In news that I’m definitely only posting because it’s related to K-pop and not for any other reason, MLB’s official hype video for the 2020 World Series contested by the …
Read More »Miss Back – Episode 1: Following intros, hardships take center stage + Sera & Soyul perform
As covered before, Miss Back is a variety and documentary show for former female singers who are hoping at a second chance for one reason or another. It’s hosted by …
Read More »BLACKSWAN drops teaser images for amazingly-named debut “Goodbye Rania” + MV teaser for single “Tonight”
Rania is dead and gone, rebooted by DR Music as Black Swan, which was amusingly initially identified as B.S. instead. While that was on the nose for a DR Music …
Read More »Dahye (ex-BESTIE) remakes “Poison” for solo debut, does medley of Uhm Jung Hwa’s hits
Former BESTie member Dahye recently made her solo debut, and she took something of a surprising route by remaking Uhm Jung Hwa’s classic “Poison”. It’s somewhat difficult to review a …
Read More »(Ex-AOA) Choa’s YouTube blowing up, “Dynamite” cover, ULU Games commercials
Former AOA member Choa recently made her return from hiatus, starting to utilize her YouTube channel and doing a collab with Primary. It has been a while, and her behind-the-scene …
Read More »BTS criticized by Chinese media & netizens for award speech, Samsung & FILA remove BTS content
BTS recently accepted the James A. Van Fleet Award, given out by The Korea Society to ‘figures or organizations that have contributed to the Korea-U.S. relationship.’ While reading through their …
Read More »Jessica’s ‘Shine’ makes NY Times’ Best Seller list, National Book Award coming
SHINE, Jessica’s debut novel and perhaps the greatest literary achievement in the history of humanity, has made the New York Times’ Best Sellers list, placing #5 on the Young Adult …
Read More »BLACKPINK drop dance practice for “Lovesick Girls”, which is growing on me
While I provided a generally mixed but somewhat positive review of “Lovesick Girls” at the time, my feeling that the BLACKPINK release would grow on me seems to have come …
Read More »Sori makes debut music show performance of “Initial S” on ‘The Show’
Sori released a gem recently in “Initial S”, and if it’s her swan song then it’s a hell of a way to go out. Thankfully, she got to perform a …
Read More »EVERGLOW drop performance, choreo, relay dances for “LA DI DA”, do individual cover relay dance for Chuseok
EVERGLOW recently delivered their best single in “LA DI DA”, something that should’ve been their breakout, IMO. From what I’ve seen that hasn’t necessarily materialized, but it’s still great to …
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