Amaki Sally has recently announced that she’ll be taking a break from handshake events, high touch events, and individual meet and greets due to her ongoing battle with social anxiety …
Read More »LABOUM to hold audition for new member for Japanese activities
Five-member girl group LABOUM will be holding an audition to select a sixth member for their Japanese activities, and will take place through Rakuten LIVE, according to both NH Media …
Read More »AKB48 announce DEL48 & MUB48 sister groups based in India
It was reported late in 2017 that AKB48 would be expanding the brand to India in the form of Mumbai48 (MUM48) in 2018. Well that didn’t turn out to be …
Read More »[Review] IZ*ONE flatline on robotic “Buenos Aires”
Between their Korean and Japanese promotions, IZ*ONE are set to accrue the largest discography of any ‘Produce 101‘ group yet. Their cross-country releases are a shrewd business move, but I’m …
Read More »[Review] TWICE “Breakthrough” with a hit in the present, also deliver proof of concept for their future
TWICE have dropped a pair of Japanese songs recently in “HAPPY HAPPY” and “Breakthrough“, and while the former is nice enough on its own, the latter is where my primary …
Read More »Taguchi Junnosuke (former KAT-TUN) arrested on marijuana charge, issues emotional apology
While I was going to let the saga of former KAT-TUN member Taguchi Junnosuke play out a bit, I’m guessing his apology essentially solves that. Why was he issuing such …
Read More »EXILE’s AKIRA & actress Lin Chi Ling make surprise marriage announcement
EXILE member AKIRA recently made a shocking announcement on Instagram about a marriage to Taiwanese actress and model Lin Chi Ling, and he explained the situation himself nicely. View this …
Read More »Rock band Zebrahead did a cover of E-Girls’ “Follow Me”, which was cool
In entertainment that happened three months ago, a punk rock band called Zebrahead did a cover of “Follow Me” by the E-Girls for some reason. Credit for singing in Japanese. …
Read More »Deep Reviews: “Cut It Up” collab unites PKCZ (Verbal/MAKIDAI/DJ DARUMA), CL, Afrojack
Repetitive hook that borders on grating, but the rest was solid and the music video is cool as hell.
Read More »[Review] T-ara Eunjung makes surprise turn to rock with solo Japan debut “Desire”
The solo career of T-ara‘s Eunjung has, to this point, consisted of rather generic releases as ELSIE in Korea. In a surprising shift then, she has made her solo debut …
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