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: Ex-FIFTY FIFTY members to re-debut, GD acquires trademark, UNIS’s Kotoko faints, (G)I-DLE donates after Geneva Conventions violation, more
While I mentioned I didn’t miss much on the music side during the break, oh boy did I apparently miss a bunch of news stuff that feels almost too late …
Read More »ATTRAKT investor & FIFTY FIFTY ‘savior’ David Yong arrested in Singapore
David Yong, the man hailed as the savior of FIFTY FIFTY as well as an investor in ATTRAKT and other K-pop companies, has been arrested for falsifying tax documents. The …
Read More »MCST reveals K-pop standard contract revisions focused on preventing tampering, limiting contract length
Man, K-pop has been wild lately, but while most have understandably been busy with the HYBE/ADOR mess and the NCT sex scandal thing, an important bit of news about K-pop …
Read More »ADOR’s Min Hee Jin claims audit is retaliatory after her internal complaint to HYBE + she’s accused of leaking personal info & mistreating employees
After both sides of the HYBE/ADOR dispute have revealed their sides to the public recently, ADOR CEO Min Hee Jin gave an interview in which she denies seeking independence from …
Read More »Former FIFTY FIFTY members’ criminal complaint against ATTRAKT CEO results in no charges filed
Hello and welcome back to updates on the FIFTY FIFTY contract mess, where it’s been a minute. Legally speaking, things have continued to look rather bleak for the trio, and …
Read More »SPIRE continue with tampering claims, report IPQ & Danal to FTC over OMEGA X case
Despite being the only side to release any kind of credible evidence and also winning in court multiple times, OMEGA X’s abuse controversy continues on another front. Their former company, …
Read More »Rundown: LIMELIGHT, TRENDZ, GroovyRoom, DXMON, Lee Hi, HUI, Aria (tripleS), more
Honestly? Some pretty good stuff in the Rundown so far this year, partially due to me being lazy and partially due to a lot of solid-average to above-average efforts. ====== …
Read More »ATTRAKT sues Aran, Saena, Sio, their parents, and The Givers for ‘tens of billions of won’
While there’s been a relative dearth of news in the FIFTY FIFTY contract mess of late, a big update was posted today in the form of a lawsuit being filed …
Read More »Around The Web: ‘Squid Game’ reality, K-pop journalism, K-pop’s English evolution, Keena PR, more
With baseball season over, I can finally bring back features I’ve been meaning to use but haven’t, mainly because I’m lazy. I know you all are just itching to hear …
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