Hello and welcome back to your weekly Queendom Puzzle coverage, and we’re halfway through the introductory Up-Down Battle from last episode, only pausing for a quick dinner break before going …
Read More »Lee Chaeyeon (ex-IZ*ONE) & Shiroma Miru (ex-NMB48) to reportedly participate in ‘Queendom Puzzle’ + confirmed are Taeyeon as MC, H1-KEY members, and at least 6 others
After the initial onslaught of reports on participants for the upcoming Queendom Puzzle survival program, it’s now being reported that former NMB48 member Shiroma Miru and also former IZ*ONE member …
Read More »LE SSERAFIM use 2022 SBS Gayo Daejeon to showcase their arsenal of talents + a few other interesting covers
Much like award shows, I have minimal interest in year-end music show stages unless they are of the special variety, as K-pop is rather unique in that we usually have …
Read More »B-Side Spotlight: August 2022 (SNSD, IVE, TWICE, KEY, YENA, Billlie, ONF, Golden Child, Rocket Punch, more)
Hello again, it is I, your favourite playlist gremlin. No, you’re not imagining that the username is different. New name, same bitch, same playlists. Let’s go! ====== YENA – “WithOrWithOut” …
Read More »SNSD’s “FOREVER 1” MV director apologizes for plagiarizing … uh, Tokyo DisneySea’s 15th anniversary logo
In hilariously unreal and yet totally believable messes, the director of SNSD‘s reunion music video “FOREVER 1” apologized for plagiarizing the 15th anniversary logo of Tokyo DisneySea. え?これシーの15周年のパクリじゃない?#GirlsGeneration#ディズニーシー #TDR_now https://t.co/p7ewqmVnDl …
Read More »Quick Reviews: SNSD reunite after 5 years with “FOREVER 1”, which is basically a fan song
Well, a day that many were skeptical would ever come has indeed arrived, and after a five-year hiatus SNSD has reunited and are back with their ‘Forever 1‘ album. The …
Read More »aespa’s Giselle had a Wattpad, giving new K-pop fans the experience of finding (SNSD) Tiffany’s Xanga
Social media is basically undefeated when it comes to digging up everything on public figures, and thanks to aespa‘s Giselle and her recently discovered Wattpad account, the fourth-generation fans get …
Read More »SNSD’s “Gee” MV gets a deserved remaster for helping to set the table for K-pop
As I’ve been saying over the course of the SM Remastering Project, more than anything this has allowed us to reminisce on the company’s past hits, and their latest is …
Read More »Queendom 2 Episode 8: Queens celebrate “end” of COVID, fans, reunions, and various sponsored products as FANtastic Queendom Round begins
Episode 8 basically revels in Korea's pandemic "victory", in quotes only because they're still at around 25k new cases a day, though I'm all ears for discussions on the balance between safety and allowing people to live their lives.
Read More »Rundown: ASTRO, ONEUS, B.I., HYO, TNX, DAVICHI, Ciipher, TRIGER + others
Pretty rough fucking week except for like one song, maybe two. ====== ALICE – “Drive Away” ELRIS rebranding as ALICE and then ex-Hello Venus member ALICE releasing something immediately after …
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