Asian Junkie Asian pop. Without discretion.
Sori has been active on YouTube and on various television shows, but she hasn’t made a musical release since last July. Recently though she launched a new Kickstarter project to …
Read More »Sori has a project for her (maybe final) comeback single
f(x)’s Krystal reportedly leaving company, SME says they’re still discussing (she gone)
Following the departures of Amber and Luna from SM Entertainment, now Krystal is reportedly following and shopping around at various acting agencies already. On August 18, Ilgan Sports released a …
Read More »A director of SKE48’s company arrested on suspicion of paying underage girls for sex, Zest responds
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 …
Read More »[Review] Dreamcatcher close better than Mariano Rivera on “BOCA”
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 …
Read More »Cupid accuses SEVENTEEN & Pledis of plagiarizing “Cupid Shuffle” for “Left & Right”
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 …
Read More »ANS’s Haena makes posts about hospitalization as a result of self-harm, alludes to mistreatment
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 …
Read More »Inoo Kei (Hey! Say! JUMP), Elly (Sandaime J Soul Brothers), Toru (One OK Rock) test postive for COVID-19
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 …
Read More »RADWIMPS’ Noda Yojiro tweets support for eugenics, (thankfully) faces backlash
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, …
Read More »[Giveaway] Win 1 of 20 copies of Dreamcatcher’s ‘Lose Myself’ album!
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 …
Read More »B-Side Spotlight: July Edition
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 …
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