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. …
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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 …
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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” …
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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 …
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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? …
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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. …
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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 …
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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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In what feels like some kind of example of the relevance and/or utility of soft power, K-pop played diplomat recently as Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and South Korea’s President …
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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? …
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