As briefly mentioned in the last article about BABYMETAL, the group will be performing at Sonisphere in July alongside groups like Metallica, Iron Maiden, and The Prodigy. Netizens are not so pleased that they are at the event as Japan’s representative. Please, I beg you, stop this They’re just puppets, like Kyary. They can’t even write or compose their own ... Read More »
KBS censorship just keeps on rolling, and just when you think it can’t possibly get any more pointless, they resolve to never disappoint. This time, Akdong Musician‘s “Galaxy” failed to pass KBS regulations. Why? Cause it shares the same name with the Samsung Galaxy smartphone and thus could be mistaken for a promotional campaign. Obviously it’s pointless, like most other ... Read More »
Clara said some things about keeping in shape on “Seo In Young’s Star Beauty Show Season 4“, but that wasn’t really what I cared about. During the show she revealed that whenever she has time between recordings, she works out by dancing to Girl’s Day‘s “Female President.” She demonstrated the toning effect of the intense choreography by showing off her ... Read More »
There’s plenty of people these days who know all about the voice and the physiology of singing. I guess the obsession with vocal knowledge is the cancer that idol TV shows (in both the East & West) have inflicted on the world by continually treating music as a competition with measurable objective standards instead of as an entertainment art. It’s ... Read More »
Your random reminder that the whole of Korean and Japanese music is more than just the summation of idol tracks. Not a ton out there about Snow Owl, but this is their music video for “That’s Ok“. iTunes Read More »
Hip-hop artist New Champ from PJR Entertainment has recently dropped his debut single, “Yahage“. New Champ is getting his career started off with a bang, ingeniously inviting After School‘s Kaeun, BESTie‘s Uji, and Hello Venus‘ Lime to dress sexy as fuck in his music video to help bring him attention. Hell, his entire hype campaign leading up to this was ... Read More »
Ice Cube recently put up an Instagram vid of him performing at Club Belasco … and 2PM‘s Wooyoung was there cause they were in Los Angeles for the K-pop concert. And this happened. Uh, ok. Your faves can thank Wooyoung for setting the new bar in trying way too hard. Read More »
I am late as fuck on this BABYMETAL bandwagon, but I’m gonna get on board now because it’s entertaining as hell. I was almost sold before hearing the actual music or seeing the videos after just searching for a picture to use on Google. Look at that fucking concept, when will your faves? Epic. —– Anyway, how do I know ... Read More »
Yuma Asami was last in the news due to her diagnosis of having malignant ovarian tumors. Apparently though, she’s doing much better now, or is at least doing well enough to promote shit! She said she wants to thank everyone for their warm encouragements. She has been undergoing chemotherapy treatments and is on her way to recovery. She gave a ... Read More »
Block B released their MV for “Jackpot” today, and it was a complete mess, as always. Whether that’s a good thing or a bad thing depends on the viewer, but Block B always does something or other to get attention. There’s so much going on here and I don’t have time to do reviews, but I wanted to make quick ... Read More »
G.NA is coming back with “Pretty Lingerie” on April 21. Cube Entertainment uploaded a teaser image of the singer through her official Facebook with the words “Pretty Lingerie” and the date April 21, 2014. In the image, G.NA is dressed in all white. Her see-through top reveals G.NA’s pretty lingerie. Dem teddies. If nothing else, I’m hoping this isn’t a ... Read More »
At this point I’m not sure if Jiyeon solo debut is a real debut or if it’s an extended commercial for Burger King and Tom N Toms Coffee. But it’s probably fine either way. Read More »
Nexen Heroes‘ mascot doing a combination of “Paint Me Like One Of Your French Girls” and trying to get an upskirt peek at BESTie. Read More »
This post is shamelessly taken from Reddit, but this background dancer is nuts and deserves his own post. There’s more at the source, but this in particular is what got me. GIF Link Amazing. Read More »
Queen Namiserable, better known as Amuro Namie, is releasing “Ballada” — a ‘best album’ of ballads — on June 4. You know Avex were just waiting for Namie to have enough ballads so that they could put this shit out. Seven years ago, Avex would not have been looking to Namie to put out a ‘best album’ of sorts. This ... Read More »
Asian Junkie Asian pop. Without discretion.