While being an SM Entertainment boy group puts RIIZE on everybody’s radar by default, they were of particular hope to me because from the start they seemed slanted towards pop …
Read More »Quick Reviews: LUCAS returns with “Renegade”, a contrived diss track lacking bite
Controversial (gonna be honest, I still don’t know exactly what happened) former NCT member LUCAS is somehow still under SM Entertainment and has now returned with “Renegade“, which is seemingly …
Read More »[Update] aespa’s Karina and actor Lee Jae Wook confirmed to be dating, according to agencies
Despite it not even being January 1, Dispatch apparently didn’t want to wait to report that aespa‘s Karina and actor Lee Jae Wook are in a relationship. Even by their …
Read More »Bullet Points: BLACKPINK’s Lisa founds LLOUD, cult loses Netflix lawsuit, DPR drama, KinKi Kids & Momoiro Clover Z union, Kanjani8 renamed, more
Low volume but high impact news since the last time around, as there’s fresh drama to catch up on, a bunch of agency moves, and both a high-profile marriage and …
Read More »Brian Joo stars on the ‘PSICK SHOW’, makes me jealous of his OCD show, finds a kindred spirit in Jaejoong
Over a month ago, Fly To The Sky‘s Brian Joo talked about how he basically didn’t get paid while with SM Entertainment, and I mentioned that he’s having a second …
Read More »Bullet Points: Kim Tae Hee/Rain stalker, Nam Tae Hyun sentenced, Jaejoong still dealing with sasaengs, marriages, births, oh my
It’s been almost a month since I did this feature last, so quite frankly, there’s been a lot that’s happened even so early in the year. ====== Hyerim (ex-Wonder Girls) …
Read More »Xiumin & Chen link up with Baekhyun at INB100, SME states all 8 members will continue as EXO
SM Entertainment has announced that all eight members of EXO will continue group activities under SME, but confirm EXO-CBX have their own company for individual activities (plus D.O. with Company …
Read More »Fly To The Sky’s Brian reveals he only got paid for the first time after leaving SM Entertainment
Fly To The Sky member Brian Joo seems to be making a bit of a comeback in the entertainment world these days*, and he recently appeared on an episode of …
Read More »RIIZE’s Seunghan activities suspended indefinitely, SME to take legal action against leakers
RIIZE member Seunghan has found himself in a bunch of controversies of late, which has now culminated in SM Entertainment releasing a statement confirming his suspension of activities. “Seunghan sincerely …
Read More »aespa’s “Drama” was Lee Soo Man’s ‘planting trees’ song that allegedly made them cry
Remember at the beginning of this year when SM Entertainment was having their internal war and Lee Sung Soo accused Lee Soo Man of delaying aespa‘s comeback and wanting a …
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