Is it a good sign that it’s not even three months and baseball has barely started yet I’m already in a two-week hole that I spent the weekend making up? …
Read More »A hectic few days for EXO’s Xiumin/KBS/SME/ONE HUNDRED ends up with things essentially back at square one
Okay, so remember that thing with EXO’s Xiumin allegedly being blocked by KBS from appearing on Music Bank due to pressure from SM Entertainment? Well, that has since escalated and …
Read More »Jaejoong opens up about a sasaeng kissing him while he slept at his own home, says they made him feel like dying
One of the best things about Jaejoong seemingly getting off the blacklist (a bit) is that he’s able to tell the stories from his career, especially since as a former …
Read More »Rundown: PURPLE KISS, DAY6, Kim Nam Joo, THE BOYZ, Super Junior D&E, TNX, YOUNG POSSE
Due to the start of baseball season, I actually only got around to listening to K-pop releases this week. While there was some listenable stuff, I didn’t feel like I …
Read More »B-Side Spotlight: November 2023 (Red Velvet, aespa, VIVIZ, Taeyeon, Jessica, Dreamcatcher, KISS OF LIFE, Weeekly, VIXX, more)
Hello there, playlist darlings. How are we all? It is I, your playlist curator, taking on the visage of Santa* in order to bring you all some b-sides you absolutely …
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 »Netizens put up an impressive 24-hour period of hating (featuring Lee Seo, Jaemin, Giselle, Hyunjae, Kyujin)
Idols getting hate from netizens is obviously nothing new, but the recent spate of controversies has been remarkable even to me. In the span of about 24 hours, five articles …
Read More »Bullet Points: Award show winners (my favorite!), THE BOYZ/PIXY injuries, KNK/UP10TION signings, Johyun relationship
Probably not enough stuff to post normally, but I figured people might want to do the discourse thing on awards and how somebody winning or losing was a conspiracy or …
Read More »Bullet Points: Ryu Jun Yeol & Hyeri done, a Girl’s Day marriage & reunion, a DUI, contract news, and way too many health hiatuses
Welcome to Bullet Points, where I am able to sum up news I didn’t have much to say about, I didn’t care enough about, or was honestly just too lazy …
Read More »Rundown: AMPERS&ONE, APOKI, THE BOYZ, VIXX, 3YE, NTX, more
Hello and welcome to the Rundown, where you get to watch as I get increasingly lazy towards the end of the year and bigger names and better songs get thrown …
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