In case you hadn’t heard by now, Weeekly are returning later today on January 25th with a single named “Stranger” that’ll be released in both Korean and English, marking the …
Read More »[Review] EL7Z UP’s “CHEEKY” debut excels during earworm chorus but finds mixed results elsewhere
While the final lineup of El 7-Up EL7Z UP was exciting due to the All-Star cast of lesser known faves in it, I honestly didn’t have much expectation for the …
Read More »Mnet’s ‘Queendom Puzzle’ reveals the 7 members of EL7Z UP (still going with that name, I guess)
While our coverage of the show just finished up recapping the penultimate episode, the finale of Queendom Puzzle has already aired and revealed the final seven members of the group …
Read More »‘Queendom Puzzle’ Episode 9: The Semi-Finals and more eliminations get show back on track, but at what cost?
Episode 9 starts right where we left off, right after the eliminations of Episode 7. As the newly freed idols shuffle backstage, they receive flowers and letters from... themselves. MNet provides us with a heartfelt farewell to the five eliminated contestants, which was done right away and without wasting a week of time.
Read More »‘Queendom Puzzle’ group name changed to now make it one letter away from 7-UP
A few episodes ago, the group name for Queendom Puzzle was revealed to be EL7Z U+P, which was understandably greeted with a lot of mockery from not only fans, but …
Read More »‘Queendom Puzzle’ Episode 8: 100% filler episode isn’t worth the calories I spent in moving my fingers to type this
After an eventful Episode 7, MNet shifts gears and serves us a undercooked recap episode. They've done this before, but usually it's a half-and-half deal, 1 hour of recap and 1 hour of new content. Episode 8 runs just under an hour and is completely ignorable.
Read More »‘Queendom Puzzle’ Episode 7: No surprises during 1st eliminations & new Top 7; Semi-Final teams and songs are decided
We are LIVE! And people are going to DIE be eliminated! But also, a live broadcasted episode means less content to cover, as we'll probably be spending 20% of the showtime waiting for Taeyeon to reveal the results only to cut to commercial break. I'm ok with this.
Read More »The group formed by ‘Queendom Puzzle’ will have a name like one of Elon Musk’s kids
Not to spoil the fun for the Queendom Puzzle episode recaps, but this simply couldn’t wait, as it was announced that the group that will be formed from the show …
Read More »‘Queendom Puzzle’ Episode 6: All-Rounder Battle continues with quality trolling as eliminations loom
After the barrel of regrets that was Episode 5, Episode 6 thankfully gave us something to eat.
Read More »‘Queendom Puzzle’ Episode 5: Extreme corn tea product placement can’t save boring, filler-like 1st half of All-Rounder Battle
Yeah this one wasn't a very interesting one. Predictable results, unpolished stage performances, no character development and no memes, this episode felt like one great-but-not-legendary performance and a whole lot of wasted time. I couldn't believe two hours had passed at the end of it all.
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