Willy Moon has been on radar since last year, but I’ve been able to commit myself as an official fan because he’s just so damn irritating. I don’t think it’s entirely his fault: there are just some people that you want to punch in the face, and he happens to be one of them. The [...]
We’ve already established that B.A.P is K-Pop’s new boy band to watch and that SPICA is the cream of the crop when it comes to fresh girl groups, but what about soloists? Look no further than Ailee.
After Nicki Minaj somehow became the one to bring female Hip-Hop back to the charts, the femcee scene has been growing at an alarming rate over the past year. We’ve got Kreayshawn, Azealia Banks, Iggy Azalea, and now Brianna Perry, who’s been blowing up over the past few months thanks to her single (and my [...]
Last month I named rookie act B.A.P K-Pop’s new boy band to beat, and now it looks like we’ve found their female equivalent in SPICA. Despite SPICA debuting last month, there are a few reasons why I waited until now to post them: One, I despised their name (Speaker? Spice-ah? Spick-ah? What the fuck?). Two, [...]
If you’re in the UK, then chances are that you would’ve already heard of the velvet-voiced Lianne La Havas. After her defining performance on Later… with Jools Holland last October, La Havas impressed fellow guest Justin Vernon so much that he enlisted the then-unknown singer to open for the North American leg of Bon Iver’s [...]
As a hardcore fan of Secret, I’ve been heavily anticipating the debut of their boy band labelmates B.A.P (Best, Absolute, Perfect). Secret are super talented with their own unique style and sound, and since K-Pop agencies love to recreate the formula of their successful acts in the opposite gender, I assumed that B.A.P would be [...]
