Covered, because I enjoy covers. Part of it is because I get to revisit songs from the past that I enjoy (and that’s a lot of K-pop’s appeal to me …
Read More »Rundown: Mr.Children, STARGLOW, YOUNG POSSE, I-DLE, WHIB
There’s a bit of a gap in coverage here, and thus this ends up being a short one, but that’s because there was a run of pretty fine but somewhat …
Read More »Rundown: Apink, LATENCY, Mrs. GREEN APPLE, TARZZAN, LNGSHOT, ILLIT, NCT Wish, ENHYPEN, EXO, ONEUS
As I’m not gonna attempt to cover all significant releases anymore (for the aforementioned reasons), the Rundown figures to be different nowadays as well, and it’ll now mostly revolve around …
Read More »COCORO exposes agency for forcing exit from ME:I by falsely diagnosing her with BPD and fabricating misconduct
You know, I told myself when I came back that I was gonna limit the amount of lengthy recaps on situations I’d engage in, and yet. Anyway, towards the end …
Read More »XG change meaning of their acronym from ‘Xtraordinary Girls’ to ‘Xtraordinary Genes’ to represent their growth
Earlier today, XG announced that their two letters will now stand for “Xtraordinary Genes” instead of “Xtraordinary Girls”, stating the change represents a new era for growth from the members. …
Read More »Mangaka Tanabe Yoichiro used Grok to generate image of STU48’s Kudo Riko in a bikini, company threatens broad legal action
Mangaka Tanabe Yoichiro recently took to Twitter to use Grok’s AI image-editing feature to create an image of STU48 member Kudo Riko in a bikini and scarf. Soon after, Kudo …
Read More »XG’s Cocona comes out as transmasculine nonbinary, receiving support from many peers
While I realize this is late by now, I did want to cover XG member Cocona coming out as transmasculine nonbinary and revealing they underwent top surgery earlier this year. …
Read More »BTS’s Jungkook issues apology after coming under fire for bizarrely wearing ‘Make Tokyo Great Again’ hat
BTS member Jungkook, who was recently discharged from the military, went to his first schedule afterward while rocking a ‘Make Tokyo Great Again’ hat and is unsurprisingly getting a bunch …
Read More »[Event] Hitsujibungaku deliver “More Than Words” to fans at House Of Blues San Diego
Japanese alternative rock band Hitsujibungaku continue to make a bigger name for themselves overseas. After debuting in 2011, the band has climbed the music charts with hits like “Burning” from …
Read More »Hamasaki Ayumi directly denies rumors about her giving birth to Elon Musk’s children
In what I can only describe as a surreal story, legendary J-pop star Hamasaki Ayumi has had to deny that Elon Musk is the father of either of her two …
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