Bang! (뱅!) by After School (애프터스쿨): Lyrics & Translation

Remember my plan last month “to find out how actual fans respond to various girl groups’ song lyrics, music videos, and on and off-stage behavior and so on, rather than simply speculating like I’ve done previously”? Alas, I haven’t been able to do any as much work on that as I would have liked to … Continue reading Bang! (뱅!) by After School (애프터스쿨): Lyrics & Translation

No Skin Required: Healthy Images of Couples in the Korean Media

Much as I’d like to always present a sophisticated and hard-hitting persona on the blog, I’d have to admit that the following two commercials from Bang Bang (뱅뱅) are very sweet and endearing, and put big smiles on my wife’s and my faces. More to the point though, they also provide a timely reminder that … Continue reading No Skin Required: Healthy Images of Couples in the Korean Media