KOMCA (Korea Music Copyright Association) now requires verification that music was created by humans in order to have it protected, helping to bolster the rights of musicians against AI use. …
Read More »Songs You May Have Missed: February 2025 (Lee Changsub, Choi Suhwan, I:MOND, Gaeko & LEE SUHYUN, 015B, Izykite, HEYOON, more)
Hello again, playlist friends! It really feels lovely to be bringing you another playlist of songs you may have missed from the last month. This one is another short one, …
Read More »Kim Soo Hyun tearfully denies dating Kim Sae Ron as minor, claims her family’s evidence was fake, reveals more lawsuits against them
Recently the side of Kim Sae Ron‘s family held a press conference and provided evidence of his alleged grooming and mistreatment of her, which was then followed by Sulli’s family …
Read More »‘Under 15’ survival show cancelled … for now
In rare surprising news that’s positive, the controversial survival show Under 15 has been canceled, at least for now. The controversial kids-only K-pop audition program “Under 15,” slated to premiere …
Read More »Sulli’s brother demands answers from Kim Soo Hyun & his cousin about her bed & nude scenes in ‘Real’
Despite her brother pretty obviously alluding to her for a while now, I hesitated to bring up the late Sulli during all of this Kim Soo Hyun and Kim Sae …
Read More »Kim Sae Ron’s family holds press conference & presents evidence of her relationship with Kim Soo Hyun when she was 15
As you may have noticed, I stopped updating frequently on the Kim Soo Hyun/Kim Sae Ron grooming scandal over a week ago, partially because I was busy, but also partially …
Read More »‘Under 15’ producers emotionally defend their creation as MBN announces broadcast review
Following teasers being released for MBN’s creepy survival show Under 15, there was understandable public backlash to the idea, not just from netizens but organizations and unions as well. That …
Read More »Rundown: THE BOYZ, NMIXX, SEULGI, J-Hope, FANTASY BOYS, SF9, Ailee, and hip-hop duos galore
Is it a good sign that it’s not even three months and baseball has barely started yet I’m already in a two-week hole that I spent the weekend making up? …
Read More »Kakao Entertainment gets fined a pittance by FTC for astroturfing social media for ~8 years
The Fair Trade Commission has announced that it will be fining Kakao Entertainment a whopping 390 million won for basically astroturfing social media for eight years, a consequence for a …
Read More »[Review] KiiiKiii make their ‘debut’ and get the important stuff right on “BTG”
Starship Entertainment‘s KiiiKiii have been a surprisingly intriguing group so far, from their creative teasers to their trendy, laid-back, rather nondescript non-debut debut “I DO ME” to the hopefully-ironic-but-still-trying-too-hard “DEBUT …
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