After JYP Entertainment seemingly ditched trying to make MIXX-Pop work a year into the experiment, things appeared to be settling in nicely for NMIXX in 2023. Releases like “Love Me …
Read More »Quick Reviews: SHINee’s Minho makes a warm and inviting solo return with the simple “Stay For A Night”
SHINee‘s Minho made a solo return recently with “Stay For A Night“, and while I didn’t start out expecting much, I was won over by his smooth and comforting vocals …
Read More »Bong Joon Ho leads cultural artist collective in calling for investigation of police & media following Lee Sun Gyun’s death
The death of Lee Sun Gyun in the midst of his drug investigation has justifiably led to considerable criticism of government policy, police tactics, and media coverage, with the roles …
Read More »Bruno Mars covers AKB48’s “Heavy Rotation” at his Tokyo concert
Hello and welcome to things-you-never-thought-you’d-see-and-never-knew-you-needed-but-here-it-is-anyway-in-the-year-of-our-lord-2024 news, because Bruno Mars covered AKB48‘s “Heavy Rotation” at his concert in Japan today. AKBを歌うブルーノマーズさん #BrunoMars pic.twitter.com/7xDQbE1xtL— ままま (@Gkjimin_Lov) January 11, 2024 AKBは再来週じゃなかったっけ#ブルーノマーズ #AKB48 pic.twitter.com/VqHFXt4qLn— ゴンブリッチ …
Read More »Rundown: OnlyOneOf, SF9, B1A4, Ryu Sujeong, 8TURN, ICHILLIN’, WAKER, more
Sup. Actually, a lot of stuff in this week’s Rundown that I liked quite a bit. ====== ICHILLIN’ – “BITE ME” With its impactful production, it was a song I …
Read More »‘Crime Scene Returns’ reveals debut date, poster, teaser trailer! LET’S GOOOOOOO!
It’s now been about seven months since I almost had a heart attack in excitement over Crime Scene returning as … well, Crime Scene Returns. It was picked up by …
Read More »Court ruled in favor of OMEGA X twice due to acknowledging frequent abuse, threats & harassment by SPIRE’s CEO
The details of the court rulings in favor of OMEGA X in cases against SPIRE Entertainment and YouTuber In Ji Woong are now being reported, with the court recognizing the …
Read More »Comedian Matsumoto Hitoshi to go on hiatus amid sexual assault allegations
Around couple of weeks ago, Shukan Bunshun printed a story in which two women accused comedian Matsumoto Hitoshi of rape/sexual assault. The comedian’s agency, Yoshimoto Kogyo, denied the claim and …
Read More »[Review] ITZY get their groove (and melodies) back on “UNTOUCHABLE”
After a cornucopia of pre-releases and solo music videos, ITZY are back with their title track “UNTOUCHABLE” off their Born To Be full album. While the group’s music has admittedly …
Read More »Xiumin & Chen link up with Baekhyun at INB100, SME states all 8 members will continue as EXO
SM Entertainment has announced that all eight members of EXO will continue group activities under SME, but confirm EXO-CBX have their own company for individual activities (plus D.O. with Company …
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