Asian Junkie Asian pop. Without discretion.

About three weeks ago, disturbing news broke that Ebine Kazuya, a member of the board of directors for Zest, was arrested for allegedly paying two underaged girls for sex. That …

From their debut, Dreamcatcher’s trajectory has always pointed up, but in recent comebacks things seem to have escalated, and “BOCA” feels like it could be a pivotal moment for the …

While I’m catching up on old news, this one is relatively recent, as I saw Pledis Entertainment trending and knew it couldn’t be anything good. Anyway, so American artist Cupid …

ANS is an 8-member girl group under ANS Entertainment that debuted late last year. Recently, member Haena (maknae of the group) has spoken up on Instagram, taking to the platform …

Over the last month or so, COVID-19 has hit Japanese entertainment with Hey! Say! JUMP’s Inoo Kei, Sandaime J Soul Brothers’ ELLY, and ONE OK ROCK’s Toru all contracting the …

About a month ago, RADWIMPS’ Noda Yojiro found himself under fire after he promoted eugenics in a tweet, calling for the country to assign spouses to people with great genes, …

Asian Junkie giveaways for Dreamcatcher albums have generally gone well, and doing one for ‘Lose Myself’ was always going to happen. Though with things being a mess around the world …

Hello, and welcome to another edition of B-Side Spotlight, AKA ‘Can I Bop To It?’ (unofficial, as in so unofficial I made it up just now). The trick is, of …

Over time, I’ve come to embrace the concept of SuperM. Sure, it’s cynical and inorganic, but it’s unabashedly so and in a way it kinda represents K-pop well because of …

How disconnected was I from K-pop of late? Dreamcatcher have already run through their entire teaser cycle for their ‘Lose Myself’ comeback with title track “BOCA” and this is my …