Going back to March of last year, there were reports that former HKT48 and IZ*ONE member Miyawaki Sakura would be heading to HYBE Labels (then Big Hit Entertainment), and that …
Read More »Around The Web: A reviews update, ‘The Wonder Girls’ movie lookback, fan translators, anti-feminist backlash against idols + other stuff
Like I’ve been saying, every feature that I’ve added or revived this year has been with the goal of covering as much ground as possible while doing as little work …
Read More »Highlights: Amaki Sally’s lessons, Billlie’s Tsuki goes viral, Chuu does volleyball, Jisook makes an app, Daisy clarifies + some other stuff
Just realized this entire post is from women, so I’ll just pretend it was for International Women’s Day. ====== Amaki Sally, Genius 多分信じてもらえないので、私と萌ちゃんの威力をここにて告発しますww.Moe tweeting that I punched her during rehearsals, …
Read More »Rundown: Billlie, TXT, N.O.M, Sorn, CRAXY, Solji, SKY-HI, T1419
A relatively slow week in terms of big name releases, but we always have N.O.M. ====== T1419 – “Run Up” The Japanese debut of a group I have yet to …
Read More »Highlights: Narin does Ailee’s evolution, Dreamcatcher cooking, Fab anti, Daisy on Twitter, IU being IU
Hello and welcome to my ever growing quest to be as lazy as possible. Highlights is where I’ll compile/dump entertaining shit I found that I wanted people to see even …
Read More »Rundown: Epik High, A Pink, Taeyeon, TREASURE + more
Things are actually beginning to look up in Korean music this year, honestly. Not necessarily the singles, but the b-sides are quite nice. —— A Pink – “Dilemma” A similar …
Read More »Rundown: M.M.D, Yein, NATURE, PENTAGON, Golden Child, Kyuhyun, Def. + others
Man, I know there are ebbs and flows in terms of quality releases since they can come in batches, but for me January of 2022 in K-pop has been a …
Read More »Around The Web: 2021 K-Pop (And J-Pop) Year-End Lists
Did you think you were free from year-end content just cause I was done? Of course not, because everybody loves lists and shit, man. —— Worldwide Lists Rolling Stone: 50 …
Read More »Top 100 Korean Songs Of 2021: Part 4
Asian Junkie’s Best Of 2021 Top 100 Korean Songs Of 2021: Honorable Mentions Top 100 Korean Songs Of 2021: Part 1 Top 100 Korean Songs Of 2021: Part 2 Top …
Read More »Asian Junkie’s Best Of 2021
Hello and welcome everybody to Asian Junkie’s year-end content for 2021. This post will serve as a clearinghouse for a year-long project where I basically listened to as many Korean …
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