Music Monday: On Black music, KARA, & Why K-pop bands are so large…
Three things of interest I came across all in the space of this morning… First up, a recent edition of the BBC4 podcast Thinking Allowed, which – paraphrasing slightly – discusses the contention of...
View ArticleReading the Lolita Effect in Korea, Part 2: The role of K-pop and the Korean...
A simply surreal video making the rounds at the moment. As explained by Lisa at Sociological Images, it: …beautifully illustrates the socialization of children into particular kinds of worship. With...
View ArticleLupin (루팡) by KARA (카라): Lyrics, Translation, and Explanation
(Source) Well, this is embarrassing. Now as you’re probably aware, I simply love this song, and must have listened to it well over a hundred times. And the music video is amazing too. But now that I’ve...
View Article