About a year ago, I kicked off this blog with my 50 favorite K-pop songs of 2016 listed by season. This time, I decided it would be fun to do an “official” ranking. So, I grabbed a set of index cards and wrote down all the songs I wanted to talk about… only to endContinue reading “Katherine’s Top K-Pop Releases of 2017, Part One: #51-100”
Category Archives: SF9
Favorites of 2017: October
October is one of my favorite months. It’s definitely fall, but it’s still the warm and sunny part (there was a week in Paris when the temperature was up to the mid-70’s ). The leaves are still on the trees and there’s lots of nice colors, and it’s just a very pleasant time of theContinue reading “Favorites of 2017: October”
Rapid(ish) Reviews, October 2017: BTOB, GOT7, TWICE, SF9, and More
Fall is one of the best times for K-pop because pretty much everyone makes a comeback. Like September, October saw the rise of some of the most talked about boy groups – who all delivered quality music. And though there was little to no activity on the girl group front, TWICE swooped in at theContinue reading “Rapid(ish) Reviews, October 2017: BTOB, GOT7, TWICE, SF9, and More”
That Time I Went to See SF9: Be My Fantasy in Boston
Being a Western K-pop fan can be frustrating if you want to go to concerts. Though more and more groups are embarking on world tours, usually “world” really just means “Asia and a select few other countries.” There’s an intense debate among international fans over which continent is truly the “K-pop desert,” but let’s face it:Continue reading “That Time I Went to See SF9: Be My Fantasy in Boston”
Favorites of 2017: April
April was one of those months where everyone and their mother had a comeback. There was so much music that it was definitely hard to keep up! For someone so multifandom as I am, it got pretty overwhelming. But the good part was that there was a lot of variety and that there was somethingContinue reading “Favorites of 2017: April”
SF9 Comeback Review: “Easy Love”
I’ve mentioned before that my main focus with SF9 is (or was) their dancing, because they’ve been pushed as FNC’s first male dance group. As long as their choreography is great, I was satisfied – I didn’t mind if other elements weren’t as interesting. But SF9 is pushing themselves, and “Easy Love” shows that they’reContinue reading “SF9 Comeback Review: “Easy Love””
Favorites of 2017: February
While there were several newer groups like K.A.R.D. that had strong comebacks, February belonged to the heavy hitters. Red Velvet dominated the first half of the month, while top groups of 2016 BTS and Twice battled it out in the second. Powerhouse Taeyeon ended the month on a high note with a solid album. There was aContinue reading “Favorites of 2017: February”
SF9 Comeback Review: “Roar”
SF9 really impressed me with their debut last fall. I didn’t know a whole lot about them because I quit watching d.o.b (their survival show Dance or Band) halfway through. They weren’t doing so well when I stopped, so I was pleasantly surprised when I found out that they were going to debut first. What they’ve doneContinue reading “SF9 Comeback Review: “Roar””
Katherine Does K-POP 