A recent Instagram post by TWICE‘s Sana has blown up among Korean netizens and she’s getting raked over the coals for it in the replies and comments on news portals. …
Read More »John Oliver covers Chiitan’s plight on ‘Last Week Tonight’, now has beef with the mascot
Chiitan, who we’ve covered before with jokes, now has beef with comedian John Oliver after his show ‘Last Week Tonight‘ did a feature on Chiitan’s issue with the city of …
Read More »LABOUM’s Soyeon & Yujeong collab with Kobasolo, cover Utada Hikaru’s “First Love”
LABOUM members Yujeong and Soyeon recently featured on Kobasolo‘s YouTube channel covering Utada Hikaru‘s classic “First Love“. Not only is this a good time to remind people who might be …
Read More »AAA’s Urata Naoya apologizes at press conference for assaulting woman, blames it on the alcohol
A week ago, it was revealed that Urata Naoya of AAA had assaulted a woman in a convenience store after his advances were rejected. Soon after, he held a press …
Read More »Perfume showcase their unique appeal with impressive Coachella stage
While Perfume was named by media outlets as one of the highlights of Coachella‘s first weekend, nobody saw it except those who were there thanks to their performance not being …
Read More »Yamaguchi Maho announces graduation from NGT48, gives emotional speech
Yamaguchi Maho, Hasegawa Rena, and Sugahara Riko have announced their graduation recently during NGT48‘s Team G’s final performance at the group’s theater on April 21. https://twitter.com/blxckswan_/status/1119946925589983232 She is, of course, …
Read More »AAA’s Urata Naoya arrested for allegedly assaulting woman after she rejected his advances
Urata Naoya, leader and lead vocalist of popular co-ed Avex group AAA, has reportedly been arrested by police over allegedly assaulting a female convenience store customer after asking her out …
Read More »NGT48 to restart, which follows the group losing contracts over handling of Yamaguchi Maho assault scandal
The handling of the Yamaguchi Maho assault scandal has continued to plague NGT48, and the plan they had to downplay things and move on doesn’t appear to be working. It …
Read More »BAND-MAID become BAND-MAIKO again to mix folk with rock in “Gion Cho”
In what (I hope) has become a April Fools’ Day tradition for BAND-MAID, they transformed yet again into BAND-MAIKO for an original song in “Gion Cho” and a music video …
Read More »‘Produce 101 Japan’ aims to find an 11-member boy group, CJ E&M & Yoshimoto Kogyo make for powerful partners
CJ E&M/Mnet will be teaming up with Japanese entertainment conglomerate Yoshimoto Kogyo to bring the ‘Produce‘ brand to Japan in the form of ‘Produce 101 Japan‘ with a boy group. …
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