EXO members Chen, Baekhyun, and Xiumin have filed for contract termination with SM Entertainment, saying through a legal rep that they tried to settle the money owed to them multiple …
Read More »Rundown: Brave Girls, J-Hope, YUJU, KAI, Nicole, Cherry Bullet, WOODZ, The Boyz, TRI.BE, OnlyOneOf, CRAVITY
Phew, it’s been a while. Sorta lost track of time, but I’m here now with my takes for you to complain about when you should instead be mindlessly devoted to …
Read More »B-Side Spotlight: November 2022 (BoA, KARA, Red Velvet, ITZY, B.I, Highlight, BIBI, CSR, AleXa)
November was, somehow, one of those months where it feels like every group possible decided to come back — I guess to get those winter sales in before it’s too …
Read More »Rundown: YooA, Eunji, Chen, Lim Young Woong, Xdinary Heroes, VERIVERY, more
As expected, there have been a lot of releases to cover over the last couple weeks, so here’s another Rundown. Thankfully, they include some nice efforts amongst the riff raff. …
Read More »B-Side Spotlight: September 2022 (Rose, Jackson Wang, NCT 127, EXID, Choi Yoojung, JAY B, Xiumin, LIMELIGHT, more)
It has finally become Autumn, and I am once again at my most powerful. Nothing in the world can stop me, except heavy rain. Good thing I don’t live in …
Read More »Rundown: Hyosung, Lee Changsub, EXID, Xiumin, Crush, Kep1er, Yoojung, mimiirose, RoaD-B, more
I swear I’ll catch up on reviews for the stuff I’ve really liked soon. I swear. Surely. Anyway, catching up on the other stuff, there’s been some quality releases. ====== …
Read More »NMIXX covers “No. 1” in front of BoA & Xdinary Heroes does “Love Me Right” on new music program ‘K-909’
In case you were like me and hadn’t heard about this before today, JTBC debuted a new music program called K-909 that’s hosted by BoA and seemingly aims to ape …
Read More »Rundown: SEVENTEEN, Onew, Suho, Kwon Eun Bi, Younha, Jessi, ChoA, BAE173 + more
I fell behind schedule in terms of doing these for new releases, mainly because the baseball season started, honestly. My bad, lol. ====== BAE173 – “JAWS” Obviously isn’t my thing, …
Read More »Quick Reviews: SUMIN’s remix of Kai’s “Peaches” is one of the few from SME that works
SM Entertainment‘s official remixes are almost universally worse than the original, and many are just straight-up fucking terrible. So I was pleasantly surprised by a remix of (EXO) Kai‘s “Peaches” …
Read More »Top 100 Korean Songs Of 2021: Part 4
Asian Junkie’s Best Of 2021 Top 100 Korean Songs Of 2021: Honorable Mentions Top 100 Korean Songs Of 2021: Part 1 Top 100 Korean Songs Of 2021: Part 2 Top …
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