Hello, playlist darlings, I’m back once more with another B-side spotlight! I’m really trying my best to stay on top of these playlists this year, but of course the road …
Read More »Rundown: LE SSERAFIM, CORTIS, UNCHILD, Ifeye, =LOVE, TAEYONG, m-flo, BE:FIRST, 22/7
Hello and welcome back to the music part of the site, as I’ve recently caught up on a bunch of stuff, so stay tuned for that. Otherwise, there’s bunch of …
Read More »HYBE, SME, JYPE, YGE unite for music festival aimed at surpassing Coachella, but actually sounds sorta like a reskinned KCON
South Korea’s Big 4 entertainment companies — HYBE, SM Entertainment, JYP Entertainment, YG Entertainment — have announced that they’re joining hands with the goal of creating a global music festival. …
Read More »Rundown: BTS, AKMU, T.O.P, Irene, PLAVE, Dayoung, Dok2 & Lee Hi, AMPERS&ONE, killwiz
Been a while since I’ve done one of these, but also there’s been a lot of releases and a lot of music that I kinda didn’t have anything to say …
Read More »BTS fans have to warn each other about their ‘It’s Not A Bomb’ merch, which is apparently a thing
In things I thought was a shitpost but turned out to actually be real, HYBE are selling green, military-looking bags for their ARMY Bomb lightsticks with “It’s Not A Bomb” …
Read More »Jane Remover faces the wrath of CORTIS stans after suggesting they stop rapping + a bonus
In what I can only describe as another episode of K-pop stans being confronted with honesty from peers (and media) instead of constant PR fluff, critically-acclaimed artist Jane Remover is …
Read More »BTS return with the surprisingly underwhelming “SWIM”
Gonna break my rule about posting immediately after individual comebacks because this is one where if I don’t then all people are gonna do is talk about it anyway. Why? …
Read More »Bullet Points: Idol gets rhabdo scare, Youngeun leaves Kep1er, a twin births twins, what is “K-pop”, scalping/piracy laws, more
Hello and welcome to the norm for international K-pop “news” sites. "False but turn into an angle" truly explains so much about everything.— Asian Junkie (@asianjunkiecom) February 4, 2026 Bleak. …
Read More »[Update] Details of Min Hee Jin’s legal victory over HYBE revealed, includes convo with BTS’s V as supporting evidence
Back to the Min Hee Jin and HYBE (and everybody else involved) legal mines, where details from the court’s ruling have been revealed, including evidence that caused a mess involving …
Read More »SEVENTEEN’s Seungkwan & TXT’s Soobin arguing over KARA’s “Jumping” is the most I’ve related to idols
Both Seungkwan of SEVENTEEN and Soobin of TXT are known for being girl group stans (and K-pop stans, generally), so it was a special treat to see them debating the …
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