NEMOPHILA caught my attention years ago as an upcoming metalcore band that put their own yurufuwa twist on things, and the five women have only continued to impress since then, …
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Holy shit, it’s been over a month since I last did this, but thankfully it’s been relatively slow compared to the very start of the year, unless I missed more …
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Guno — a Taiwanese former YG Entertainment trainee, former Produce X 101 contestant, and current member of J-pop group BUGVEL (come on with that name, man) — recently spoke to …
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Low volume but high impact news since the last time around, as there’s fresh drama to catch up on, a bunch of agency moves, and both a high-profile marriage and …
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Fujii Kaze recently did a Q&A session on Instagram where he casually answered wide-ranging questions from fans. Notably though, he choose to answer one asking, “Are you gay?” He replied, …
Read More »[Review] NEMOPHILA’s cross of metalcore and yurufuwa result in the extraordinary ‘EVOLVE’
After having some time to marinate with NEMOPHILA‘s newest album, EVOLVE, I find that I can’t stop diving back in. K-pop releases since its release have served as a quick …
Read More »Bullet Points: Kim Tae Hee/Rain stalker, Nam Tae Hyun sentenced, Jaejoong still dealing with sasaengs, marriages, births, oh my
It’s been almost a month since I did this feature last, so quite frankly, there’s been a lot that’s happened even so early in the year. ====== Hyerim (ex-Wonder Girls) …
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In the wake of Johnny Kitagawa’s sexual abuse scandal, victims have recently come forward and said they had trouble being compensated by Smile-Up, which was formerly Johnny & Associates but …
Read More »[Review] NEMOPHILA surprises with “ODYSSEY”, a throwback hair metal power ballad
An 80s-inspired hair metal power ballad was not a genre I was expecting NEMOPHILA to dip into, but maybe I should’ve considering their track record of incorporating multiple styles into …
Read More »Bruno Mars covers AKB48’s “Heavy Rotation” at his Tokyo concert
Hello and welcome to things-you-never-thought-you’d-see-and-never-knew-you-needed-but-here-it-is-anyway-in-the-year-of-our-lord-2024 news, because Bruno Mars covered AKB48‘s “Heavy Rotation” at his concert in Japan today. AKBを歌うブルーノマーズさん #BrunoMars pic.twitter.com/7xDQbE1xtL— ままま (@Gkjimin_Lov) January 11, 2024 AKBは再来週じゃなかったっけ#ブルーノマーズ #AKB48 pic.twitter.com/VqHFXt4qLn— ゴンブリッチ …
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