The World, All At Once

I CAN'T STOP ME is TWICE's return to form, especially because I consider their previous title track MORE & MORE to be one of the strangest songs that they've released. I CAN'T STOP ME is TWICE's title track from their 2nd album "Eyes wide open" and invokes a strong retro sound. This is a concept that I don't think TWICE has embarked on before but they execute it so beautifully.  Meaning : I CAN'T STOP ME seems to be about TWICE's uncertainty of going ahead with this retro concept and how they perceive ONCE's (which to the uninitiated is TWICE's fandom name) reaction to this. Why I say this is because for the longest time TWICE generally followed brighter/cuter concepts but have been experimenting with different styles recently. The darker FANCY or the more dance-pop-like MORE & MORE are examples of such but I CAN'T STOP ME is TWICE's first shot at a retro K-Pop title, melded with once again a darker or sexier sound. MV :...

What better to start the detailed recap and review train than The School Nurse Files (or directly translated to School Nurse Ahn Eun-young ), a 6-episode Netflix Original K-drama based on the novel of the same name by Chung Serang, which brings to life our eccentric heroine, a school nurse with the ability to see supernatural energies in the form of slime-like beings referred to as "jellies", and our mysterious hero, a Chinese characters aka Hanja teacher with an unexplained mystical aura around him. I expected this drama to be a supernatural comedy and this first 50 minutes has delivered in those aspects but there's definitely a lot more to talk about here.  RECAP (SPOILER ALERT: PLEASE STOP READING IF YOU ARE PLANNING ON WATCHING THIS DRAMA) Flashback : A young girl who we'll come to know as as our female lead AHN EUN-YOUNG sits in a room while her present day-self monologues about seeing things that others can't. She stares out the room window, and sees a ...