In this edition of OffStage, we explore into the fascinating world of NAIVE Creative Production, an important player in the music video production industry who has produced countless fan-favorite creations. Let us take a deeper look at their impressive collection of work. Origins and Early Projects Founded in 2011, NAIVE Creative Production swiftly made its mark by collaborating with well-known ...

In this week’s off stage we want to talk about the career of a music director whose work have taken us through every existing mood. Let’s dive into Shin Heewon’s works. Heewon’s career prior starting to direct music videos was focused on documentaries and experimental films. His journey in the music industry started in 2015, when he directed the legendary ...

HyunA is back to rock our worlds with her new mini-album ‘Nabillera’. This queen always delivers, so let’s take a closer look. Nabillera We start off with the title track ‘Nabillera’. This is so camp it’s insane. I’m living for it. Musically wise, there is a very thin instrumental. There’s mostly a beat and HyunA’s vocals with here and there ...

Our favourite K-POP couple is taking over this week’s MV Recommendation. Let’s talk about the HyunA&DAWN single ‘PING PONG’. First of all, ‘PING PONG’ is an absolute bop! This song is just fun, cool and unique, definitely one of a kind with its catchiness and concept. K-POP at its best! For the music video they took this one of a ...

We’re back with a new K-cover and this time we wanted to share the cover of ‘PING PONG’ by Dami & Siyeon. ‘PING PONG’ is an absolute bop that is originally by HyunA and DAWN. Dami and Siyeon from one of my personal favorite K-pop girl groups, Dreamcatcher, did an incredible job.  They stayed original to the true version while ...

TikTok is insanely popular and it goes without saying that K-pop stans are also using the platform to help boost their favorite artists. If you’ve spent any time on the app you know that once an audio gets popular, you’ll get to see many creative iterations. It’s the perfect way to get a little soundbite of a track stuck in ...

Since we’re nearing the end of the year, it’s time to look back at all of the releases of 2021. You guessed it, we’re back with our very own The K M.E.A.L. Awards. It was tough choosing the winner of each category, but we made it and we love to share it with you.  Without further ado, here are the ...

HyunA&DAWN are back again and this time they joined forces to drop the EP ‘1+1=1‘. DAWN’s collab for HyunA’s latest release was one of our favourite songs. This duo is powerful and complement each others’ music style to perfection. ‘1+1=1‘ is their first joint project under PNATION and we are expecting nothing but great music and killer visuals. Let’s start. ...

HyunA released a surprise video for the single ‘GOOD GIRL’ off her latest EP ‘I’m Not Cool‘. The music video for ‘GOOD GIRL’ is an explosion of colour, fashion and confidence. As usual HyunA absolutely slays it with her fashion, visuals and dancing. The video was created by Paranoid Paradigm at VM Project Architecture who we wrote about here. It’s ...

We’re back with the list of our favorite Korean releases of January 2021. I literally have no idea how time passes at the moment. For me it was Christmas yesterday. Regardless of that we’ve had a great month for new releases in the Korean music industry. I’m including both popular and indie releases in this one, so I hope you ...