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Special K: Sudannayuzuyully’s “Oh Boy”
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Special K: Sudannayuzuyully’s “Oh Boy”

ByPatrick St. Michel February 9, 2017

In the past month, Korean pop outfits 2NE1 and Wonder Girls both called it quits. Those announcements came after a few other notable breakups in the world of K-Pop, and after months that saw the landscape of Korean music shift in a new way. It happened a while back, but January felt like it was…

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New Kyary Pamyu Pamyu: “Harajuku Iyahoi”
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New Kyary Pamyu Pamyu: “Harajuku Iyahoi”

ByPatrick St. Michel January 12, 2017January 12, 2017

How, exactly, do you take the reigns back on things you can’t control? Or, less flowery — how do you reclaim your narrative? Your view might vary, but I think it’s fair to say Kyary Pamyu Pamyu has been perceived to be treading water since she released her last album. Key word is “perceived,” as…

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New Tokyo Girls’ Style: “Mille-Feuille”
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New Tokyo Girls’ Style: “Mille-Feuille”

ByPatrick St. Michel December 1, 2016December 1, 2016

Two ways to look at “Mille-Feuille:” 1. Tokyo Girls’ Style have long been one of the early adopters to new styles within the idol realm. Since they were created by Avex as a way to get in on the then-burgeoning idol scene, whooshed in by the success of AKB48. They started out right around the…

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New Daoko: “Bang!”
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New Daoko: “Bang!”

ByPatrick St. Michel July 15, 2016

Ambition is a hell of a thing, but certain artists just really need to chase it. Daoko built her reputation on mystery — she was a wise-beyond-her-years high school rapper who never showed her face and took Sotaisei Riron’s tone of a teenager scribbling personal poetry during a boring math class and applied it to…

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New Especia: Mirage
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New Especia: Mirage

ByPatrick St. Michel June 27, 2016

The internet, as I’m sure you don’t need me telling you, warps our worldview pretty fiercely. If you follow a bunch of people on a social media site who share a common interest, it probably looks like any news about said interest is a big deal that practically stops time. In reality, most people are…

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