by Raizel Liebler This was an interesting year for pop music. In many ways, this was the year that U.S.-based pop music gave up even…
by Raizel Liebler One of the most interesting aspects of looking at Asian popular culture from a Western perspective is how the lines between art…
We write a lot about hallyu (exported Korean pop culture) on this blog, and K-pop has really started to hit the mainstream U.S. press this…
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Gdw1KiIs_8] Today, the BBC posted an article entitled The Dark Side of Korean Pop Music. Interestingly, this is only a couple of months after the…
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4I96WdNuim4] Here in the U.S., it seems like there can only be one highly successful female rapper at a time — now Nicki Minaj (and…
Ever seen those square bar code-looking thingies on the bus or train or in a magazine and wonder what they were? They’re called QR Codes…
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wH01RKvKUNs] Of our very diverse blog posts, some of the most popular are about hallyu, the export of Korean pop culture. While still very much…
As a followup to our recent posts about anime and Korean dramas, we have more about the cross-cultural influence of pop culture from Asia, or…
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxsuoySnMFw] So now you know where to legally stream anime (at least in the U.S.) and considering our post on Hallyu was our most popular…
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCwaYb16hNk] If you don’t know the artists (Faith No More & Kylie Minogue) and musical genres (J-pop & hallyu) mentioned in the title of this…