Self-Promotion Plus: Writing About K-Pop In Japan For The Atlantic

ByPatrick St. Michel

[youtube=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8Wie3GKjy0″] In which I finally get a big platform to share my love of Girls’ Generation…sorta. I wrote an article for The Atlantic online about K-Pop’s growth in Japan over the past year, which you can read here. It features a bunch of videos which you’ve probably seen around these parts since last August…though the…

EXILE Vs. The World: Japan’s World Cup Song Battles The Competition

ByPatrick St. Michel

In case you didn’t hear, a little sporting event called the World Cup begins this week in South Africa. For one month, the majority of the world will watch to see which country will emerge glorious, while also getting in arguments with Americans over them calling it “soccer” (aside…”soccer vs. football” is the stupidest language…