K-pop companies, artists, and fans have been crying about sajaegi (companies bulk buying their own releases to manipulate charts) for a while now, so the Ministry Of Culture, Sports, And …
Read More »Netizens hit MAMAMOO with plagiarism accusations that seem to be bunk
I typically don’t get involved in the constant plagiarism accusations that the K-pop world obsesses over, mainly because I don’t know enough about what actually constitutes it. Somehow, though, that …
Read More »Artsy Fartsy: Momoiro Clover Z present us visually iconic album covers
Momoiro Clover Z recently returned with their third and fourth albums, ‘AMARANTHUS‘ and ‘Hakkin No Yoake‘, and both album covers are visually iconic looking. Both artworks also serve some amount …
Read More »BEAST’s Hyunseung is actually still hilarious & I truly thank him
BEAST‘s Hyunseung is still under fire for his attitude, but I honestly find the drama surrounding all this quite amazing. And I’m not saying that just to go against the …
Read More »Korean INFINITE stans yell at Lovelyz to “fuck off” and “go fail” over chips
Netizen Buzz recently translated a Pann post that rips Lovelyz for their supposed immature and unprofessional actions at a recent INFINITE concert, the likes of which even if entirely true …
Read More »Sponsors are a hot issue in Korea and it’s already getting real annoying
“Sponsors” are the hot issue now (with the media and netizens, at least), and it really picked up steam thanks to Jisoo publicly calling a sponsor offer out, though it’s …
Read More »‘Produce 101’ shows the public a real trainee experience with terrible contracts
I’ve said from the start that all the hand-wringing about the morality of ‘Produce 101‘ is amusing to read, because it’s basically what everybody in the industry goes through, just …
Read More »Artsy Fartsy: Digipedi, Toilet Paper Magazine, Pop Art
We all know who Digipedi are by now, as they’re almost as popular as the mass-production team ZanyBros in the Korean music industry. We also assume we can easily recognize …
Read More »The Pedal-Point Harmony & K-Pop: KARA, Rainbow, Crayon Pop
Here’s a little post about pedal-point harmony — a musical term that I refer to quite often. What the fuck is it? KPOPALYPSE will explain all! Although this is a …
Read More »Day6’s Junhyeok accused of dating a fan, people enraged for … reasons
Today in fandom drama, fans of Day6‘s Junghyeok have been suspicious that he’s dating a fan and have compiled evidence in an attempt to prove that. Brace yourselves (summary below). …
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