Before getting back to covering the music releases hopefully tomorrow, holy shit did I miss a lot of news while that HYBE/ADOR clusterfuck was peaking. ===== Rapper AQUINAS came out …
Read More »Min Hee Jin’s emotional press conference on the HYBE/ADOR conflict also includes NewJeans and a surprising amount of other groups
Alright, so as the next chapter in the HYBE/ADOR conflict, Min Hee Jin and her lawyers recently held a press conference to respond to HYBE’s claims about her and other …
Read More »ADOR’s Min Hee Jin claims audit is retaliatory after her internal complaint to HYBE + she’s accused of leaking personal info & mistreating employees
After both sides of the HYBE/ADOR dispute have revealed their sides to the public recently, ADOR CEO Min Hee Jin gave an interview in which she denies seeking independence from …
Read More »[Review] RIIZE’s addictive “Impossible” marks the return of our SME house overlord
While being an SM Entertainment boy group puts RIIZE on everybody’s radar by default, they were of particular hope to me because from the start they seemed slanted towards pop …
Read More »Quick Reviews: LUCAS returns with “Renegade”, a contrived diss track lacking bite
Controversial (gonna be honest, I still don’t know exactly what happened) former NCT member LUCAS is somehow still under SM Entertainment and has now returned with “Renegade“, which is seemingly …
Read More »[Update] aespa’s Karina and actor Lee Jae Wook confirmed to be dating, according to agencies
Despite it not even being January 1, Dispatch apparently didn’t want to wait to report that aespa‘s Karina and actor Lee Jae Wook are in a relationship. Even by their …
Read More »Bullet Points: BLACKPINK’s Lisa founds LLOUD, cult loses Netflix lawsuit, DPR drama, KinKi Kids & Momoiro Clover Z union, Kanjani8 renamed, more
Low volume but high impact news since the last time around, as there’s fresh drama to catch up on, a bunch of agency moves, and both a high-profile marriage and …
Read More »Brian Joo stars on the ‘PSICK SHOW’, makes me jealous of his OCD show, finds a kindred spirit in Jaejoong
Over a month ago, Fly To The Sky‘s Brian Joo talked about how he basically didn’t get paid while with SM Entertainment, and I mentioned that he’s having a second …
Read More »Bullet Points: Kim Tae Hee/Rain stalker, Nam Tae Hyun sentenced, Jaejoong still dealing with sasaengs, marriages, births, oh my
It’s been almost a month since I did this feature last, so quite frankly, there’s been a lot that’s happened even so early in the year. ====== Hyerim (ex-Wonder Girls) …
Read More »Xiumin & Chen link up with Baekhyun at INB100, SME states all 8 members will continue as EXO
SM Entertainment has announced that all eight members of EXO will continue group activities under SME, but confirm EXO-CBX have their own company for individual activities (plus D.O. with Company …
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