With X1 disbanding due to the inability of CJ E&M/Mnet to reach an agreement with the companies of the members, the attention then turned to IZ*ONE. The X1 news seemed …
Read More »X1 has decided to disband, according to the agencies of members + CJ E&M confirms
It was the fishy results from ‘Produce X 101‘ that kicked off the whole voting manipulation and fraud case against Mnet survival properties, though recently it did seem like the …
Read More »Songs You May Have Missed: December Edition
NEW YEAR, NEW ME! Just kidding, it’s still me, your local curator goblin, rejecting all attempts at personal development to bring you all another playlist of songs you probably didn’t …
Read More »Gackt doesn’t want you to get his name tattoo’d in Comic Sans, thank you very much
A fan of Gackt recently shared on Twitter their tattoo of his name, hilariously in Comic Sans font. But just as hilarious was the reaction of Gackt himself to the …
Read More »This Is So Stupid: “Poop in the ass.” – Park Bom in Spanish, trying to salvage 2020
Park Bom will indeed fulfill your request to speak Spanish, and she will do so not by providing some kind of lame standard greeting, but will instead give us all …
Read More »Ryu Sera covers Dreamcatcher’s “Deja Vu” in her own style, Mnet drops Dreamcatcher compilations
Ryu Sera escalated from finding out about Dreamcatcher to being a stan and ult’ing Dami in record time, and now she’s released a cover of “Deja Vu” with her own …
Read More »Big Bang’s Daesung won’t be charged after investigation into illegal adult businesses in his building, but 56 others will be
Big Bang‘s Daesung found himself in hot water last year after it was revealed that illegal adult entertainment businesses were operating out of a building he owned. While he issued …
Read More »Companies confirm TWICE’s Momo & Super Junior’s Heechul are in a relationship
In August of last year (boy, that still feels weird to type), Super Junior‘s Heechul and TWICE‘s Momo were rumored to be in a relationship, but both Label SJ and …
Read More »JYPE announces legal action against Nayeon’s stalker after he made it onto TWICE’s flight & continuously tried to reach her
The foreign stalker of TWICE‘s Nayeon has already resulted in JYP Entertainment requesting and getting police protection for the group, though one has to wonder exactly what the countermeasures prevent …
Read More »2020 and beyond
As some have noticed in my occasional personal updates this year, 2019 was a rather rough go in terms of news that Asian Junkie typically covers. Yeah, I know that …
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