Catching up on some older news that has now been updated, after a bunch of false starts and celebrations due to (quite frankly) incompetent reporting from so-called international news outlets, …
Read More »SM Entertainment is feeding their whole music catalog into AI, whose involvement will surely stop at an advisory role
In timing that’s a hell of a coincidence considering the last post, SM Entertainment CEO Jang Cheol Hyuk recently revealed … no, bragged about how for “SM 3.0” they fed …
Read More »NMIXX’s Lily makes prescient call to protect humanity in music, group is later subjected to AI cover using their voices by BiliBili
NMIXX member Lily recently took to social media to praise the involvement of humanity in music and art, “Isn’t music so unbelievable!? All those talented people coming together to make …
Read More »COCORO exposes agency for forcing exit from ME:I by falsely diagnosing her with BPD and fabricating misconduct
You know, I told myself when I came back that I was gonna limit the amount of lengthy recaps on situations I’d engage in, and yet. Anyway, towards the end …
Read More »ChRocktikal definitely rock in their “PEACE” debut off ‘We Break, You Awake’ album + Dreamcatcher anniversary
Making an exception to my new rule of not trying to cover music releases immediately anymore, ChRocktikal — the band fronted by Dreamcatcher vocalist Siyeon — made their debut with …
Read More »K-Pop Diplomacy: Leaders Lee Jae Myung & Sanae Takaichi hit the drums to “GOLDEN” & “Dynamite” at summit
In what feels like some kind of example of the relevance and/or utility of soft power, K-pop played diplomat recently as Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and South Korea’s President …
Read More »ALLDAY PROJECT’s Annie goes on hiatus to finish school, which is incredibly privileged … and how things should be
ALLDAY PROJECT member Annie has announced a hiatus from most activities as she will be resuming her studies at Columbia University for the Spring semester in order to graduate. On …
Read More »BoA leaves SM Entertainment after 25 years, marking the end of an era at the company
In news that has felt like it was coming but not one that I could ever truly believe would happen, BoA and SM Entertainment have parted ways after 25 years. …
Read More »Jessica Jung performs SNSD medley & “Into The New World” on her ‘Reflections’ tour, a 1st in ~12 years
In what I’m pretty sure is a rather shocking first since SONE 9/11 happened, former SNSD member Jessica Jung has performed a medley of SNSD songs from when she was …
Read More »The company behind AI K-pop group SweeTeez now just says the quiet part out loud
Hey, remember when the Instagram account of disbanded girl group Busters was weirdly rebranded and rolled out SweeTeez, the company’s* new AI girl group? That was weird, but recently it …
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