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Throughout the entire ongoing FIFTY FIFTY saga with ATTRAKT, Warner Music Korea, and The Givers duking it out in the press, what I’ve wanted the most is to know where …
Read More »FIFTY FIFTY’s label ATTRAKT sues The Givers CEO SIAHN, alleging fraud, sabotage, and secretly buying copyright for “Cupid”
The story around supposed attempts to poach FIFTY FIFTY from their label ATTRAKT has continued to develop slowly, but now ATTRAKT has announced in a statement that they will be …
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The name of YENA‘s title track, “Hate Rodrigo“, generated a wave of criticism, which seems pretty clearly what it intended to do from the start. Of course, anybody with a …
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SHINee are back with the title track “HARD“, and it represents an interesting tack for the direction of their music to take, because it’s trendy in the sense that it …
Read More »[Update] ATTRAKT claims Warner Music Korea involved with company trying to poach FIFTY FIFTY, Warner Music Korea says that’s ‘groundless’
Following FIFTY FIFTY‘s company ATTRAKT coming out and saying there were outside forces trying to poach the group away, there were a lot of questions about what exactly was going …
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In what amount to basically endorsement money and also free market research for HYBE/BELIFT LAB, and tons of young customers for Toss Bank, the upcoming idol survival program R U …
Read More »BTOB’s Minhyuk wanted to take at least some spotlight at WATERBOMB Seoul 2023
While obviously it was Kwon Eunbi’s appearance that was trending (and still is), BTOB member Minhyuk deserves at least some attention for coming to the Waterbomb Festival looking fitness competition …
Read More »Kwon Eun Bi goes viral with her performances at the WATERBOMB Seoul 2023
Much like many of the other soloists with maturer images, Kwon Eun Bi and the WATERBOMB Festival seemed like a match made in heaven, like free virality basically. Well, she …
Read More »ATTRAKT claims others are trying to poach FIFTY FIFTY + explain the lack of recent promotions
ATTRAKT, the company that rising girl group FIFTY FIFTY calls home, has recently released a statement saying that during their rest period where the group has been recovering and making …
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