Welcome to 1982: the year that invented pop music as we know it today. One of the most experimental, innovative, insanely abundant music years ever. Hip-hop takes over with “The Message” and “Planet ...

In the past few years, BTS has gone from being a popular act in South Korea to quite possibly the biggest boy band in the world. BTS has performed several times on American TV already and, if you have ...

K-pop idols such as V, TWICE, Jackson Wang, and aespa have released songs in English as well as Korean. Credit: Image credits: AFP / ImaZinS Editorial / Han Myung-Gu / NDZ/Star Max / GC Images / ...

Welcome to the jungle. We got fun and games. The Eighties are one of the weirdest eras ever for music. It’s a decade of excess. It’s also a decade of INXS. It’s got big hair, big drums, big shoulder ...

As many songwriters can attest, some of the best musical inspiration comes simply from the immediate world they see around them. At some point then, things are bound to get a bit meta. This is ...

Katy Perry & Justin Trudeau’s Love Story Orchestrated By A Hidden Power Player? Pop superstar Katy Perry and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau just confirmed their romance, but who brought them ...

Music is often considered a universal language, as it crosses language barriers and connects people all over the world with ease. In fact, songs are popularly used in foreign language classrooms as a ...

K-Pop Talk is Paste‘s monthly column featuring interviews, features, reviews and explainers dissecting Korea’s pop music scene from an American perspective. Sometimes, when Americans are asking this ...