In J-pop mess, now-former AKB48 member Mei Hanada has made headline for shaving her head and claiming management made her do it, then becoming the first member to be fired …
Read More »Bullet Points: IU conspiracies & idol politics, CLC’s Eunbin retires, PocketDol continues to lose, EgoENT latest to stiff employees, company movement, more
Do you remember? Man, there’s been a lot of news going on, especially in terms of agency movement and relationship stuff, but also … well, mess. Most importantly, though, Crayon …
Read More »Grammy Awards add new category to throw Asian pop acts a consolation prize and expect them to be grateful
The Recording Academy recently announced the creation of five new categories for the 2027 edition of the Grammy Awards, including one relevant to this blog in Best Asian Pop Music …
Read More »Rundown: HYBE Girl Group Collab, aespa, NMIXX, CORTIS, MEOWV, FIFTY FIFTY, Krystal, YEEUN, EPEX, AHOF
Alright, I’m back again to catch up with all the releases, including a bunch of major ones. If the song you loved isn’t here … well, I might’ve loved it, …
Read More »RESCENE Woni’s YouTube channel goes viral thanks to Minami sharing gyaru secrets & delivering an amazing 6-song gyaru sampler
Back in February of this year, RESCENE member Woni teamed up with Solfa Studio for her YouTube channel, Hello I Am Woni Nice To Meet You. It’s hard to believe …
Read More »Rundown: aespa & G-DRAGON, NMIXX, Utada Hikaru, CORTIS, Jay Park & LNGSHOT, Mika Nakashima, tuki., BOYNEXTDOOR, WHITE JAM, IMP.
Remarkably, not even one of the weird shots from this music video. As a part of trying to play catchup on features before I get a bit busier with work …
Read More »Bullet Points: Kojiharu sells for ~$115MM, HYBE tries a fresh start for girl groups, a Park Bom letter, disbandments, random Kahi sightings, more
Perhaps the most important news of the year is that After School‘s Kahi was randomly (?) at USC recently and danced with students for some reason to “Diva” and “Bang“. …
Read More »Rundown: LE SSERAFIM, CORTIS, UNCHILD, Ifeye, =LOVE, TAEYONG, m-flo, BE:FIRST, 22/7
Hello and welcome back to the music part of the site, as I’ve recently caught up on a bunch of stuff, so stay tuned for that. Otherwise, there’s bunch of …
Read More »Bullet Points: 4Minute’s Gayoon returns as creative director, SME & WME exodus, futures of DKZ, AB6IX, and SECRET NUMBER, more
Lot of movement on the company front, lot of marriage/birth news, and a lot of quasi or full disbandments. But first, let’s start light. LIGHTSUM‘s Chowon, Hina, Juhyeon, and Yujeong …
Read More »Rundown: BTS, AKMU, T.O.P, Irene, PLAVE, Dayoung, Dok2 & Lee Hi, AMPERS&ONE, killwiz
Been a while since I’ve done one of these, but also there’s been a lot of releases and a lot of music that I kinda didn’t have anything to say …
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