Mary’s Blood formed back in late 2009 and has consistently released five impressive power metal studio albums since their debut. Opening for bands such as DRAGONFORCE and guitar god Marty …
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Like an unpowered space station adrift in deep space, Girls Planet 999 continues its solemn journey through the dark unknown. Episodes 3 and 4 finally get to the nutritional value of the show, giving us the first real glimpse of the trainees' skills and personalities. Those already familiar with the Produce series know how the beats go: picking parts -> bad practice -> good practice -> performance. These episodes do away with the overlong explanations and rule making that have dominated so far, making the show much more watchable in the process.
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With over ten million views and almost one hundred thousand subscribers NEMOPHILA is an upcoming all-female “modern metal” band that draws heavily from other sub genres such as thrash, metalcore, …
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head-scratching; while popular contestants like Su Ruiqi, Huening Bahiyyih and Choi Yunji are featured, other popular contestants like Roada Xu and Cherry Bullet’s May are snubbed, with viewers told in a montage to watch the clips online. If we're cutting trainee screen time, we must be using those minutes for other, really important matters, right? ... Right?
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A wise man once said, if it walks like Produce and it talks like Produce, it's probably Produce.
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When MNet announced their “new” trainee survival project Girls Planet 999, most fans first thought was, “How is this going to be different from Produce 101?” The answer thus far? Not much at all. Good work CJ ENM.
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My main interest in the Opening Ceremony of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics was obviously what pop acts Japan would use, and my interest was definitely piqued when choreographer MIKIKO, of …
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Netizens never cease to amaze me, for better or worse, and recently they found a soundalike for BTS‘s “Butter” in an extremely unlikely place, that being that soundtrack of 1992 …
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J-pop legend Utada Hikaru got on Instagram Live today and clarified that their (no mentioned pronouns yet, I think) best friend Kuma-chan is a boy and gay, then revealed that …
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Woo!ah! member Wooyeon recently posted a cover of Utada Hikaru‘s classic “First Love” to the group’s official YouTube channel and I can’t thank her enough. Seriously, big shoutout to Woo!ah!, …
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Asian Junkie Asian pop. Without discretion.