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K-pop Branding: Exploring NewJeans' Success
K-pop Branding: Exploring NewJeans' Success

NewJeans’ global success in the K-pop industry demonstrates the importance of strategic branding. Min Hee-Jin and the creatives behind NewJeans have crafted every aspect of their brand from narratives, names, and design to style, partnerships, and concept albums. Learn more about their story in this blogpost!

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ZineRiley UlasK-pop, Branding, Marketing, Business, Music, Blogpost, Research, Article, News, NewJeans, Concept Album, Music Business
The Ancient Legfish Deity
The Ancient Legfish Deity

A group of young women worship the ancient deity, the Legfish. This powerful fish is Wholesome Zine’s mascot, honoring their shirts with his sacred image. One girl doesn’t believe in the Legfish’s fearsome power, and doesn’t wear any of Wholesome Zine’s sick merch. The terrifying Legfish returns, peaking around a wall to look at them from deep in the darkness.

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ZineClay BorsenikWholesomeZine LLCdigital art, zine, morishigeart, Clay Borsenik, illustration, digital illustration, Art, comics, News, Comic Strip, wholesome intern, Wholesome Comix, Clay, Powchie, autumn, fall, leaves, tree
Soul Station Feature: Luis "Lija" Ortiz
Soul Station Feature: Luis "Lija" Ortiz

A Romper El Coco

Cuban singer Benny More popularized the song A Romper El Coco, but he was hardly the only singer to record it. This version by the Puerto Rican tresero (a tres player) Luis "Lija" Ortiz is in the conjunto tradition and has a tres solo as well as a very good piano solo. It was probablky recorded in 1950 for the latin label Verna. Ortiz recorded often in NYC and during the mid 1950’s made many records backing bolero singer Panchito Riset.

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