Asian Junkie Asian pop. Without discretion.

Ask Asian Junkie gets a question on MAMA today and expands the topic to Korean music awards, in general. So I have this weird conspiratorial feeling about MAMA. The voting system has no logic and the registration is easily manipulated. This award is considered one of the most prestigious awards or some shit and I have my doubts that it’s ... Read More »

So recently on Twitter, Snoop Dogg basically said SNSD are all legs and they have no ass. People either weren’t happy or didn’t understand what he was saying. Legs n. thighs. No biscuits instagr.am/p/M0ljXav9DK/ — Snoop Dogg (@SnoopDogg) July 8, 2012 Since you won’t see this on allkpop or Soompi because it isn’t some transparently peppy celebrity endorsement of K-pop, ... Read More »

Just a little over a month after their official debut, Gang Kiz - the seven-member outfit housed under GM Contents Media (a Core Contents Media spinoff that also manages Co-Ed School) – has released the repackaged version of their underwhelming first album (“We Became Gang“), titled “MAMA“. And as many observant fans have noted, this repackaged EP and its title track also share the ... Read More »

Core Contents Media blowing their wad on other projects is the only logical explanation for this, right? It’s one set of Gang Kiz dancing with different lighting and outfits. The fuck? This isn’t SM Entertainment “I spent all my budget on EXO” level cheap, but it makes you wonder why they spend so much time making eleventy billion music videos ... Read More »

Hype is an unwieldy force in that one must know how to use it in order to reap its rewards. Recently, Korean pop powerhouse SM Entertainment challenged the conventions of debuting a group by utilizing a ridiculous amount of hype as a tool to reflect the caliber of its content. For those who missed it, SME released 23 video teasers ... Read More »

SM Entertainment‘s newest batch of robots made their highly anticipated debut on SBS‘s “Inkigayo” recently, performing “History” and “MAMA“. After watching both of those videos, the only thing it has proven to me is that they are good but not great dancers. I remember SNSD‘s debut dance routines shitting on this, and they were a far less finished product at ... Read More »

I will be the first to admit that Chinese pop music has been in a slump in recent years. With the departure of some of its most prominent artists to other entertainment related adventures, C-pop has been left in somewhat of a destitute state. As such, the same people that are generally into K-pop and J-pop are driven away by ... Read More »

While Koda Kumi and her dancers taking turns getting molested was far more explicit, certainly nothing was more shocking than the debut of the Trouble Maker unit, consisting of 4minute‘s HyunA and BEAST‘s Hyunseung, in which they locked lips for about three seconds or so in the middle of a dance break. All we needed was the both of them ... Read More »

In yesterday’s ridiculous news, the legendary Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg will grace the 2011 MAMA with their presence. Apparently they aren’t legendary enough for certain fans though, as they needed to be introduced. American rapper and producers Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg will put on a collaboration together for the first time in eleven years just for the 2011 ... Read More »

Koda Kumi will perform at the 2011 MAMA from Singapore and will probably be at the center of controversy during/after the show if she does anything near what she usually does in her stage performances. Should go over swimmingly with Korean audiences. Can’t wait. Read More »