Another K-Pop? 9 Reasons Why Kazakh Pop Could be the New Wave

Music trends shift often from decade-to-decade, and that’s what makes the music world fun. For example, twenty years ago, who would have predicted that J-Pop and K-Pop would have gained worldwide popularity? J-Pop’s popularity stood alone...

3Feb

East Meets West: J-Pop/K-Pop-Western Artist Collaborations

In late January, will.i.am and CL hinted at a collaboration via Twitter. This led 2NE1 and Black-Eyed Peas (BEP) fans to speculate that CL will be filling in for Fergie on BEP’s 20th anniversary album. If true, this is another step Asia will take...

30Jan

Caramelized Braised Pork and Boiled Eggs – Traditional Vietnamese Main Dish

Food is one of the most significant parts in each culture. It is just amazing to try different kinds of food from different countries around the world. Just like how people always think of sushi when they think of Japan, hamburger when they think of...

28Jan

The Big “I” with Big B Radio Part 2

Radio DJs often stand at the forefront of music culture. They get to experience music audiences firsthand to see who reacts to the music and what could possibly be the “next big thing” on the scene. We continue our interview with Big B Radio. In...

26Jan

Is Plastic Surgery Taking Over The Entertainment Industry In Korea?

Plastic surgery used to be a very unusual thing, when you tell people you had something done; they would be in complete shock. It seems like that has died down a lot over the last few years. Plastic surgery is now popular more than ever and...

25Jan

The Big “I” with Big B Radio Part 1: Getting to Know You

In the early 2000s, Asian entertainment culture began its spread to Western audiences. Anime, manga, dramas, film, and music migrated toward the computers of Westerners by way of illegal file sharing and YouTube, creating the boom of which many are...

14Jan

My Top 5 Vietnamese Boy and Girl Musical Artists

In recent years, the music industry in Vietnam has been greatly developed and has become an attractive area to step into. Therefore, nowadays, there are a lot of new solo singers and groups. Some of them are very talented; they make high quality...

9Jan

South Korea’s FTIsland Makes Moves To Take On The World

By Chuck Taylor for Kcrush. South Korean pop/rock band FTIsland (a.k.a. Five Treasure Island) has long been a phenomenon at home, since their 2006 debut album ““Cheerful Sensibility,” was deemed the No. 6 best-selling album of the year—while...

9Jan

Vietnamese Top Five Fashion Trends

In recent years, Korean pop music and Korean movies have become really popular in Vietnam. Therefore, Vietnamese fashion is influenced by a lot of Korean pop stars and movie stars, especially young people. Here are a few fashion trends in...

8Jan

Plagiarism Controversy: Did Taeyang Copy the Instrumentals for “Eyes, Nose, Lips?”

2014’s undisputable hit, Taeyang’s “Eyes, Nose, Lips” (ENL), seems to be embroiled in some controversy lately as amateur artist Derrick Bullock accuses him and YG Entertainment of plagiarism. Bullock claims the instrumentals for “ENL”...

8Jan

2014 Year-in-Review: Under the Radar, Underappreciated Songs

The Big Three’s artists dominated as expected in 2014, and other non-big-three artists like A Pink, Girl’s Day, BTS, VIXX, Orange Caramel, and B1A4 among others produced many fan-favorite hits that dominated the scene. Of course, there are some...

8Jan

Tips on the Best Way of Learning Chinese

As we all know that learning a foreign language, regardless of the language, requires keen interest and focus, as well as rapt concentration. It also requires more exposure to the language as much as possible. But still each language has its own...

5Jan

Juyeon’s Top 5 Favorite Boy and Girl Groups

It’s been almost 6 years of listening to kpop. I didn’t like it at first because it was so different than what I was used to. My friend was the one who convinced me to listen to it because she used to be obsessed with kpop back then. My...

4Jan

Top Ten Albums of 2014

Top Ten Albums of 2014 Besides individual songs, there are many great albums that dominated 2014. In fact, there were so many good albums, it is difficult to choose the most impressive ones without careful consideration. After some diligent thought,...

1Jan

Unique Things About Kpop

What I found unique about kpop is that there are always a large amount of group members and they each represent something in the group such as lead vocal, lead dancer, visual, etc. I think it’s really cool how all the groups have choreography to...

Another K-Pop? 9 Reasons Why Kazakh Pop Could be the New Wave