This year, K-pop accelerated its expansion into all sorts of mediums—novels, podcasts, documentaries. And yet, for all the satisfaction these new forms brought with them, the music remains the heart ...

Last February, “Parasite” surprised the world, winning four Academy Awards: best original screenplay, best international feature film, best director, and the most coveted statuette, best picture. It ...

Back in 2009, eager to share my love of K-pop with pretty much anyone who would listen, I showed a grad school classmate the music video for “Lollipop” by BIGBANG and 2NE1. He laughed and told me the ...