Music, music, music
Iโll be updating this page periodically to include music thatโs piquing my interest at the moment. Song of the day: โPretty Babyโ by Blondie.
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The 100 Greatest Songs in the History of Korean Pop Music
What follows is not only the story of Korean popular music, and how it birthed the K-pop business, but also how a small peninsula nation learned how to make art in the face of colonialism and political change, culled sonics from all corners of the globe, and keeps striving to find new ways of distilling the purest, most thrilling aspects of the human experience into four-minute packages of pop revelation. For Rolling Stone.
Real-life K-Drama Couples
Breaking up is never easy. But for celebrities, they have the additional burden of having their private lives exposed in public. Unlike Song Hye-Kyo and Song Joong-Ki โ who in June quietly announced their plans to divorce โ Ku Hye-Sun and Ahn Jae-Hyun are having a more contentious dissolution of marriage, thanks to a series of social media posts in which Ku claims she doesnโt want a divorce. Ahn responded by saying that what his wife acknowledged publicly doesnโt align with her actions.
Stay Cool This Summer with KOCOWAโs Rom-Coms!
If youโre like me, watching K-Dramas is a year-round event. But in the summertime when youโre tired of swimming and want reprieve from the sun, thereโs nothing better than watching a fun rom-com, Korean-style. So grab a bowl of cup ramyun and some Pepero sticks and get started.
Can you ever be too old for K-Pop?
A month ago, KPop For Thought contacted me, asking if I would like to answer a question for her online newsletter about K-Pop. And this is the question she sent me: โI always see you bonding with your son through K-pop on Twitter, and itโs such an amazing thing. In times where some people say that being over 18 is too old to like pop music, could you talk a bit about your experience as a K-pop fan and mother?โ