Truthfully, I wasn’t the most optimistic about Ruby when the rollout for JENNIE‘s album started with “Mantra“, which seemed like she was just going to rehash elements of her BLACKPINK …
Read More »Rundown: JENNIE, CHUNG HA, JISOO, ONE PACT, LUN8, EVNNE, LUN8, I:MOND
I guess it’s not that K-pop has been necessarily bad in 2025, it’s just that there’s been a lot of fringy, solid, and/or interesting but flawed stuff more than immediate …
Read More »Rundown: JENNIE, IVE, PLAVE, EUNHYUK, ALL(H)OURS, RESCENE
A lot of heavy hitters this week and some solid stuff, actually. Not many star singles, though, unfortunately. ====== JENNIE (BLACKPINK) – “ZEN” Her image can sell anything, and music video …
Read More »Bullet Points: Yulhee responds, Starship deepfake apology, THEBLACKLABEL stalker, Xiaoting returns to Kep1er, a slew of donations & a silly controversy over one, more
Yulhee sorta responds to her ex-husband, more stalking news somehow, Kep1er is now one step closer to being whole again, and thankfully a ton of donations. ====== Woman in her …
Read More »Bullet Points: Lia returns to ITZY, ONF’s tour mess, Jennie vaped, a lot of disbandments, health issues, and pregnancies
Okay, so there’s actually quite a bit that has happened this time around, including a few news items I didn’t really want to dedicate much time to, multiple disbandments, and …
Read More »Rundown: Wendy, YooA, Jennie, HIGHLIGHT, TEMPEST, TMC, more
K-pop has had a surprisingly busy week and there’s actually been a lot of solid releases during that time, even those that have been put in here. Let’s see. ====== …
Read More »Bullet Points: Jin & Meisa divorce, plus just so much fandom fuckery, company news, and awards stuff
Hello and welcome to 2024! Been a rough start to things so far, at least in Korea and Japan, with the year beginning with political stabbings and earthquakes. Yeesh. Anyway, …
Read More »BLACKPINK’s Jennie and BTS’s V reportedly end relationship that was never officially confirmed
BLACKPINK‘s Jennie and BTS‘s V have ended their relationship that was never officially confirmed but everybody who was not delusional acknowledged, at least according to an exclusive report. According to …
Read More »Quick Reviews: Jennie’s “You & Me” sees her head down a different path but is undermined by rogue squeaks
As BLACKPINK‘s contract saga drags on seemingly forever, Jennie has returned with what’s being deemed as a ‘special single’ in “You & Me“. It’s a song that’s been performed by …
Read More »My extensive dissertation and breakdown of BLACKPINK’s Jennie’s acting debut on ‘The Idol’ and all the controversy that surrounds it
There’s a lot of controversy circulating over the acting debut of BLACKPINK‘s Jennie on new edgelord show The Idol, and it’s an odd discourse at the moment split between praise, …
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