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Twice and Blackpink are already considered veterans in the massive music industry of South Korea, popularly known as the K-pop Industry. They are the K-pop sensations. They, too, are hugely responsible for expanding the Hallyu Waves in the world. Yes, how fast does time fly? It feels like yesterday when Read more
DHH, better known as desi hip hop, is in a sub-genre of music hailing from India. Though hip hop has been around since the early 2000s, the current Indian audience has commercialized this genre in the last five years. Now, being from Delhi, I grew up watching some of the Read more
Music is the best friend to melancholy souls. Whether you are in love or you want to spend some quality time with yourself, music is always a constant companion. It perks up your mood. But bored with your current playlist, here is a list of 12 OSTs that will revamp Read more
With the release of their 3rd full album Formula of Love: O+T=<3, K-Pop superstars, TWICE, recently dropped the music video for their title track SCIENTIST. Image by JYPE Over the last few weeks, TWICE has been dropping teasers for Formula of Love: O+T=<3 including an opening trailer, album sneak peeks, Read more
When I initially started creating this list I had no idea it was going to be so challenging. Honestly I ended up with 50+ favorite tunes. Obviously I couldn’t mention all of them in this one blog. For that purpose, I’ve got a playlist on Spotify. Also Read: How To Read more
Tom MacDonald finally released the song “Dear Slim” and the internet couldn’t seem to handle the heat coming out of MacDonald’s mouth. The rapper has been criticized on multiple occasions. Whether he talks about the cloning of rappers in the song “Cloned Rappers’ ‘, or making music about the hypocrisy Read more
After Lil Nas X, another artist who recently shared an insight into their sexuality is the American singer-songwriter, Angel Olsen. She recently confirmed her sexuality as gay. Last Friday, Angel shared an Instagram post with the caption “My beau, I’m gay.” Along with the post, the 34-year-old singer added a Read more
The sudden rise of ‘Soundcloud rapper’ created this new sub-genre of music called emo rap. The Soundcloud rapper or more profoundly the emo rappers have a distinctive sound that often sad or contains elements from pop, punk, rap, and hip-hop. Emo rap features darker themes in the lyrics like suicide Read more