that era of every nugu kpop group attempting to pop off in japan honestly gave us some of the best kpop music in my lifetime

Koda Kumi's spiritual mother, Linda Yamamoto, is still the Queen at 75! Linda's appearance was more talked about than her singing in the 70s. Her stage costume revealed her belly button, and it was called "heso dashi". Seen as sexy and provocative, it sparked media controversy.

I feel like almost every song on Irene's album is better than the title track </3 I feel like SM make the weirdest choices for their soloists sometimes

why are some of the best bg songs about cheating on your girl lol

it's like going down a list of every nugu red flag and crossed them off but the song bangs

I don't wanna be in a post-VIVIZ society :(

well new kpop doesn't have sweetune does it

proof you can have a group of visuals without sacrificing vocals cuz in namyu even the rappers were eating

bring back sweetune AND while you're at it bring back songs with actual (sung) choruses I beg

Crazy how they all look like they wanted it so bad… now we have idols debuting looking like they were forced to

It's more a cultural attitude than just an idol thing tbh.

her look was iconic but I cannot imagine what her scalp and hair felt like at that time cuz you hardly ever saw even a 1/2 inch of roots lol