After what seemed like centuries of speculation on whether BLACKPINK would be parting ways with YG Entertainment or not, it has been announced that the group will be renewing with …
Read More »Bullet Points: Award show winners (my favorite!), THE BOYZ/PIXY injuries, KNK/UP10TION signings, Johyun relationship
Probably not enough stuff to post normally, but I figured people might want to do the discourse thing on awards and how somebody winning or losing was a conspiracy or …
Read More »FTISLAND’s Minhwan & Yulhee (ex-LABOUM) are getting divorced after 5 years of marriage
Six years ago it was a shock to many when FTISLAND member Minhwan and former LABOUM member Yulhee announced they were in a relationship and then she later left her …
Read More »Quick Reviews: NMIXX’s “Sonar” is somewhat of a return to old form, for better or worse
After a string of releases that could be described as more typical dance-pop/K-pop to relatively successful results (musically, at least), NMIXX don’t quite go back completely to their previous MIXX-Pop …
Read More »Rundown: Park Bom, MCND, aespa, Billlie, Dino, NARSHA, ONE PACT, more
Heading into December now, which is usually a pretty bleak month, and it has a Rundown to match for the most part. ====== Park Bom (Feat. DAWN) – “I” Generic? …
Read More »Informant that led to G-Dragon’s drug investigation now changes testimony, gives police names of 2 other celebs
At this point, updates on the G-Dragon drug scandal aren’t really about him or drugs at all, but are about the job the media and police have done (or haven’t). …
Read More »YUKIKA’s final album, ‘Time-Lapse’, features remakes of NAMI, ANRI, Jang Pil Soon, and Junko Ohashi
YUKIKA has returned with a city pop remake album called Time-Lapse, where she provides her own take on four Korean and Japanese classics. She also simultaneously revealed on Instagram that …
Read More »Dreamcatcher drop performance & practice vids for “OOTD” + “Shatter” performance MV
One of the interesting things about Dreamcatcher‘s “OOTD“/VillainS era so far is that it’s giving me a taste of being the kind of K-pop fan with a tertiary interest in …
Read More »After School to continue as After School, re-signs with Pledis to continue After School’s exploding acting career
After School has re-signed with Pledis Entertainment for a fourth time to continue as After School, as she has done since 2009. 14 years now seems like an eternity given …
Read More »Quick Reviews: ATEEZ stagnate on “Crazy Form”
While ATEEZ have never been unpopular, within the last couple years they’ve really taken off in terms of sales during ‘The World‘ era (though I easily preferred ‘Zero‘ era, musically). …
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