While I mentioned I didn’t miss much on the music side during the break, oh boy did I apparently miss a bunch of news stuff that feels almost too late …
Read More »[Update] (G)I-DLE’s Soyeon & Cube at odds over contract status, plus a diss to those who can’t sing or rap
As things kind of coast along in K-pop, (G)I-DLE‘s Soyeon has stepped up to deliver some fresh content for us all, providing speculation about her contract with Cube Entertainment and …
Read More »[Review] (G)I-DLE deliver a throwback spectacle with “Super Lady”
Following the relative success of “Wife”, which at bare minimum generated a ton of discourse and therefore attention for their comeback, (G)I-DLE‘s title track for their album 2 is now …
Read More »Quick Reviews: The super collab of Soyeon, Winter, and Liz on “NOBODY” is safe and ‘cool’ enough for World Expo promo
This collab of (G)IDLE‘s Soyeon, aespa‘s Winter, and IVE‘s Liz comes together thanks to Korea’s desire for Busan to get the 2030 World Expo host bid. Unfortunately, it’s a lot …
Read More »Quick Reviews: (G)I-DLE’s “Queencard” starts well before hitting a wall
(G)I-DLE have always been popular, but around last year they really kicked it into high gear, combining physical sales with digital chart toppers. While I came around on “Tomboy” and …
Read More »(G)I-DLE’s Soyeon disses MAMA, continues tradition + my default award show hate
This year’s round of year-end Korean music industry popularity awards has already kicked off, and normally all I care about is any special stages (which are getting rarer and shittier …
Read More »(G)I-DLE’s Soyeon waited for 3 years to take revenge on Kim Gura on ‘Radio Star’
Kim Gura has always been a controversial figure*, and back in 2019 he annoyed a lot of K-pop fans by unfavorably comparing (G)I-DLE to ITZY when Soyeon was a guest …
Read More »(G)I-DLE’s “TOMBOY” is slowly wearing down my defenses and corrupting me from within
Good news for fans of messy discourse, there’s another post about (G)I-DLE’s “TOMBOY” on the site. Bad news for respecter of my takes (so nobody), the allure of that fucking …
Read More »‘My Teenage Girl’ finale delivers one last bit of controversy before introducing new girl group ‘CLASSy’
MBC's yet-another-idol-survival-show My Teenage Girl came to a close a few weeks ago, christening the winning seven member unit as CLASSy and immediately tying them up with an ambitious 7-year contract.
Read More »‘My Teenage Girl’ is the Frankenstein’s monster of idol survival shows, is already more watchable than ‘Girls Planet 999’ ever was
My Teenage Girl, an MBC Idol Survival show brought to you by "Produce is wholesome pornography" Han Dong Chul, finally aired its first episode last week. And though AJ seeks to protect my fragile mind from more exposure to this cursed genre of television, to his chagrin I'm back on my bullshit. Because since the first episode has generated news about Soyeon being extraordinarily catty towards some marginally-talented contestants, I had to go and watch the first episode just in case it was something that needed to be covered thoroughly.
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