Following Nayeon and “POP!” from over a year ago now (!!!), TWICE member Jihyo has made her solo debut with “Killin’ Me Good“. While I’ve always thought the group embodied …
Read More »Quick Reviews: Back after a lengthy hiatus, EVERGLOW pick up where they left off with “SLAY”
It has seemed like EVERGLOW has been away forever now, but perhaps that’s more of an indictment of the frenetic pace of the K-pop industry than anything, as they’re now …
Read More »Quick Reviews: aespa and “Better Things” to do with my time, indeed
After the quality aespa delivered in English with “Hold On Tight”, expectations were ramped up a bit for the release of “Better Things“, though the result here was a bit …
Read More »FIFTY FIFTY’s contract case updates include a forgery allegation, SIAHN lying, handwritten letters, and a criminal complaint against Jeon Hong Joon
Hello and welcome back to the FIFTY FIFTY/The Givers/SIAHN/ATTRAKT/Jeon Hong Joon contract mess, as coverage took a break due to me being busy with work and not wanting to update …
Read More »Court rules Chuu’s contract with Blockberry is nullified and company must also pay her legal fees
LOONA member Chuu, whose contract dispute with Blockberry Creative started a cascade of Ls for the company, has recently had the court rule in her favor and sees her contract …
Read More »[Review] LOVElution (tripleS) continue to la-la-la their way to relevance with the wholly entertaining “Girls’ Capitalism”
tripleS and their assorted subunits have gotten off to an impressive start so far, both musically and conceptionally. “Generation” and “Rising” were both on my personal pop hits chart, while …
Read More »Rookie girl group ADYA inject their own flavor into DIVA’s first-gen hit (and C.I.V.A’s timeless classic) “Why”
Don’t cancel me for this, but I didn’t immediately place where ADYA‘s newly released song “What’s Up” was from. I knew I had heard it before, and I initially thought …
Read More »[Review] STAYC deliver ‘TEENFRESH’ as advertised on fun and celebratory “Bubble”
Despite some honestly odd social media concern about their trajectory, STAYC have continued to rise over the years. After stagnating a bit at merely successful (oh heavens!) with “Beautiful Monster“/We …
Read More »Mnet’s ‘Queendom Puzzle’ reveals the 7 members of EL7Z UP (still going with that name, I guess)
While our coverage of the show just finished up recapping the penultimate episode, the finale of Queendom Puzzle has already aired and revealed the final seven members of the group …
Read More »‘Queendom Puzzle’ Episode 9: The Semi-Finals and more eliminations get show back on track, but at what cost?
Episode 9 starts right where we left off, right after the eliminations of Episode 7. As the newly freed idols shuffle backstage, they receive flowers and letters from... themselves. MNet provides us with a heartfelt farewell to the five eliminated contestants, which was done right away and without wasting a week of time.
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