Critical Analysis… A.C.E. by Valentina Linardi 4 Dec 2023 It’s been about two years, maybe more, since I got into k-pop. I like the music and, I must admit, the whole style and super cute boys and girls are…
Critical Analysis… The idol’s visage: Image, visual, distance, and gaze by John Rey Dave Aquino 24 Sep 20234 Aug 2026 The visage of an idol is a commodity. Frozen in time, captured with a camera’s lens, the visage becomes an image subsequently reproduced in print or digital modes which makes…
Fan Culture The empires wave back by John Rey Dave Aquino 14 Jun 20224 Aug 2026 On July 2012, Psy released “Gangnam Style,” the most popular and recognizable K-pop song of the early 2010’s. The song spawned the “Gangnam Style” challenge, and people learned the chorus’s…
Fan Culture… In This Imagining by John Rey Dave Aquino 3 Mar 202211 Apr 2022 cw: some sexual imagery The boys are making a comeback: leader and lead dancer Dong-hyun, the sweet romantic always winking and sending flying kisses to fans; main rapper Si-won, the…
Fan Culture… Before we ride the wave, some notes by John Rey Dave Aquino 15 Aug 20214 Aug 2026 I am a K-pop fanboy. It started in 2016. During a group meeting (we were rushing a group assignment for our Reading Process class), my friend (who once told me…