At this point, most of my Universe reviews are bleeding into each other. I start by complaining how fans have to download this cumbersome app to view the full music …
Read More »Deep Reviews: Mellow out to the sounds of Off The Menu’s “Calendar”
Early last year, I briefly highlighted the Off The Menu song “Settle Down” from their 2020 album Contact. Recently though, it was another song off that album that got my …
Read More »[Review] TWICE’s English-language single “The Feels” is polished but sanitized
Though they’re undoubtedly one of K-pop’s most popular acts, the idea of Twice expanding into the Western market has always felt a little iffy to me. For whatever reason, international …
Read More »Girls Planet 999 Episode 8: No alarms and one big surprise during 2nd elimination ranking
More Mnet translation shenanigans, plus the 2nd eliminations and one surprise departure.
Read More »Choreographer Kim Hwayoung says Blockberry has not paid her for work she did with LOONA that totals almost $70k since 2020
LOONA‘s company, Blockberry Creative, has recently been reported to be suffering a financial crisis, but that hasn’t been addressed by them yet. Amid the report, the choreographer for the group, …
Read More »AleXa sings national anthem at Dodger Stadium, inspires them to stunning 1+4 comeback win
AleXa recently sung the national anthem (America’s) at Dodger Stadium for Korean Heritage Night, which of course uniquely appeals to me. Mainly because it means I get to do stuff …
Read More »f(x)’s Luna is making a solo comeback with a Big Poppa Pump concept
You know, sometimes the world works in mysterious ways. Hours after it was revealed that Mnet was doing some WWE-level rigging/fakeness on Idol School and people egged me on into …
Read More »Mnet’s ‘Idol School’ (Fromis 9) was manipulated 233 times & had 10 contestants unfairly eliminated
Fallout from Mnet‘s survival show vote manipulation scandal continued to roll in today after it was found that Idol School, which led to the formation of Fromis 9, had a …
Read More »Street Woman Fighter Episode 4: WayB is out in an elimination that no one wanted
The end of episode 3 found the crews pairing off to do battle against each other, with the sudden news that the first elimination would follow. With the added pressure of elimination and the feast / famine nature of the Class Mission, crews with negative points like HolyBang and YGX felt immense pressure to survive.
Read More »[Update] Jessica’s BLANC & ECLARE reportedly facing ~$6.8 million lawsuit over unpaid loans + Coridel responds
BLANC & ECLARE, the brand of former SNSD member Jessica, is facing a ~$6.8 million lawsuit over alleged unpaid loans that were taken out back in 2016 and 2017. According …
Read More »