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As most people know by now, BTS were the winners of the ‘Best Social Artist‘ award at the 2017 Billboard Music Awards about a week ago. Relevancy or not this …
Read More »BTS & Big Hit Entertainment learn from the Western market mistakes of others
BTS used to denigrate K-pop for profit of Western media in most predictable move ever
If you’ve been down this road with K-pop before, then you already know the deal. BTS are being discovered by Western journalists, who are quickly finding out they can monetize …
Read More »TWICE’s “Someone Like Me” accused of plagiarizing Hailee Stanfield’s “Starving” … uh, k
Because it’s K-pop, we have another plagiarism accusation that’s gaining steam, this time TWICE‘s “Someone Like Me” being accused of copying Hailee Stanfield‘s “Starving“. It’s worth addressing because JYP Entertainment …
Read More »The V Files: Rating K-Pop Idol Singers
On the previous installation of ‘The V Files‘, I broke down the distinction that people make between ‘vocalists’ and ‘singers’, and this time around I’ll be taking a look at …
Read More »Jang Moonbok gets told to “fuck off” & “die” by disgusting ‘Produce 101’ fans
Disgusting monsters are aiming to have Jang Moonbok relive his bullying, with people shouting at him to “fuck off” and “die” at a recent recording for ‘Broduce 101‘. There was …
Read More »Hate Me Now: Billboard Music Awards is the best event in history and I should die
It’s been a while since I’ve gotten truly quality material to work with, but Hate Me Now is back thanks in part to my fault, but mostly due to fandoms …
Read More »The V Files: Vocalists Vs. Singers
On the previous installation of ‘The V Files‘, I broke down the myth of ‘resonance’. This time around, I’ll be taking on the distinction that people make between ‘vocalists’ and …
Read More »f(x)’s Amber is mad online about something yet again
“We don’t have time for you” Every year, I would stay at home for weeks because nothing was “coming in.” Instead of waiting, for the past 5 years I’ve been …
Read More »SEVENTEEN’s alleged poor treatment of fans spreads, and it all still seems quite dumb
A few days ago, I wrote about one of the dumbest supposedly major controversies in a while, which was one SEVENTEEN member supposedly telling a fan that she was basically …
Read More »Older K-pop fandoms think they’re on a high horse, but it’s actually a mound of shit
On recent article on K-Pop K-Fans there was a bit of mess on a rather irrelevant article about TWICE fans mediaplaying/pseudo-bragging about their group debut in Japan being bigger than …
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