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A wise man once said, if it walks like Produce and it talks like Produce, it's probably Produce.
Read More »Girls Planet 999: The premier terrorizes its trainees in grand ‘Produce’ tradition
‘Girls Planet 999’: Mnet drops individual PR vids for all 99 trainees & theme song performance vids
When MNet announced their “new” trainee survival project Girls Planet 999, most fans first thought was, “How is this going to be different from Produce 101?” The answer thus far? Not much at all. Good work CJ ENM.
Read More »Tokyo Olympics Opening Ceremony mess will make it hard to not think about what-ifs
My main interest in the Opening Ceremony of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics was obviously what pop acts Japan would use, and my interest was definitely piqued when choreographer MIKIKO, of …
Read More »BTS’s “Butter” has a surprising soundalike on the OST of ‘Monster In My Pocket’ game, which must’ve been a cool discovery
Netizens never cease to amaze me, for better or worse, and recently they found a soundalike for BTS‘s “Butter” in an extremely unlikely place, that being that soundtrack of 1992 …
Read More »Utada Hikaru comes out as non-binary, also says Kuma-chan is gay
J-pop legend Utada Hikaru got on Instagram Live today and clarified that their (no mentioned pronouns yet, I think) best friend Kuma-chan is a boy and gay, then revealed that …
Read More »Woo!ah!’s Wooyeon blesses with a cover of Utada Hikaru’s “First Love”, led to me wondering about other versions
Woo!ah! member Wooyeon recently posted a cover of Utada Hikaru‘s classic “First Love” to the group’s official YouTube channel and I can’t thank her enough. Seriously, big shoutout to Woo!ah!, …
Read More »[Review] Nissy puts his own stamp on retro trend with “Do Do”
Nissy has released a string of singles this year, forging a cinematic universe with a series of music videos that see him teleporting from place to place. This teleportation power …
Read More »Miyavi announces 2021 North American tour with 19 stops
The tour news just keeps getting better and better, as Miyavi is hitting the road and coming back with a massive North American tour at the end of 2021! Miyavi …
Read More »Woo!ah!’s Lucy, Sora, Minseo display exquisite taste, cover BABYMETAL’s “Gimme Chocolate”
Woo!ah! members Lucy, Sora, and Minseo do what I’ve been wanting many other K-pop groups to do and have covered the BABYMETAL classic “Gimme Chocolate“. This was unexpected from Woo!ah! …
Read More »Miyawaki Sakura set to graduate from HKT48, according to interview in July issue of fashion mag ViVi
Following IZ*ONE’s disbandment, it was rumored that Miyawaki Sakura would be signing up with Big Hit Entertainment. There was a vague non-statement made about that report at the time, likely …
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