Playlisting, because I needed to complicate things for myself, apparently. I dunno. I wouldn’t say the stuff here is necessarily worse than things in the Highlights feature — and indeed, …
Read More »XG producer Simon Jakops accused of abusive workplace behavior, shady income distribution & crediting, more
XG producer Simon Jakops unfortunately made news recently with his drug arrest for alleged possession of cocaine and weed. Since then, much more disturbing allegations have been made in Shukan …
Read More »XG producer Simon Jakops (and Chancellor) reportedly arrested on cocaine & weed charges
XG producer Simon Jakops, along with three AVEX executives including Chancellor, have reportedly been arrested in Japan on charges of cocaine and marijuana possession. Yomiuri Shimbun Online reported the 39-year-old producer, …
Read More »STAYC’s “NO BATIDAO” collab with Ginjiro Koyama goes viral on TikTok and Instagram
STAYC‘s recent collab with Japanese content creator Ginjiro Koyama has gone viral, as two videos of the pairing have compiled over 44 million views both on TikTok and on Instagram …
Read More »Ayase (YOASOBI) & Masafumi Gotoh (ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION) do viral ANAL-ysis on the toilet paper at Sony Music Japan
Hello, Asian Junkie here. I have a very important story to report with worldwide impact, which is the toilet paper situation in Sony Music Japan‘s headquarters and its impact on …
Read More »Highlights: SawanoHiroyuki[nZk], CiON, An Shinae, Dodree, FRUITS ZIPPER, KiiiKiii
Okay, so rather than doing reviews for everything in the moment, I’ve decided the best thing for the long-term sustainability of running the site is to basically mush together what …
Read More »Rundown: IVE, ATEEZ, ZEROBASEONE, Hinatazaka46, NAVILLERA, FANTASTICS, UNEDUCATED KID
Damn, there really wasn’t a whole lot going on for a couple weeks or so again, and really I think it was among the worst starts to a year as …
Read More »Conspiracy nut claims Utada Hikaru planned Charlie Kirk getting murked, which might outdo the IU theories
In crazy-ass-shit news, remember those people who are convinced IU is some kind of secret operative? Well, apparently there’s a Japanese version now and it involves Utada Hikaru. Yes, a …
Read More »Covered: UAU (EXO), Lily & Camila (‘Wicked’), CREZL (Gen Hoshino), Andamiro (Lee Hi), Na Go Eun (f(x)), JiU (Han Ye Seul)
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 …
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