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Growth, whether artistic or personal, is a necessity among humanity. Across the lifespan of the planet, thousands of different species have become extinct due to an inability to adapt to the constantly revolving climate of the Earth. And humans are mostly the same, just on a much lower scale. The inability for a person to change is a showcase of supreme weakness, and stagnation can lead to a variety of different negative outcomes, from rejecting a doctor's advice and dying as a ... read more

It may seem easy to be able to compare K-Pop artists, based off of whatever criteria, and choose one of them to boast towards friends and foes as a favorite. But the simple act of having a favorite has led to the creation of some of the most competitive fanbases ever conceived, just as how the K-Pop industry itself is one of the most competitive on the planet, period. K-Pop has transformed social platforms to a brazen battlefield, with wars having been waged with the ... read more

K-Pop is constantly stereotyped as extremely toxic by clueless westerners, as a corporate side of South Korea that promotes shady practices and mass-produces characterless K-Pop idols designed to cater to teenagers. And though the stereotype is laced with racist roots and boatloads of xenophobia, it wouldn't be as popular a stereotype as it is if there wasn't any truth to it. Deep below the sea of state-of-the-art and revolutionary K-Pop artists lay tons that possess little creative ... read more

With the designation that 2017's Culture was the debut of Atlanta's trio of trapstars, it can be surprising to come across music that precedes the cold-blooded and calculated triplet flows of the present day. Take it back to the summer of 2013: Quavo, Offset, and Takeoff are completely starved, after tasting true success with the mega-smash Versace (and Hannah Montana to a lesser extent). So, eight months later, they returned to the trap house and cooked up the twenty track ... read more