJanuary 27, 2021

Korean singer-songwriter (and hesistant superstar) IU has, for better and worse, truly grown up in the limelight. Debuting as a young teen, her music was judge...

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