by REERA YOO A 21-year-old woman identified as Ms. Nam has been arrested for fraud and embezzlement in her efforts to raise money to chase after her favorite K-pop […]
Category: Music
Fan Sings “A Whole New World” With Lea Salonga, Shows Us What True Happiness Looks Like
For todays #TBT, we bring you a video from 2011. Now don’t let the date fool you– even now in 2014, the video is still making us smile. In […]
Korean Beauty: The Best, Most Wearable K-Makeup Trends To Try
Everything out of Korea seems to be hot these days, from K-pop to kimchi to K-dramas. Add to that list Korean makeup trends that are a fun way […]
Filipino Girl Group Wows ‘Superstar K6’ Judges
by REERA YOO Four Filipino sisters—Mylene, Irene, Celina, and Almira—floored the judges of Superstar K, a popular South Korean talent show series, with their powerful vocals during the preliminary […]
Amazing Taiwanese Girl Drummer Rocks Out to K-pop
Originally posted on Audrey Magazine by ETHEL NAVALES Step aside Ringo Starr and Travis Barker, we have a new favorite drummer in town. From the looks of things, she […]
Why Everyone is Falling in Love With This Talented Taiwanese Drummer
Step aside Ringo Starr and Travis Barker, we have a new favorite drummer in town. From the looks of things, she intends to keep her spot as a […]
Singer Rain Gets Personal in His ALS Ice Bucket Challenge Video
by RUTH KIM There’s no stopping the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, the latest viral trend to flood social media platforms. Just last week, the campaign crossed overseas to South […]
MUST SEE: Filipino Girl Group Perform Breathtaking “Let it Go” Cover on Korean Show
I know, I know. You’re tired of “Let it Go” covers and I don’t blame you. In fact, when this video popped up on my newsfeed, I let out […]
LISTEN: JooWan Kim And His Hip-Hop Orchestra Perform Wu Tang’s ‘C.R.E.A.M.’
What do you get when a classically trained composer with a wild side reinvents hip-hop tracks from the ’90s? A hell-raising work of genius that’ll make your piano teacher […]
The BuzzFeed Staff Is Back, This Time Learning K-pop Dance Moves
by RUTH KIM After their amusing first-time experiences eating Korean snacks, the BuzzFeed staff took on a more adventurous–and slightly more exhausting–challenge: K-pop. “Your upper body is stable, but […]
Add To Your Rotation: The Music of Japan-based R&B/Pop Musician Crystal Kay
Already a star in her native Japan, the super cool R&B/pop singer Crystal Kay, who is of Korean and African American descent, is mounting her international attack with a brand new […]
Listen Up! Asian American Singer Z. Woods Talks Music And Identity
Take a cruise down an open street with your windows down, and turn up Z. Woods on your stereo. You’ll be slowly head-rocking to his smooth, silky vocals […]
LA Festival Presents K-pop Singing & Dancing Battle
Have you dreamed of taking the stage like your favorite K-pop singers? The Korea Daily (Joongang Ilbo) and the LA Korean Festival Foundation (LAKFF) may have just what you’re looking […]
‘Yokohama Ratchet Pop’: Crystal Kay Debuts New Sound
“Yokohama Ratchet Pop”? Sign me up. That’s what Crystal Kay calls her new sound debuted in her latest single, “Dum Ditty Dumb,” and it’s the perfect jam to […]
KCON 2014: Presenting Quirky Korean Rocker Jung Joon Young
by TONY KIM “I like ‘Gangnam Style,’ but how come, in Gangnam, none of the clubs play it?” Jung Joon Young posed this seemingly earnest question to none other than […]
