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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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‘My Teenage Girl’ is the Frankenstein’s monster of idol survival shows, is already more watchable than ‘Girls Planet 999’ ever was
My Teenage Girl, an MBC Idol Survival show brought to you by "Produce is wholesome pornography" Han Dong Chul, finally aired its first episode last week. And though AJ seeks to protect my fragile mind from more exposure to this cursed genre of television, to his chagrin I'm back on my bullshit. Because since the first episode has generated news about Soyeon being extraordinarily catty towards some marginally-talented contestants, I had to go and watch the first episode just in case it was something that needed to be covered thoroughly.
Read More »A cappella group Narin make their mark with K-pop covers & medleys
Narin are an a cappella group that I stumbled upon awhile ago, and since then they’ve shot up in popularity thanks primarily to their K-pop content. For those who weren’t …
Read More »[Review] (G)I-DLE’s Soyeon is assertive on an otherwise bland “Beam Beam”
In perhaps the most unsurprising K-pop news of 2021, (G)I-DLE’s Soyeon has released her first solo album. I mean, she technically debuted as a soloist in 2017 before re-debuting as …
Read More »[Review] (G)I-DLE’s Yuqi delivers a true standout in excellent “Bonnie & Clyde”
While I’ve already essentially spoiled my thoughts on “Bonnie & Clyde” in the review of “Giant”, it’s important for me to flesh out exactly how impressed I was by what …
Read More »[Review] (G)I-DLE’s Yuqi makes impressive solo debut with addictive rock ballad “Giant”
Not gonna lie, when I initially saw the news that Yuqi would be (G)I-DLE‘s next member to have a solo debut, my reaction was: 1) assuming it would be in …
Read More »Deep Reviews: (G)I-DLE’s “Last Dance” gives us half a music video for apparently half a song
(G)I-DLE have treated us to half a music video of the song “Last Dance” for the UNIVERSE app, and to see the rest of it you have to watch it …
Read More »Bullying Allegations Roundup: (G)I-DLE’s Soojin, A Pink’s Chorong, SEVENTEEN’s Mingyu, The Boyz’s Sunwoo, Shim Eun Woo
While I’ve been a bit busy over the last couple weeks since the last roundup, there’s been a bunch of major updates on the bullying front. —— (G)I-DLE’s Soojin: After …
Read More »(G)I-DLE releases rather unnecessary English version of “LATATA”
(G)I-DLE are making their way overseas after signing with Republic Records, and a part of that is releasing an English version of their hit, “LATATA“. While I loved the original, …
Read More »[Review] (G)I-DLE’s “Oh My God” built around repetitive drop that doesn’t work
(G)I-DLE seemed to debut right at the perfect time, finding instant successwith a sound that was both trendy and addictive. Their run on last year’s Queendom series only boosted their …
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