Cool, hadn't checked out ASh-B before. Interesting times for female rappers in Korea, I guess you could say. Unpretty Rapstar seemed like a messy, awkwardly framed competition at first but turned out smash hit single after smash hit single with rappers who've never topped charts before. From a marketing standpoint a big win for everyone involved. Even our friend Tymee found some of her old flow and swagger. Not the place for everyone, though. I've followed Choi Sam's SNS Q&A's and she's answered fan requests for her to appear with decided negatives and "what would I gain from it?". But she is apparently working on more official releases, after recently putting out another mixtape.

People, including me, have said Red Velvet sound like fx, and there are some similarities, but I've adjusted my stance, I think we're just hearing a branch of the SM sound. The Super Junior formula has been tweaked and applied to Shinee singles, EXO singles. SNSD has had less of a definitive sound and so their influence on other female SM artists has been less tangible. With f(x) they really found new inspiration and some of that has rubbed off on RV's style, although I think their collage pop differs in other, important ways from f(x), who are apparently still coming back soon, presumably still with Sulli.