Tag Archives: Racism

Perhaps this got lost in the shuffle a bit given the array of racism/appropriation controversies against Black people that have plagued K-pop recently (and forever, really), but soloist From20 (ex-BIGSTAR‘s …

Following their racism/appropriation controversy, KISS OF LIFE‘s company S2 Entertainment basically tried to take responsibility for them, which was predictably met with a cold reaction from fans. After continued backlash, …

In a rough week for K-pop beating the racism allegations, KISS OF LIFE perhaps provided one of the more egregious examples yet, and it’s honestly just a baffling self-inflicted mess. …

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 …

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, …

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 …

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 …

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, …

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 …

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 …