About a week ago, Asian Junkie covered the ongoing “controversy” that NewJeans member Minji was facing over kalguksu, which she somehow felt the need to apologize for. It seemed pathetic …
Read More »[Review] AB6IX finally “GRAB ME” with a standout comeback
AB6IX have always seemed like a solid enough group with a lot of potential just because they had Daehwi and Woojin from Wanna One, but after five years they had …
Read More »Quick Reviews: TWS, Pledis’ new boy group, debut with a definite “Plot Twist” in the chorus
Pledis Entertainment‘s new boy group TWS popped onto my radar at the start of the year with their pleasant and promising pre-release in “Oh Mymy”. Things seemed to be on …
Read More »Quick Reviews: Hopefully we at least get memes out of (G)I-DLE’s “Wife”
(G)I-DLE is returning on January 29 with their album 2, and prior to releasing their title track, they have a pre-release in “Wife“. They are at the level of popularity …
Read More »B-Side Spotlight: November 2023 (Red Velvet, aespa, VIVIZ, Taeyeon, Jessica, Dreamcatcher, KISS OF LIFE, Weeekly, VIXX, more)
Hello there, playlist darlings. How are we all? It is I, your playlist curator, taking on the visage of Santa* in order to bring you all some b-sides you absolutely …
Read More »Songs You May Have Missed: November 2023 (SAAY, pH-1, Davichi, Kim Boa, The Deep, Baek A Yeon, BEBE YANA, more)
Hello, playlist darlings, how are we all? It’s me, your festive playlist overlord, bringing you some temporally misaligned tracks from November. This playlist was one of the longer ones to …
Read More »[Update] HyunA & Yong Junhyung (ex-HIGHLIGHT) reveal relationship, which gets backlash I can agree with for once
HyunA and Yong Junhyung (ex-HIGHLIGHT) both posted a picture of them together on their individual Instagrams, and HyunA’s post included a couples emoji and she left a “please watch over …
Read More »Rundown: LIMELIGHT, TRENDZ, GroovyRoom, DXMON, Lee Hi, HUI, Aria (tripleS), more
Honestly? Some pretty good stuff in the Rundown so far this year, partially due to me being lazy and partially due to a lot of solid-average to above-average efforts. ====== …
Read More »59-year-old woman sentenced for stalking Apink’s Jung Eunji, details of case revealed
Apink member Jung Eunji had been a victim of a stalker since 2020, though hopefully that has come to an end as a 59-year-old woman has been sentenced to a …
Read More »Survival show UNIVERSE TICKET reveals final lineup to debut as UNIS, including a 12-year-old
SBS survival show UNIVERSE TICKET has completed its 10 episode run and has revealed the eight members that will be part of the final group named UNIS. Elisa, Bang Yunha, …
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