S.O.S (Save Our Singers)! #1- Tahiti

"Phone Number"

K-pop is an incredibly competitive music market, with most K-pop fans devoting all their time to only one group and only casually following or outright ignoring all others. This means that as groups all battle it out to gain popularity and money, inevitably a small percentage of groups get all the love whilst others are left to wallow at the bottom, seemingly incapable of gaining traction and a steady fan base. Tahiti is one such group, and after their recent appearance on "Mom Is Watching" I thought they would be the perfect first group to feature on the new series "S.O.S", which will highlight groups who are struggling to make or maintain presence in the industry.

Netizens Feel Sorry for Tahiti for All of 5 Seconds Before Forgetting They Exist

K-pop flops Tahiti appeared on today's episode of JTBC's show "엄마가 보고있다" ("Mom Is Watching"), where they revealed that the group have made a grand total of 0 won in profits since debut. Is it surprising? No, not really, in fact not in the slightest.

AOA Reveal Teaser for Third Mini Album "Heart Attack"

Be still, my beating heart.

MV Review- KARA Shoot Straight Through My Heart With "Cupid"

It's clear that, even after being somewhat saved by Youngji, KARA cannot return to the lofty heights of their 2010-2012 days. Whilst "Mamma Mia" showed a much more energetic side to the group, this time they've done a slight shift towards a more sophisticated route whilst keeping that signature KARA sound with the excellent "Cupid".

KARA Perform Cupid at Dream Concert, KBS Upload MV Clip Early

Yesterday at Dream Concert 2015, KARA performed their comeback single "Cupid", and thankfully the song's just as brilliant as you'd expect from the group. Hara said the group would be "transformed" with this comeback, but fortunately the song doesn't stray too far from KARA's usual sound. Youngji did look a lot less relaxed here than the other members but I'm sure she'll find her comfort zone soon (and in the future I'm guessing she'll become the resident rapper in the group).

Meanwhile, KBS uploaded the first half of the MV as its latest K-Pop Hot Clip, a good day or two earlier than they probably should have but I'm certainly not complaining:

Of note is the complete lack of choreography or story shots, perhaps hinting that this isn't the final, "official" version of the MV (a similar thing happened with AOA's Like A Cat, where KBS played a clip of the MV that didn't feature the narrative of the 7 girls trying to break into a bank). Fortunately we'll only have to wait two just over a day for the full thing now, and even less if it's getting released at midnight!

Dal Shabet are Coming Back to Save K-pop

FLAWLESS

Today Dal Shabet have uploaded both the second teaser for "Joker", which gives us a much better idea as to what the song sounds like than the first, as well as the highlight medley for their eighth mini album "Joker Is Alive". The mini consists of five tracks (possibly six, if an instrumental of "Joker" is included at the end): "To Darling", "홀여", "Joker", "I'm Not", and "OK Boy". It's already revealed that Subin got involved in production for all songs on the mini, and by the sound of the teasers we've been, "Joker" is set to be a fantastic follow-up to the fantastic "B.B.B". 

MV Review- SNSD's "Catch Me If You Can" Is Different, But Is That Good?

Let's be honest, 2014 was a horrendous year for Girls' Generation; five dating "scandals" (including the absolute mess of Baekyeon), disappointing performance from both "Mr.Mr." and "Holler", and the departure of Jessica meant the invincible wall they had erected finally started to crumble (the fact that Girl's Day, Apink and SISTAR had been continuously pounding away since 2013 didn't help either). Now it's no secret that whilst they've more or less achieved a status of immortality similar to TVXQ!, their invincibility is at serious risk, and Girls' Generation needed something particularly outstanding to fend off the numerous rising girl groups that are desperate to snatch their throne (including junior label-mates Red Velvet). Many complained that the brilliant "Mr.Mr." was just too generic, and SM have seemingly retaliated by giving us something completely different... but it might just be the worst thing they could do.