I should have known something was up when I saw a guy walk down the parking lot of Koreatown Plaza with a glittery red suit. See, I was there to judge a street karaoke and K-Pop dance competition ...

Karaoke is supposed to be fun. It’s a release. You can turn off your brain after work. You can embrace the cheesiness of the radio hits of your youth. You can relax in a comfortable, low stakes ...

It’s a common misconception that the Japanese word “karaoke” translates to “bad singing,” when in fact the literal translation is “empty orchestra,” or the act of singing along to instrumental tracks ...