Asian Junkie Asian pop. Without discretion.
Hello! Long time no see. It’s me, your (mostly) friendly local playlist gremlin, back from a small hiatus. You might ask yourselves why I chose to take a break during …
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Jessica’s ‘Shine’ makes NY Times’ Best Seller list, National Book Award coming
SHINE, Jessica’s debut novel and perhaps the greatest literary achievement in the history of humanity, has made the New York Times’ Best Sellers list, placing #5 on the Young Adult …
Read More »BLACKPINK drop dance practice for “Lovesick Girls”, which is growing on me
While I provided a generally mixed but somewhat positive review of “Lovesick Girls” at the time, my feeling that the BLACKPINK release would grow on me seems to have come …
Read More »Sori makes debut music show performance of “Initial S” on ‘The Show’
Sori released a gem recently in “Initial S”, and if it’s her swan song then it’s a hell of a way to go out. Thankfully, she got to perform a …
Read More »EVERGLOW drop performance, choreo, relay dances for “LA DI DA”, do individual cover relay dance for Chuseok
EVERGLOW recently delivered their best single in “LA DI DA”, something that should’ve been their breakout, IMO. From what I’ve seen that hasn’t necessarily materialized, but it’s still great to …
Read More »Trot singer Kwon Do Woon comes out as gay, wanted to speak out for human rights of sexual minorities
In light of his 10th anniversary, trot singer Kwon Do Hwan came out as gay and talked to OSEN about his decision saying he wanted to speak out for the …
Read More »T-ara make 2020 better by reuniting on ‘MMTG’, perform “Roly Poly” & “Sexy Love”
SBS’s special for Chuseok, MMTG, has blessed us all with a T-ara reunion, one of the only good things to come in 2020. They got them to perform two classics …
Read More »Super Junior’s Ryeowook & ex-TAHITI member Ari dating, mess has already started
A couple days ago it was reported that Super Junior member Ryeowook and former TAHITI member Ari are in a relationship. Ryeowook’s company, Label SJ, later confirmed the report. On …
Read More »Dreamcatcher prove the mature/sexy concept fits them as well with relay dance of Brown Eyed Girls’ “Abracadabra”
Because 2020 is hell, god decided to give us at least some crumbs with things like Dreamcatcher doing a relay dance cover of Brown Eyed Girls’ classic “Abracadabra” and it …
Read More »Ballad Roundup: ChoA, Lee Suhyun, CHUANG2020, Red Velvet
Manifesting in 2020 Sorry for being away for a couple months, summer is not a particularly fruitful time for main-stage ballads, plus we’re all going a little COVID crazy, plus …
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