Former S.E.S member Shoo announces pregnancy of second child Holy shit! It’s a miracle of science! No, but really though, allkpop is pushing the boundaries of our sanity with their question mark titles, but man, they are on an odd title streak right now too. S.E.S.‘s Shoo is pregnant with her second child, which is whatever for sites like mine, ... Read More »
“G-Dragon might possibly retire one day?” That was the title of an allkpop article recently, which was an especially insightful take on G-Dragon’s career. Alternative titles could have included: “G-Dragon breathes air?”, “G-Dragon drinks water?”, and “G-Dragon loves Japanese club gloryholes?” Well, duh. Read More »
So … allkpop somehow managed to confuse a teaser picture of Girl’s Day‘s Yura with one for her groupmate, Minah. http://www.allkpop.com/2013/03/girls-days-minah-becomes-a-blonde-bombshell-for-expectation http://www.allkpop.com/2013/03/girls-days-yura-becomes-a-blonde-bombshell-for-expectation lol —– It’s not a big deal, obviously, but I was confused as all fuck because AKP has ties with DreamT Entertainment, so I would have figured some motherfucker would have been like, “Yo, this is Yura! Kthxbye.” ... Read More »
allkpop posted their review of SNSD‘s “I Got A Boy” recently, and within that review was the claim that not only was it SNSD’s best release ever, but that it was perhaps the best release in K-pop history. I have absolutely no complaints about this song. It is without a doubt the strongest release by Girls’ Generation—and perhaps in all ... Read More »
Just moments ago, it was revealed by allkpop sources that Block B‘s Zico is dating former T-ara member Hwayoung. A recent hot rumor in the K-Pop idol scene is that Block B‘s Zico and ex-T-ara member Hwayoung, have been dating for a few months now. We reached out to our sources at Stardom Entertainment and although the company denied the ... Read More »
So KCON happened recently, but I didn’t pay much attention to it because I don’t get all that hyped about K-pop events in America. Honestly, in my opinion, they usually consist of mediocre lineups and a lot of them end up being horribly disappointing to a lot of fans. That said, the concert did come to my attention when the ... Read More »
As far as sensationalist media stories go, this one has to be up there. The story is that the bags of Big Bang‘s Seungri and Daesung were stolen in Japan, resulting in them losing their passports and other items. allkpop said as much in their “Big Bang Daesung and Seungri’s bags stolen in Japan” article, writing: Members of Big Bang ... Read More »
The inspiration for this post came from a recent article published on allkpop, written by a friend, Jeff Benjamin. If you haven’t already read it, here’s a quick summary: NS Yoonji and G.NA are two female K-pop artists who have a shot of achieving mainstream success in the United States because: They speak English fluently. Their sex appeal would work ... Read More »
In the midst of the T-ara bullying scandal/Hwayoung‘s expulsion, a run of insanely stupid reaction from fans, which was not only anticipated but expected, emerged as one of the most amusing parts that came out of all this. I wanted to write something where I got to mock netizens, but I saw this article over at The Prophet Blog and ... Read More »
In a surprising move, allkpop recently released a bit of pseudo-journalism, reaching out to sources* of theirs in the K-pop industry to comment on the T-ara bullying scandal. *Yes, they do have connections. No reason to doubt that these are legitimate thoughts. Why is this journalism attempt significant? Well, I found it extremely odd because they’ve never done it before. ... Read More »
So apparently dwango, a Japanese music download company, has a K-pop category for its ringtone download rankings, and to anybody with a brain, it would seem logical that Korean artists would dominate that chart. Well, apparently allkpop missed the memo, because they wrote it up like it was a fucking accomplishment. Big Bang, KARA, Jang Geun Suk, & Super Junior ... Read More »
I stumbled upon this op-ed from allkpop recently, and it was interesting to see the reactions to it from readers. The writer of the article seems new to the K-pop world, and he’s basically just asking a question more than making an argument, so there’s no reason for me to critique it harshly or anything, but I do think there’s ... Read More »
Boy, boy, boy. How did I miss this clusterfuck? In the past, I’ve called out both allkpop and Soompi for their coverage of New.F.O (allkpop’s girl group), and Soompi even got pussy hurt about it. Recently though, in their “7 Worst K-Pop Group Names Of All Time” article, Soompi hit a new low, as they probably ran the most ridiculously ... Read More »
As I said at the time, one would expect that people (domestic and international) would overreact to the upskirt incident involving Kara‘s Hara, where her alleged bearded clam was posted up in a Japanese tabloid. Why is that? Because Korea and K-pop fans care so much about protecting women and their moral right to not be sexualized? ROFL FUCK NO ... Read More »
I recently noticed that Soompi was pimping this new invention of theirs, a Soompi Twitter dedicated to only JYP Entertainment related articles. Welcome to the official @soompi JYP Nation Twitter! Follow for the latest updates on JYP, Wonder Girls, 2AM, 2PM, Miss A, JLim, JOO, and San E! Apparently it just started on April 5th, and quite frankly I think ... Read More »
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