Author: Julyssa

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Sungkyunkwan Scandal

Sungkyunkwan Scandal tells the story of a smart and gifted young woman who is forced to dress as a man to be able to work during Korea’s Joseon era. Her path is crossed with a very stick-in-the-mud yet righteous young man that sees her potential and forces her to join Sungkyunkwan — a school for men.

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2PM – Don’t Stop Can’t Stop

This mini-album — the first after former member JaeBom left the group — is a step 2PM takes to reinvent themselves, with a little R&B mixed with dance tracks. Nothing really stands out, yet it doesn’t really suck.

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2PM – Still 2:00PM

The latest mini-album by the “beasts” in Kpop is a great club album filled with a nice retro sound. And by retro I mean disco mixed with some kind of 90s sound.

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TVXQ! – Athena

Having been gone for more than a year, the remaining members of the very popular group DBSK have released their very awaited single, 아테나 (Athena).

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S.M. The Ballad – Miss You

S.M. Entertainment gathered some of the best voices they have to create a sub-unit intent on making girls fall in love — and open up their wallets. Think Boyz II Men in Korean.

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Sound of Noise

Sound of Noise tells the story of a group of musicians that dream of a world with music that is free and available to all. Then, there’s the cop that hates music because he is tone deaf.

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I Saw the Devil

A young woman is killed while waiting for a tow truck. When she is later found, all that is left is her head. Her fiancé is a secret agent, her father is a former police chief. They want revenge for her cruel murder, and they go to the extremes to make the monster that did that to her pay. But is revenge the right answer?

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I’m Still Here

I’m Still Here is the big mockumentary of the year that was supposed to be kept a secret, but got found out long before it was even done.