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The Focus On Netizen Comments Has Gone Too Far

Earlier this morning, I was reading this article on Soompi  and noticed a whole paragraph was dedicated to what netizens had to say. To the right in trending topics, there's this article about netizens wondering if a masked singer is Luna. Later this morning, while going on One Hallyu, I discovered that Netizen Buzz wasn't the only site dedicated to translating netizen comments. There's K-Pop K-Fans , Pann Choa , and even One Hallyu does it themselves. Why? One could say sites such as Anti Kpop-Fangirl fall into the same circle, but I would say that we don't. I would say AKF falls into a different, but related cluster of sites that would involve sites such as Asian Junkie and Seoul Beats. This cluster of sites generally provide an opinion on news items, events, or even netizen reactions, whether it's Korean or international netizens. The former cluster of sites are now treated as "news" sites. Many people go to these sites to get "news" about w...

Crayon Pop - FM

Crayon Pop teamed up with Shinsadong Tiger, so the group should have its first good song, right? While I've been busy catching up on songs I have missed in the past month, I found out my main nigga Shinsadong Tiger, who has composed plenty of hits for my two favorite groups, composed a song for a group I cannot stand. ...The result actually turned out better than I expected. It's a B-rated T-ara song without a catchy chorus, but it's actually listenable unlike the other shit they have released until now. Unfortunately, the song has a roughly 20 second rap break which almost killed the song for me right there. However, the rest of the song is fairly good, with the verses holding up well, but this song could have used a stronger chorus. Getting to the MV, I found this highly unrealistic for Crayon Pop to be a gang of heroes. The first problem is having those two twins who suffer from Down Syndrome. I'm not a huge reader of Marvel or DC Comics, but show me a superhero that...

Kpopalypse Defence League - three benefits of k-pop for international music fans

A while back I did a post about the differences between k-pop and western pop .  For those of you too lazy to read it, the conclusion is that there really aren't any.  Many of you reading this post found that post to be educational but quite a few of you also wondered why the fuck anyone would even listen to k-pop if it's identical to western pop.  To answer this question, let's welcome back the return of the... Never one to leave his readers high and dry, Kpopalypse is now here to explain the benefits of k-pop for international music fans!  Read on for the trufax! We've all been there before - you tell your friends that you like k-pop, and they instantly recoil in disgust.  "Why do you like that shit, you fucking gaybo", "why don't you listen to normal music", "are you obsessed with Korea or something?" etc.  How to shut up these fuckwits?  Well, it might help to consider the following three benefits of k-pop from an inte...

Stupid Things Fangirls Utter 75

This week's photo comes from Wednesday Woe: Thank you for your submission! ~*~*~ I do not see how teenaged girls can find Lee Soo-man attractive.  South Korea's Great Leader But, I mean, if they are into 62-year old men, who am I to judge? Their crushes probably have nothing to do with him being insanely rich due to creating SM Entertainment. Girls do not go for men with money. It is all about personality, amiright ladies!?! Those Tweets though (which I would absolutely love to edit so that they have proper spelling and become grammatically correct) : "Sorry i only ship lay and myself with sooman oppa~" I like how she (presumably a girl) thinks that she and Lay are an actual thing together already. In addition, she is fantasizing about some freaky threesome with this man old enough to potentially be their grandfather. Gross. "Sooman oppa listen to my thoughts and read my tweets....... I have an awesome idea to make you lots of moula" Because he doesn't h...

EXID - Ah Yeah

EXID comes back with "Ah Yeah" to follow up on the success of "Up & Down". Does it exclusively focus on Hani to capitalize on her fapability capital? Does Junghwa ruin the song? Does LE give herself too many lines? Are Solji and Hyelin shafted again? What surprised me the most about "Ah Yeah" is that it isn't a clone for "Up & Down". There are some similarities of the two songs, but it's not like how Secret or Super Junior released the same song three times in a row. I was expecting "Ah Yeah" to be more similar to "Up & Down" and the fact that it isn't makes the song better for me. For similarities, the chorus is structured the same way, with Hyelin taking the first half and Solji taking the second half. Then there's Junghwa trying to ruin the song. That's to be expected, because she has been trying to ruin every EXID song since "Who'z That Girl." The girl has more determination th...

Kpopalypse 2015 survey of important trufax

The Kpopalypse 2015 survey of important trufax is now closed! Results coming soon, expect them fondly!

Why Jessica Really Left SNSD Part One

Hey everyone, I'm finally back. My firm mainly does partnership and individual taxes, so we bust our asses with the longer than normal busy season hours starting in March, so I asked AKF to cover for me for the past month. That's probably the last we'll see of our boss until December since the UCAAD will be studying for the CPA and LSAT, along with starting work this summer. So our firm gives everyone the day off after tax season ends, even us interns, so I spent some time relaxing while watching a lot of the music videos I missed. I finally got around to listening to SNSD's "Catch Me If You Can," and while the song is disappointing, it's kind of what we expect from SNSD. It's not terribad like "The Boys" or "I Got A Boy," but it's really bland like "Mr. Mr." Wait, we're all just a figment of his imagination and he's busy using a fleshlight fapping to Han Ye Seul in his mom's basement while eating casserole...