KPOP superstar, former Wonder Girls member Sunmi, kicked off the North American leg of her Good Girl Gone Mad tour here in Chicago Friday night. This is her second tour of the States as a solo artist, and her first outing since the pandemic shut down music venues around the world. I recently wrote about her latest single, “Heart Burn,” which was my first exposure … Continue reading Sunmi-Good Girl Gone Mad at Riviera Theatre
I don’t pretend to be a KPOP expert, but I know what I like when I hear it. I didn’t know Sunmi as a part of Wonder Girls when she first started out in music. My relationship with KPOP in 2007 was basically non-existent, apart from hearing it occasionally on the college radio station. Now that I’ve been to a show and experienced the power … Continue reading Sunmi-Heart Burn
Five days a week for eight straight hours I’m forced to listen to Christmas music. It’s brutal listening to same, tired “classics” over and over again. Mostly because those songs were all written 50+ years ago and are only considered classics because there aren’t new songs taking their place. This year I made an effort to get more non-traditional songs on the Christmas mix (“Santa … Continue reading Tiffany Young-Peppermint
The past couple years have brought a resurgence in the popularity of KPOP in the United States. In 2018 BTS returned for a huge tour in America. It also brought the first big tours for rappers Mad Clown and San E, electronic artist CIFIKA, boy bands Monsta X (played a limited run in 2017), and A.C.E. Last night Amoeba Culture artist Crush returned to Chicago … Continue reading Crush at House Of Blues 11/26/18
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