After a rough start to their careers as effectively a quasi-2NE1/BLACKPINK cover group, BABYMONSTER do still maintain a similar quality on “FOREVER“, but begin to lean more into the vocal …
Read More »Rundown: TRENDZ, Xdinary Heroes, EVERGLOW, Weki Meki, Cignature, Nicole, Sunmi, WOOAH, AKMU, BADVILLAIN, more
Been a while, and honestly there’s some enjoyable stuff in here this week. Maybe or maybe not a coincidence that it trends that way with summer releases getting underway in …
Read More »BABYMONSTER perform “SHEESH” with a live band on M Countdown & Inkigayo, making for a clever bit of promo
In a savvy PR move on the part of YG Entertainment that basically served as them taking advantage of the recent discourse around idols doing live performances, BABYMONSTER went all …
Read More »[Review] BABYMONSTER miss another chance to establish their own identity on “SHEESH”
BABYMONSTER represents YG Entertainment‘s hope for their next big girl group, and things got off to a rocky start, to say the least. Their “BATTER UP” debut was uninspiring and …
Read More »Quick Reviews: BABYMONSTER will at least be complete after “Stuck In The Middle”
Following BABYMONSTER‘s botched debut with “BATTER UP”, apparently because even YG Entertainment didn’t know what they were doing with it, Ahyeon is now back with the group, but also not …
Read More »YGE announces Ahyeon will rejoin BABYMONSTER, plus a bunch of other stuff I’ll believe when I see
After debuting a couple months ago with “BATTER UP” sans Ahyeon and then not clarifying what exactly they were going to do with BABYMONSTER, YG Entertainment has now revealed that …
Read More »YGE clarify nothing when questioned on confusing lack of promo for BABYMONSTER & “BATTER UP”
I started out my review of BABYMONSTER’s “BATTER UP” by noting how much importance the group likely has to YG Entertainment‘s future, and how messy the lead-up to it was …
Read More »[Review] BABYMONSTER debut with an all-too-familiar sound on “BATTER UP”
For a group that carries a lot of hopes for YG Entertainment on its shoulders, it’s been a surprisingly tumultuous lead-up to debut for BABYMONSTER, including the exit of arguably …
Read More »Ahyeon reportedly will not debut with BABYMONSTER, YGE essentially issues a ‘no comment’
YG Entertainment‘s upcoming girl group BABYMONSTER is finally set to debut — probably uncoincidentally after Yang Hyun Suk’s court case ended — but it’ll reportedly be without popular member Ahyeon. …
Read More »BABYMONSTER’s pre-debut release “DREAM” includes a Yang Hyun Suk jumpscare + thoughts on the minors discourse
Predictably, after the “shocking” twist from their lineup reveal, BABYMONSTER already has a pre-debut release out in Disney ballad “DREAM“. Not cynically planned to the last detail at all! As …
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