Tagged: psy

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The Year of Asian 2.0: Hallyu and More

It’s been nearly 11 years since I wrote the small piece on The Year of Asian, celebrating Yojiro Takita’s Okuribito snatching the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film and Slumdog Millionaire sweeping award season...

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Bi (Rain) – The Best Present

Bi 비 is back after his military service with his trademark R&B-style produced by PSY, in a very simple yet interesting music video directed by Lee Sang-Kyu (이상규).

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Riding the K-Wave

I began a simple news post over on my main website, and it started to turn into a discussion about debuts in the United States in general. So I decided to bring the discussion over hear to YAM to see what everyone else thought.

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Girls & Guitars: K-Girls Rocking the Hallyu Wave

Couple this with the rising profile of Korean indie, and the fact female-fronted rock bands have been around for a good few years now, it’s time for a look at if and how such background distortion is inspiring girls in Kpop to break the mold.