Considering the growth of FNC Entertainment in recent years, it’s kind of perplexing that Cherry Bullet has only had two single albums and two mini albums (including ‘Cherry Wish‘) in …
Read More »Cube terminates contract of former (G)I-DLE member Soojin after court rules bullying accusers not guilty
While we got a hint of how things were likely proceeding back in August of last year when Soojin left (G)I-DLE amidst bullying allegations, Cube Entertainment released a statement today …
Read More »BoA’s 2004 image change produced a classic in “My Name”, which gets a remaster from SME
In 2004, BoA was about four years into her career, and her image could probably be explained best by the title of her last Korean release, “Atlantis Princess“. It sounds …
Read More »Rundown: The Boyz, Cheng Xiao (WJSN?), TEMPEST, BANG YONGGUK, Super Junior, MSG Wannabe, BLACK LEVEL
Two boy group debuts that actually give me hope for them going forward, at least musically. Also two soloists who haven’t been on my radar for a while making me …
Read More »Sunmi & ABYSS Company respond (poorly) to fan backlash over NFT involvement
Many K-pop companies and artists are involved with NFTs now, and that market figures to only grow from here as it certainly seems like the next frontier that companies will …
Read More »Winners of the 2022 Korean Music Awards announced, includes Aespa, IU, BTS, AKMU, Chungha
The winners of the 2022 edition of the Korean Music Awards have been announced, and there were a lot of names that will be familiar to those in the K-pop …
Read More »[Review] Rocket Punch’s “CHIQUITA” injects some life into 2022 with synthy quality
Things have been relatively dull in K-pop over the last month or so aside from maybe a few standouts, and at least I’m not alone in that feeling since Korea …
Read More »[Update] JR, Aron, Ren leave Pledis while Baekho & Minhyun re-sign, NU’EST to disband
NU’EST has been around for about a decade now but really only took off a few years ago after Broduce 101 when JR, Baekho, Minhyun, and Ren participated on the …
Read More »B-Side Spotlight: January 2022 (YENA, Yuju, Mirae, Kep1er, Fromis 9, BamBam, ENHYPEN, DRIPPIN, Pentagon)
Long time no see! It is I, your local playlist gremlin, back and ready to dive right into some b-sides I really liked during the month of January. Let’s go! …
Read More »Songs You May Have Missed: January 2022 (Fromm, Kursor, Wilcox, Nahee, Lee Jin Ah, Kisum)
New year, new me. With my accidental hiatus well and truly over, we’re overdue for some songs you may have missed, right? Let’s go! Editor’s Note: The delay on this …
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