A word from the desk of Kpopalypse
Just a quick intermission style blog to tell you lovely folks who read my blog about a few things: Some of you might have noticed that an edited version of my blog about plagiarism and IU was reposted...
View ArticleSasaeng control – Project Luhan
Today’s blog is inspired by this question I received on ask.fm: It’s a good question, deserving of a detailed response, so I thought it would be interesting to answer it in blog form. Korea doesn’t...
View ArticleI’ll show you… why I don’t like Allkpop.
Anybody who is anybody that follows k-pop will know that the website Allkpop has been the most popular news and information site for a while now. They also seem to be the most hated. Of course,...
View ArticleLightsticks and Sones won’t break my bones: the truth about k-pop black oceans.
This blog post was inspired by one of those rare intelligent ask.fm moments: As someone who has actually performed on live stages of varying sizes hundreds of times, I’m uniquely qualified to address...
View ArticleGo fuck your MAMAs.
So [someone] won [some award or whatever] at the MAMA awards and here’s how I feel about it. “Hang on though…” I hear you ask – “as a musician and someone in the world of music, shouldn’t you care...
View ArticleOkay, so I’ll do another blog about plagiarism, sampling and genre similarity...
Ever since I wrote a blog recently about IU’s plagairism accusations and melodic plagiarism in general, I’ve been bombarded with people asking the following: I’ve been reluctant to dive into answering...
View ArticleProject Luhan part 2: The Only Good Sasaeng…
By popular demand, a sequel to “Sasaeng Control – Project Luhan”! If you haven’t read the original, click this link and read it. The second part won’t make any sense at all if you haven’t read the...
View ArticleBring the girls out – a friendly and informative guide to big boobs in k-pop
After reading several astoundingly informative articles on Anti Kpop-Fangirl lately, I thought I’d better step up my game and not lose pace in the blogging information war. So here it is – the k-pop...
View ArticleSix words that most k-pop fans don’t know how to use
For those of you who find yourself agreeing with this anonymous commenter above, you’ll probably not be surprised to know that this is not a recent development and I’ve actually always been an...
View ArticleKPOPALYPSE’s website search terms for 2013
The other day, my website flashed up a little reminder that told me it’s been exactly one year since I started blogging! Wow! So I thought I’d collect some fun stuff for your entertainment, to say...
View ArticleKPOPALYPSE’s Christmas song roundup 2013
The k-pop industry releases lots of Christmas songs every year, ensuring that song quality in the world of k-pop goes straight to hell every December. Braving the shitstorm of rapid-fire crimes...
View ArticleKPOPALYPSE’s 30 worst k-pop songs of 2013
Here’s the one you’ve been waiting for – KPOPALYPSE’s worst k-pop songs of 2013 list! Some things to keep in mind: 1. This list is from January 1st 2013 to December 31st 2013. It was published on...
View ArticleKPOPALYPSE’s 30 favourite k-pop songs of 2013
Well, k-pop’s 2013 certainly sucked a huge amount of dick in terms of music quality, definitely a downgrade on 2012, with most established groups releasing songs of incredible suckiness. However,...
View ArticleChocolate Love – marketing 101 for deluded k-pop fans
Lately I’ve been fielding a lot of questions like this: and this: So for those who wonder: 1. How much money idols make, and 2. How much fans and idols alike are being played like suckers by...
View ArticleCao Ni Ma! Song Of The Grass Mud Horse
It’s been too hot where I live to write blogs. The other day Adelaide became the official hottest capital city in the world – fuck that shit. It’s cooling down though so I’ll bring you something with...
View ArticleKPOPALYPSE FAQ
I’ve been running this website for over a year and it’s just occurred to me that it doesn’t have a FAQ. Gosh, that’s a bit of an oversight, especially given how many questions I get asked over at...
View ArticleLearning relative pitch – the k-pop way
This is a music theory-related post. I wrote it initially as an ask.fm answer to someone who asked about how to learn relative pitch. I got halfway through and then thought to myself “fuck it – this...
View ArticleLet’s help KARA have a bright future
Almost everybody reading this will know that KARA, one of k-pop’s biggest groups, has had some line-up difficulties lately with two members Nicole and Jiyoung not renewing their contracts, leaving the...
View ArticleThe 9 biases of KPOPALYPSE
Today Anti Kpop-Fangirl’s affiliation with k-pop discussion forum site OneHallyu has gained my attention. This seems like a great move to me, because OneHallyu is a useful resource for k-pop fans....
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