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BLACKPINK’s ‘The Album’ song ranking by a Blink

By Maddy Myer Following a night of jam-packed content from BLACKPINK, including an exclusive Apple Music Interview and the premier of YouTube Released, one of the most anticipated albums of the year is finally here.  BLACKPINK finally released their debut full album The Album and it quickly shot up to No. 1 on the US […]

Super M’s ‘Super One’ song ranking

By Maddy Myer Fresh off two pre-release singles, a new partnership with the superhero media franchise Marvel, and performing their title track “One (Monster & Infinity)” on the Ellen DeGeneres Show, SuperM are on a roll. The super K-pop group dropped their debut studio album Super One on Sept. 25, almost a year after their […]

EXO-SC’s ‘1 Billion Views’ album review

By Chyenne Tatum Although SM Entertainment has yet to reveal any 2020 plans for a full EXO album thus far, there really hasn’t been a single shortage of content from the members individually. Right on the heels of solo albums released by Suho, Baekhyun, and Lay, SM confirmed that EXO-SC would be making a comeback […]

It’s time to stop infantilizing K-pop idols

By Shaazia Ebrahim and Fatima Moosa One of the greatest impacts of the global pandemic and sweeping social movements against police brutality and for Black Lives Matter is the questioning of the celebrity. As a society we have increasingly been questioning the role of the celebrity and how much power we, as fans, attribute to […]

Why K-pop idols should support & engage with Black Lives Matter

By Danielle Young On Jun. 6, 2020, the story broke that BTS, the world renown K-pop sensation, had donated $1 million to the Black Lives Matter movement. The response from this news was positive, well-received, and celebrated widely throughout Black Twitter and fans of the group, myself included. There was a massive movement within the […]

TWICE’s ‘More & More’ album review

By Chermel Porter TWICE is back with your soundtrack for the summer. The release of their latest mini album More & More  on Jun. 1 was highly anticipated due to the long gap between its drop and their previous release Feel Special, which came out in Sep. of last year. More & More, and the […]

K-Pop Unmuted: the best of the decade part 2

On Episode 48 of Kultscene’s K-pop Unmuted, Joe, Scott, Stephen, and Tamar continue their review of the last decade of Kpop. In this second of two episodes, we each select a Wildcard category, choose our Songs of the Decade, and pick our Albums of the Decade. You can also listen to this episode, and previous […]

50 best K-pop songs of 2019

While we’re closing out a decade (and commemorating it with a list of its own) that marked K-pop’s exponential growth around the world this year, that doesn’t mean 2019 didn’t give us amazing K-pop songs that should be highlighted in their own right.  The year was notably marked by a slew of rookie groups that […]

K-pop Unmuted: The best of the decade part 1

On Episode 47 of Kultscene’s K-pop Unmuted, Joe, Scott, Stephen, and Tamar look back on the last decade of Kpop. In the first of two episodes, we discuss our personal Kpop journeys over the last ten years, we pick our Artist of the Decade, and we list our picks for Top Five Music Videos of […]