K-Music Recap: July 26 – August 1, 2021

July is over, and just as the month was closing up we were gifted a bunch of fantastic and highly anticipated releases to uplift the July sound altogether. It has been a pretty chilled seventh month, but sweet summer sounds seem to be a big thing. Let’s take a quick look! Disclaimer: I haven’t been

K-Music Recap: June 21 – 27, 2021

Last week seemed quiet, but let me tell you…. it was not. Lots of smaller groups and artists made their comebacks over the week making last week as jam-packed as those with major releases. There were a fair few star releases from last week, namely A.C.E, sEODo Band and Sam Kim, carrying me safely through

My Top KPop Songs of 2020: #50-36

The next instalment in my personal top KPop songs of the past year is finally here and will look at the next 15 tracks on my list, counting down from 50 to 36. As mentioned in the previous post, I have based my decision on title tracks only (I will indicate if there is a

Xydo (시도) & BUMKEY (범키) – 첫눈이 와 (First Snow)

My favourite GROOVL1N vocalist Xydo has recently teamed up with veteran R&B vocalist BUMKEY to bring us new delightful winter single, ‘첫눈이 와 (First Snow)’. ‘First Snow’ is a sumptuous R&B ballad track, supported by subtle jazz piano flourishes and understated percussion, creating a lounge room ambience to the song. Xydo and BUMKEY’s vocals add

Xydo (시도) – DOLL (feat. YUNHWAY) + GI ZI GE (기지개)

One of my favourite discoveries from this year, Xydo, has released new single album ‘KIDULTHOOD’ which has a double title track ‘DOLL (feat. YUNHWAY)’ and ‘GI ZI GE (기지개)’. Considering Xydo only debuted last year under Ravi’s label GROOVL1N, he already has a comprehensive discography under his belt, releasing a number of hits over the