Attention people, don’t sleep on DAY6! The boys are back with “I Wait”, an up-tempo rock number that shows that these boys definitely have a lot to offer the k-pop scene.
Tag: Hallyu
[REVIEW] NCT 127’s LIMITLESS
The new year has only just begun, but as always January is already well underway with the newest releases and teasers to jump start 2017. It’s only fitting that we kick things off with SM Entertainment’s catch-all “superstar rookie platform” group NCT (“Neo-Culture Technology” *TRADEMARK COPYRIGHT ETC ETC*) and their new release “LIMITLESS”.
K-Pop Predictions: 2017
There is no industry perhaps as volatile or competitive as k-pop, which makes every year (hell, every week) an exciting new world of opportunity, shifting popularity, and yes sadly, loss (aka disbandment) and heartbreak (aka that terrible new hairstyle on your Ultimate Bias). Just for fun, I have compiled my own list of k-pop predictions for what is to come in the year 2017.
*If more than 50% of these come true, I will buy myself an amaaazing prize.
Relatively Safe Predictions
- Rookie groups SEVENTEEN, Astro, Pledis Girlz (official name TBD) will break out from the pack and shine
- NCT will begin to dominate the boy group idol scene (heeeere’s Johnnnnny!)
- *THESE ARE TALENTED BOYS
- A rise in solo debuts, especially from idols whose fellow group members are going into the army
- *They’ve proven to be mildly successful in 2016, and I can only imagine becoming more so
Slightly Riskier Predictions
- Co-ed groups will become the new hot trend (PLEASE, IT’S ABOUT TIME)
- Gfriend, APink, and SISTAR will decline in popularity
- *that girl group scene is way too crowded…
- Jackson from GOT7 will have a mental meltdown
- Disbandment of groups: 100% and CLC
- T-ARA will fully break out in the Chinese market, and completely abandon S. Korea
- Super Junior will have a relatively successful comeback this year
- Dean, MAMAMOO, and Day6 will grow in popularity
- CL will become a household name in the US
Completely-Pulled-Out-of-My-Ass Predictions
- Another idol couple will get engaged (see: Moon Hee Jun and Crayon Pop’s Soyul)
- H.O.T. will follow the trend of first-generation idol groups returning to the stage and make a comeback
- There will be a major scandal involving VIXX
- Park Bom (of 2NE1 fame)returns to the music scene as a solo artist under YG
- Disbandment of U-KISS and WINNER, the latter as a possible dissolution into one promoting group with iKON
Leave me a note if you agree/disagree with any of these predictions, and I guess we’ll see how I did in 362 days!
New Year, New Blog
WELCOME to the brand new SKIM-POP, a blog highlighting all of your favorite k-pop (and sometimes mainstream generic pop) moments with the perfect balance of sauciness and thoughtfulness. From MV reviews to commentary on current events, this blog should contain everything you need to stay up to date with the k-pop industry in easily digestible, bite-sized portions (because it is 2017, and that is how the new generation digests any kind of information!!)! As the Hallyu wave grows, one can only hope that this will be the year that k-pop is finally appreciated in the US for the global sensation that it is. Because I believe in (and am endlessly excited about) this inevitability, I want this blog to contribute to the k-pop narrative for the casual and curious experimenter, while still providing enough depth for the die-hard fanatics. Let it be an agency for my writing to grow from innocent, flowery gushing to BRILLIANT KERNELS OF WISDOM. If you think this could be an amusing source of entertainment for you, then please: explore, peruse, and let us delve deeply together into the rich and nuanced phenomenon that is….k-pop.
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