Slowly but surely LISA‘s solo releases have been creeping up on me musically, with her getting closer and closer to finding a right balance, as stuff like “NEW WOMAN” was …
Read More »Rundown: JENNIE, IVE, PLAVE, EUNHYUK, ALL(H)OURS, RESCENE
A lot of heavy hitters this week and some solid stuff, actually. Not many star singles, though, unfortunately. ====== JENNIE (BLACKPINK) – “ZEN” Her image can sell anything, and music video …
Read More »Bullet Points: Yulhee responds, Starship deepfake apology, THEBLACKLABEL stalker, Xiaoting returns to Kep1er, a slew of donations & a silly controversy over one, more
Yulhee sorta responds to her ex-husband, more stalking news somehow, Kep1er is now one step closer to being whole again, and thankfully a ton of donations. ====== Woman in her …
Read More »Rundown: VANNER, LISA, The Wind, NCT Wish, KISS OF LIFE, Key, more
I’m actually not late this time, there just hasn’t been a lot of songs to put in this feature. A couple solid tracks and a lot of meh. ====== Key …
Read More »Bullet Points: Lia returns to ITZY, ONF’s tour mess, Jennie vaped, a lot of disbandments, health issues, and pregnancies
Okay, so there’s actually quite a bit that has happened this time around, including a few news items I didn’t really want to dedicate much time to, multiple disbandments, and …
Read More »Quick Reviews: BABYMONSTER provide some hope with “FOREVER”
After a rough start to their careers as effectively a quasi-2NE1/BLACKPINK cover group, BABYMONSTER do still maintain a similar quality on “FOREVER“, but begin to lean more into the vocal …
Read More »Rundown: H1-KEY, Kwon Eunbi, Chuu, TWS, LISA, Jimin, Kim Jaejoong, more
A bunch of heavy hitters over the past week or so, and I’ve been seeing a bunch of rather ironic fandom arguments over whose songs are more mid than the …
Read More »Bullet Points: Somyi gets probation, NINE.i settle, Rose signs with TBL, Yoo Ara battles cancer, fans being impressively messy, a lot more
Okay so … wow what a ton of news I apparently missed that wasn’t some kind of legal drama. ====== Lim Chang Jung was cleared of stock manipulation, apologizes to …
Read More »Rundown: TRENDZ, Xdinary Heroes, EVERGLOW, Weki Meki, Cignature, Nicole, Sunmi, WOOAH, AKMU, BADVILLAIN, more
Been a while, and honestly there’s some enjoyable stuff in here this week. Maybe or maybe not a coincidence that it trends that way with summer releases getting underway in …
Read More »BELIFT LAB drops 27-minute video addressing plagiarism claims against ILLIT, seem to drag the whole industry into the mess
It seemed like things were settling down on the HYBE/ADOR dispute front, at least to the point where I’d be able to catchup on everything else and recap the current …
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Asian Junkie Asian pop. Without discretion.