With baseball season over, I can finally bring back features I’ve been meaning to use but haven’t, mainly because I’m lazy. I know you all are just itching to hear …
Read More »Around The Web: A reviews update, ‘The Wonder Girls’ movie lookback, fan translators, anti-feminist backlash against idols + other stuff
Like I’ve been saying, every feature that I’ve added or revived this year has been with the goal of covering as much ground as possible while doing as little work …
Read More »Around The Web: 2021 K-Pop (And J-Pop) Year-End Lists
Did you think you were free from year-end content just cause I was done? Of course not, because everybody loves lists and shit, man. —— Worldwide Lists Rolling Stone: 50 …
Read More »Around The Web: 2017 Year-End Lists Galore
What better reason to bring this feature back than to recap the year-end lists for 2017? Of course, Asian Junkie‘s should be the only one you need, but whatever. —— …
Read More »Beyond Hallyu takes Koreaboo to task for misleading/mistranslated Kim Hyun Joong report
In my article on the latest Kim Hyun Joong news, I aimed to cut through the horseshit as much as possible, which is why my headline and content was much …
Read More »Park Geun Hye, Choi Soon Sil, and the ongoing mess in Korea you’re hearing about
In recent days, you may have heard about a scandal involving President of South Korea Park Geun Hye, one that goes beyond even the norm of her scandalous tenure thus …
Read More »Around The Web: Year-End Lists, Dean Interviews, Venice In Japan
KPOPALYPSE: The 30 best K-pop songs of 2015, according to some fucking Australian idiot. Gonna pretend he put Crayon Pop‘s “FM” #1 and not the iljin A Pink imitators. KPOPALYPSE: …
Read More »Around The Web: Ailee & IU Interviews + EXID, Nine Muses, Amuro Namie Reviews
seoulbeats: In an interview before one of her concerts, Ailee talked about a bunch of topics, including the control she has over her music. Ailee: I was in control most …
Read More »Around The Web: Sasaengs, Plagiarism, Promo Teams, IU, Brown Eyed Girls
Netizen Buzz: Lawyers talk about what they can do about sasaengs, but mainly just cite laws that are never enforced. Feels like nothing is pursued because the company feels they …
Read More »ATW: Project Luhan, K-Pop Genres, Drama Formats, Defamation Lawsuits
KPOPALYPSE: The conclusion to the epic Project Luhan saga. Linked to the first two parts here. This is important shit. KPOPALYPSE: Normally I’d post this on Asian Junkie, but I …
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