It’s been about a month now since Kim Garam’s contract was terminated by Source Music and she left LE SSERAFIM, but since that abrupt decision after the company seemingly fought …
Read More »Rookie girl group CSR do a great ‘rock’ performance cover of “Rough” for 1TheK
The timing of this is incredible, as I had just noted in the Rundown that CSR reminded me of early GFRIEND — specifically mentioning “Rough” — but with almost childish …
Read More »Rundown: ATEEZ, BLACKPINK, BTS, Yena, Stray Kids, TRI.BE
Some of this is a bit late, but I got busy, so sue me. There’s like a couple nice tracks and a bunch of cynical garbage. ====== BLACKPINK – “Ready …
Read More »‘PD48’ alumni Chiba Erii named center for AKB48 single “Hisashiburi No Lip Gloss”
A bit of an update on Produce 48 alum Chiba Erii, who was recently named the center for AKB48‘s 60th single “Hisashiburi No Lip Gloss“. “Being able to stand in …
Read More »[Review] Golden Child want to turn back time on “Replay” and manage to do so in the best way
Seemingly without a ton of fanfare, Woollim Entertainment boy group Golden Child have been quietly* building a quality discography. That said, their 2022 has got off to a bit of …
Read More »IU & her agency take aim at prospective scalpers with ticket policy for her upcoming ‘The Golden Hour’ concert
IU and her agency EDAM Entertainment recently released a statement that they would be taking actions against ticket scalpers for her upcoming concert The Golden Hour. This is an issue …
Read More »Jiyoon (ex-Weeekly) clarifies comments, says she meant the decisions were by her & IST Entertainment together
Following former Weeekly member Jiyoon starting up her own Twitter account and saying in a live broadcast that leaving the group was not her choice, she has now clarified her …
Read More »Jessica Jung finishes 2nd (to Cyndi Wang) on ‘Sisters Who Make Waves 3’, makes X-SISTER with 9 others
Since we’ve been giving periodic updates about notable performances from former SNSD member Jessica on Sisters Who Make Waves 3, it only makes sense to cover that she finished in …
Read More »SISTAR reunite on finale of ‘Yoo Hee Yeol’s Sketchbook’, perform medley of hit songs
In the 600th and unfortunately final episode of Yoo Hee Yeol’s Sketchbook, SISTAR reunited and performed a medley of their hit songs. While I had been hearing about this for …
Read More »Jiyoon (ex-Weeekly) joins Twitter, reportedly says she was booted from the group by IST Entertainment
Back in June, IST Entertainment announced that member Jiyoon would be leaving Weeekly. Even at the time, it was a bit curious in terms of wording, as the company didn’t …
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