Asian Junkie Asian pop. Without discretion.
Before getting back to covering the music releases hopefully tomorrow, holy shit did I miss a lot of news while that HYBE/ADOR clusterfuck was peaking.
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- Rapper AQUINAS came out as gay
- IU’s agency EDAM Entertainment apologizes for anti-scalping ticket fiasco
- Meenoi and AOMG have reconciled
- Sik-K turned himself in for marijuana use, denies meth use
AQUINAS had previously come out as bisexual, but has now clarified.
With regards to the EDAM Entertainment ticket fiasco with IU‘s concerts, am I missing something or is this just part of the growing pains of anti-scalping measures being attempted? When fans (rightfully) complain about how Ticketmaster (and the likes) are basically owned by scalpers and real fans can’t get tickets, and suggest that companies should move away from them and take action themselves … well, there’s gonna be bumps in the road for anybody who tries to crackdown on it. Not defending what they ended up doing, and they obviously need to improve, but if fans really want anti-scalping measures then this kind of shit is inevitable.
AOMG is an absolute mess right now, as you’ll see later, which makes it funnier that they reconciled with Meenoi somehow after her incident. I dunno what’s going on.
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- GRAY, Woo Won Jae, Lee Hi, GooseBumps leave AOMG
- Simon D leaves AOMG
- CODE KUNST leaves AOMG
- GOT7’s Youngjae leaves Sublime Artist Agency
- SHINee’s Onew signs with GRIFFIN Entertainment
- SHINee’s Minho & Key renew with SM Entertainment
- Lee Seung Gi signs with Big Planet Made
Like I said, AOMG meltdown. Also, Big Planet Made sure is making a name for themselves in a hurry.
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- Lapillus’ Chanty will be on hiatus due to chronic fatigue syndrome
- NewJeans’ Hyein goes on hiatus due to a foot microfracture
- aespa’s Winter underwent surgery for a collapsed lung
Winter having a collapsed lung right before a comeback and SM Entertainment seemingly running her out there in promotions anyway seems not great on the surface.
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Mainly feel bad for Bobby cause he has a kid younger than three and he has to head off.
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- Super Junior’s Ryeowook announces marriage to former TAHITI member Ari
- Lovelyz’s Mijoo is dating soccer player Song Bum Keun
- Kyary Pamyu Pamyu announced she was pregnant in style
- Apink’s Bomi and Black Eyed Pilseung’s Rado have been dating for seven years
- NS Yoon G and her husband are pregnant with their first child
- ALICE’s Sohee is getting married to a businessman and will retire
- Former SPICA member Park Narae is marrying former TOUCH member Kim Sunwoong
- Baek A Yeon announced her pregnancy
Holy shit, what a time for relationship stuff. That’s three marriages, three kids, and two relationships.
Obviously I will miss ALICE‘s Sohee and her being incredibly hot, but Apink‘s Bomi and Black Eyed Pilseung‘s Rado dating for that long in secret is crazy. Also, it gives new meaning to the STAYC‘s interactions with her.
an article released about bomi's relationship with rado's girl group stayc and they mentioned this… when we all thought that bomi is humming apink's new song but seven months later it was revealed to be stayc's stereotype 😭😭😭😭 pic.twitter.com/V0wdMu9S30
— mwi 💫 (@APlNKLUVR) April 23, 2024
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Back to the grind.
