The K-Pop Bulletin: A look back at the summer of 2022

During the past few years, South Korea’s music industry has grown exponentially thanks to the help of global superstars BTS, who have emerged as one of the biggest boy bands of the 21st century. The fast-paced and exciting K-pop industry has…

‘Jack in the Box’ review: Solo debut of BTS member J-Hope is musically creative

Seemingly throwing away the artifice of his name’s moniker, J-Hope digs deep in the thematically potent and musically creative Jack in the Box. J-Hope is the first of BTS’ seven members to release a solo product following their announcement of…

Charlie Puth and Jungkook break the internet with collab on “Left and Right”

Following the recent announcement that they were going on a hiatus in order to pursue solo activities, BTS fans (known as ARMY) have been awaiting news of what type of projects the seven members would be taking on next. Following…

‘Music of The Spheres’ Review: A Predictable Disappointment

Largely, ‘Music Of The Spheres’ by Coldplay is pretty disappointing, though not entirely surprising. The collabs feel forced, and the record feels inconsistent.

Album review: Worldwide superstars BTS once again raise their own bar on “BE”

In what might be the supergroup’s most cohesive album in years, BTS (comprised of RM, Jin, Suga, J-Hope, Jimin, V and Jungkook) has produced an album that is, for better and worse, uniformly theirs in BE, an album born from…

12 BTS Songs to Listen to After “Dynamite”

If you haven’t heard, the latest single by global superstars BTS “Dynamite” is destroying records left and right and just hit the Number 1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100. With its easy and catchy melodic hooks and straightforward lyrics,…

Album Review: Superstars BTS present a mature sound in the introspective Map of the Soul: 7

If their melancholy and largely triumphant Map of the Soul: 7 is anything to go by, carrying the burden of a pioneer style of fame rests uneasily on the shoulders of mega-stars BTS. Comprised of members RM, Suga, J-Hope, Jin,…