Two boy group debuts that actually give me hope for them going forward, at least musically. Also two soloists who haven’t been on my radar for a while making me …
Read More »[Update] K-pop trainee Beomhan recounts recent experience of being assaulted & called homophobic/racial slurs in America, company issues statement
Beomhan, a Chinese-American trainee of FM Entertainment, recently recounted his experience with being attacked on a train in New York City to fans after they asked about an injury to …
Read More »Bomi & Namjoo of A Pink react to “Dilemma” sounding like Cantonese slang for “fuck your mother”
As it turns out the repetition of “dilemma” in the chorus of A Pink‘s latest single “Dilemma” has a great and amazing purpose, which is sounding like Cantonese slang for …
Read More »Rundown: Max Changmin, Moonbyul, “The Weekend” remixes, Mark Tuan, BamBam + others
Things seemed to have slowed down a bit at least. Thank god. —— Max Changmin (TVXQ) – “Devil” Forgot to mention this last time, but I actually enjoyed this quite …
Read More »Top 10 Korean Music Videos Of 2021: Part 2
Asian Junkie’s Best Of 2021 Top 10 Korean Music Videos Of 2021: Honorable Mentions Top 10 Korean Music Videos Of 2021: Part 1 ====== Yunho (TVXQ) – “Thank U” Album: …
Read More »Top 100 Korean Songs Of 2021: Part 10
Asian Junkie’s Best Of 2021 Top 100 Korean Songs Of 2021: Honorable Mentions Top 100 Korean Songs Of 2021: Part 1 Top 100 Korean Songs Of 2021: Part 2 Top …
Read More »Top 100 Korean Songs Of 2021: Part 8
Asian Junkie’s Best Of 2021 Top 100 Korean Songs Of 2021: Honorable Mentions Top 100 Korean Songs Of 2021: Part 1 Top 100 Korean Songs Of 2021: Part 2 Top …
Read More »Asian Junkie’s Best Of 2021
Hello and welcome everybody to Asian Junkie’s year-end content for 2021. This post will serve as a clearinghouse for a year-long project where I basically listened to as many Korean …
Read More »Ballad Roundup: 2021 is finally over + SEVENTEEN, IU, Eric Chou, Kep1er, JENYER, KLANG
Legend has it AJ hired me on the pretense of writing about ballads on this website, something he absolutely hates to do himself. This was shortly before my brain was shattered into a million fragments by reality television. My last ballads article for Asian Junkie was uhhhh... June?
Read More »Fu Yaning says viral diss of CLC’s Yujin on ‘Girls Planet 999’ was scripted by Mnet
Girls Planet 999 contestant Fu Yaning revealed in a recent interview that her viral moment of dissing CLC’s Yujin was scripted by Mnet staff. According to the revealed interview snippet, …
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