Hyolyn has recently been under fire after she posted a video on Instagram Stories of herself singing along to a song (Doja Cat‘s “Say So“, I think) that included the …
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 »KISS OF LIFE’s Julie apologizes for rapping the n-word in a cover back when she was a trainee
KISS OF LIFE member Julie has issued an apology after a past clip of hers re-emerged after her debut with the group. The clip includes Julie rapping the n-word while …
Read More »KCON USA makes statement deflecting blame for the posting of discriminatory job listing
Yesterday, it was brought up on social media that jobs for upcoming KCON USA events had posted listings for temporary workers on the site Backstage, but were specifically looking for …
Read More »Further videos of Crush’s alleged discrimination controversy appear to back his statement’s explanation
Following updates to the previous Crush discrimination allegations, including his response, the controversy became more widely publicized. While it had already blown up a bit on the international netizen side, …
Read More »[Update] Singer Crush under fire for seemingly refusing to shake hands with Black fans at performance, he responds in statement
Singer Crush has come under fire after video and testimony emerged of him seemingly refusing to shake the hands of two Black fans while performing at a recent event. https://twitter.com/tulipyeo/status/1579292775597871106 …
Read More »[Update] K-pop trainee Beomhan recounts recent experience of being assaulted & called homophobic/racial slurs in America, company issues statement
Beomhan, a Chinese-American trainee of FM Entertainment, recently recounted his experience with being attacked on a train in New York City to fans after they asked about an injury to …
Read More »Park Eun Suk apologizes for racist character on ‘Penthouse 3’, staff should also take responsibility
Actor Park Eun Suk recently released an apology on TikTok (yes, really) for his portrayal of a character on Penthouse 3 called Alex that was basically just a ridiculous racial …
Read More »[Updated] Korean & Japanese celebs show support for #BlackLivesMatter following murder of George Floyd + a call to contribute
The story that has captured the attention of at least one nation, if not the world, is the murder of George Floyd by the Minneapolis police in the state of …
Read More »TOP Media apologizes for video of MCND mouthing slurs during performance
Rookie boy group MCND had apparently come under fire recently for an old clip of them dancing to Lil Dicky‘s “Freaky Friday” featuring Chris Brown, including mouthing the lyrics that …
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