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Japan's 'Exorcising Ghosts' has been mastered at half-speed at Abbey Road Studios and will be reissued on double vinyl on October 7, 2022

By Dec 30, 2020 On Tuesday, Dec. 29, MTV released their "The Best K-Pop B-Sides of 2020" list. Keep on reading to see if your favorite b-side track made their rankings. The publication noted that the year 2020, well, sucked. Despite that, it still managed to be a good year for K-pop music. The industry was quick to adapt to the pandemic, creating digital alternatives to what was normally in-person events, such as fan signs and virtual concerts...

By Elizabeth de Luna  The year of our Lord 2020 sucked (zero out of 10, would not do it again), but somehow, it still managed to be pretty stellar for Korean pop music. The industry was quick to respond to the pandemic with digital alternatives for in-person meet-and-greets and now stands at the forefront of virtual live concerts and augmented reality technology. BTS climbed even higher into the echelons of global culture, nabbing their first Grammy nomination along the way. NCT pushed bound...