Tag Archives: Company Fail

Guno — a Taiwanese former YG Entertainment trainee, former Produce X 101 contestant, and current member of J-pop group BUGVEL (come on with that name, man) — recently spoke to …

INFINITE member Sungjong has terminated his contract with SPK Entertainment, the company he joined back in August of 2022. In a statement to the press, he says the agency failed …

Hello and welcome to 2024! Been a rough start to things so far, at least in Korea and Japan, with the year beginning with political stabbings and earthquakes. Yeesh. Anyway, …

Fly To The Sky member Brian Joo seems to be making a bit of a comeback in the entertainment world these days*, and he recently appeared on an episode of …

In a sad way, an Mnet survival show treating contestants like disposable objects to be used for ratings is basically expected nowadays. And so it’ll come as no surprise to …

I started out my review of BABYMONSTER’s “BATTER UP” by noting how much importance the group likely has to YG Entertainment‘s future, and how messy the lead-up to it was …

Red Velvet member Irene has gone viral for performing at SMTOWN LIVE 2023 SMCU PALACE JAKARTA (these concert branding names are getting ridiculous), though maybe not for the best of …

Well, you learn something new everyday about how things work. For example, for over a decade now I just assumed that legal action on behalf of an idol or group …

Loossemble (and LOONA) members Yeojin and Vivi recently told an all-too-familiar tale from the K-pop playbook, one of extreme and company-mandated dieting to young idols. The pair talked about one …

HYBE has issued a formal apology following multiple reports of security guards performing underwear searches and touching private parts during an &TEAM fansigning in Seoul. Fans at the event trended …