Asian Junkie Asian pop. Without discretion.
So the other day I covered EXP Edition‘s latest venture, “Stress“, basically because I covered their start as a K-pop group borne out of a rather shitty thesis and how …
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KCSC to investigate reporting practices of media outlets covering death of SHINee’s Jonghyun
KCSC (Korea Communications Standards Commission) announced recently that they would be investigating the reports made on the death of SHINee‘s Jonghyun for violations of accepted practices. On December 28, KCSC …
Read More »Journalist says K-pop company threatened lawsuit if coverage was negative, K-pop fans bizarrely defend company
A few days ago, journalist Jae-Ha Kim tweeted out something that happened to her that I felt was rather uncontroversial. When I was in Korea recently, I was set to …
Read More »EXO stan files ‘War & Peace’ of complaints, another plans protest, SME appears to cave
An EXO stan recently filed a gigantic-ass formal complaint over alleged defamatory comments that stemmed basically from K-pop fandom fighting bullshit, while another EXO stan got a permit to stage …
Read More »Artsy Fartsy: Red & green color theory through Ravi’s “Bomb” & Suzy’s “Yes No Maybe”
The colors red and green are opposite each other on the color wheel, so how do these opposites work within art? Red has so many meanings, and Johann Wolfgang Von …
Read More »FUSE’s ‘K-Stop’ podcast removes episode soon after backlash from BTS/G-Friend fans
‘K-Stop‘ is a podcast from FUSE hosted by Jeff Benjamin and Tina Xu, and the latest episode also included Brooke Bunce. Or at least it was the latest episode until …
Read More »Artsy Fartsy: Grace got Georgia O’Keeffe shivering with her recent artwork
Grace has painted a vagina peach, aren’t we lucky? As someone who did two-thirds of their degree in Critical & Curatorial Practices, I’m just glad can finally use this skill …
Read More »Yerin/Kai/Lizzy #DanceGate is incredibly dumb, and Pann continues to be garbage
Honest to god, I tried to stay out of #DanceGate when it started. No matter how many articles were written about it or how much fandom mess was involved, I …
Read More »HyunA’s “Babe” is her version of IU’s “Twenty-Three” and it makes quite the statement
HyunA made her 10th anniversary comeback with “Babe“, and while musically it wasn’t the most engaging piece to me, the subject matter was a different story. In many ways it …
Read More »YMC & MBC respond to Jaehwan controversy, and uh … Koreaboo lays out ideal response
The n-word controversy surrounding WANNA ONE‘s Jaehwan had previously caused an international incident between fans, but now it has made its way to the Korean media as well. As you …
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