After an extended debate over whether BTS would be granted an exemption from mandatory military service, HYBE put the question to rest in an announcement. Jin will cancel the delay …
Read More »Quick Reviews: LE SSERAFIM return with a bit of a mixed bag on “ANTIFRAGILE”
LE SSERAFIM have returned with “ANTIFRAGILE” and other than the pure entertainment value of not being able to unhear “anti titty”, it’s somewhat of a mixed bag. In a way …
Read More »[Review] Soshi Takeda’s ‘Same Place Another Time’ transported me to a nostalgic era of game OSTs
Soshi Takeda isn’t a famous musician and ‘Same Place Another Time‘ doesn’t even have lyrics in it, so if this seems like a rather random choice for a rare album …
Read More »ONEUS’s Ravn accused of rape, cheating, gaslighting by alleged ex-girlfriend
Through an anonymous Twitter account, the alleged ex-girlfriend of ONEUS member Ravn accused the idol of repeatedly cheating, lying, and taking advantage of her during their two-year relationship. She also …
Read More »SM Entertainment terminate controversial contract with Lee Soo Man’s Like Planning
About a month ago it was revealed that the mess between SM Entertainment‘s stakeholders and Lee Soo Man‘s Like Planning had returned, with the news that SME was again considering …
Read More »[Giveaway] Win 1 of 20 copies of Dreamcatcher’s ‘Apocalypse: Follow Us’ album!
Asian Junkie giveaways for Dreamcatcher albums are basically tradition at this point, and while this one materializes a bit later than usual, the ‘Apocalypse: Follow Us‘ giveaway is now here. We’re going to …
Read More »Rundown: MAMAMOO, Kep1er, Lee Chae Yeon, Park Jihoon, UP10TION, Baekho, more
Holy fuck there were a lot of releases recently, especially yesterday. Almost necessitated this post if I wasn’t gonna fall a month behind again. There’s a couple solid releases in …
Read More »Choi Jong Bum (Hara’s ex) ordered to pay her family damages as court rules his threats led to her death
Choi Jong Bum, the ex-boyfriend of the late Hara and general piece of shit, was ordered by a court to pay the idol’s family ~$55k after they concluded that his …
Read More »Further videos of Crush’s alleged discrimination controversy appear to back his statement’s explanation
Following updates to the previous Crush discrimination allegations, including his response, the controversy became more widely publicized. While it had already blown up a bit on the international netizen side, …
Read More »Rundown: Perfume, FANTASTICS, Momoiro Clover Z, SKE48, XG, Koda Kumi, FEMM, more
Holy fuck, I had this J-pop version of the Rundown planned for months, but I got busy and I’m also lazy so guess what always got put off? Anyway, here’s …
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