Author: Rahul M

The Bias List is a K-pop blog that also covers a fair amount of J-pop. But just like most music fans, I enjoy tracks from all around the world. So, I thought I’d start a monthly round-up of some of the non-K-pop songs that have caught my ear. No ratings — just highlights! February 2022 // March 2022 // April 2022 // May 2022 // June 2022 // July 2022 // August 2022 // September 2022 // October 2022 // November 2022 // January 2023 // February 2023 // March 2023 // April 2023 // May 2023 // June 2023…

Celebrate this year’s K-Drama Day with all the magical moments from your favorite K-dramas! Global OTT platform Rakuten Viki’s third annual International K-Drama Day is set to take place on September 26 this year. In celebration of the campaign, Viki has prepared drama collections for fans to binge each week based on popular genres from romance to melodrama, thriller, and more. Following the collections featuring romance, thrills, melodramas, and comedy, here are 10 Korean dramas from the next collection on the best fantasy dramas to binge watch for International K-Drama Day! “A Good Day to be a Dog” “A Good Day to…

Get ready for sparks to fly on the next episode of SBS’s “Queen Mantis”! A remake of the French series “La Mante,” “Queen Mantis” is a crime thriller starring Go Hyun Jung as Jung Yi Shin, a famous serial killer nicknamed “The Mantis” who brutally murdered five men 20 years ago and has been imprisoned ever since. When a new serial killer emerges, copying The Mantis’s distinctive style, the police approach Jung Yi Shin for her assistance in solving the case. Jang Dong Yoon stars as Jung Yi Shin’s estranged son Cha Soo Yeol, a detective who has hated his…

JTBC’s “A Hundred Memories” has unveiled a sneak peek of Kim Da Mi getting ready for a date! Set in the 1980s, “A Hundred Memories” is a nostalgic coming-of-age romance drama about the friendship between two young bus attendants, Go Young Rye (Kim Da Mi) and Seo Jong Hee (Shin Ye Eun), and their shared first love Han Jae Pil (Heo Nam Jun). Spoilers On the first two episodes of “A Hundred Memories,” Go Young Rye and Han Jae Pil crossed paths during three chance encounters. First, Jae Pil rescued Young Rye from a dangerous situation like a knight in…

On the next episode of MBC’s “To the Moon,” Ra Mi Ran will embark on a quest to persuade Lee Sun Bin and Jo Aram to invest in cryptocurrency! Based on the novel of the same name, “To the Moon” tells the story of three women from humble backgrounds who, struggling to live on their salaries alone, turn to cryptocurrency investing. Spoilers The first episode of “To the Moon” depicted the everyday struggles of Jung Da Hae (Lee Sun Bin), Kang Eun Sang (Ra Mi Ran), and Kim Ji Song (Jo Aram), three Marron Confectionery employees whose futures at their…

Yoon Hyun Min will be caught off guard by an unexpected confession on the next episode of KBS 2TV’s “Our Golden Days”! Starring Jung In Sun, Jung Il Woo, and Yoon Hyun Min, “Our Golden Days” is a drama based on the idea that everyone experiences their own “glory days”—whether in the present, the past, or the future still to come. Spoilers Previously on “Our Golden Days,” Park Sung Jae (Yoon Hyun Min) has long harbored an unrequited love for Ji Eun Oh (Jung In Sun), remaining steadfastly by her side. When Eun Oh was rejected by Lee Ji Hyuk…

The copycat killer on SBS’s “Queen Mantis” will stream his next crime live. A remake of the French series “La Mante,” “Queen Mantis” is a crime thriller starring Go Hyun Jung as Jung Yi Shin, a famous serial killer nicknamed “The Mantis” who brutally murdered five men 20 years ago and has been imprisoned ever since. When a new serial killer emerges, copying The Mantis’s distinctive style, the police approach Jung Yi Shin for her assistance in solving the case. Jang Dong Yoon stars as Jung Yi Shin’s estranged son Cha Soo Yeol, a detective who has hated his mother…

Get ready for an eventful double date on the next episode of JTBC’s “A Hundred Memories”! Set in the 1980s, “A Hundred Memories” is a nostalgic coming-of-age romance drama about the friendship between two young bus attendants, Go Young Rye (Kim Da Mi) and Seo Jong Hee (Shin Ye Eun), and their shared first love Han Jae Pil (Heo Nam Jun). Spoilers On the second episode of the drama, Go Young Rye, Seo Jong Hee, and Han Jae Pil unexpectedly crossed paths at a quadruple blind date. A reluctant Jae Pil was pressured into attending by his friend Ma Sang…

Get ready to feel the butterflies on the next episode of tvN’s “Bon Appétit, Your Majesty”! Based on a popular web novel, “Bon Appétit, Your Majesty” is a fantasy romance drama starring Girls’ Generation’s Lim Yoona as Yeon Ji Young, an award-winning French chef who winds up traveling 500 years back into the past. There, she meets despotic king Lee Heon (Lee Chae Min), who is known as the worst of tyrants—and who also happens to be a discerning gourmet. Spoilers Previously on “Bon Appétit, Your Majesty,” Yeon Ji Young and Lee Heon grew closer as they prepared for the…

A new drama has joined the weekend ratings battle! On September 19, MBC’s new drama “To the Moon” aired its first episode. According to Nielsen Korea, the premiere of the new series starring Lee Sun Bin, Ra Mi Ran, Jo Aram, and Kim Young Dae scored an average nationwide rating of 2.8 percent. SBS’s “Queen Mantis,” which airs in the same time slot as “To the Moon,” continued its reign as the most-watched Friday-Saturday miniseries of the night. The mystery thriller kicked off the second half of its run on an average nationwide rating of 6.6 percent. Finally, JTBC’s “My…