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Read More »B-Side Spotlight: March 2025 (JENNIE, YEJI, SEULGI, LE SSERAFIM, STAYC, XG, FANTASY BOYS, TEN, MARK, XIUMIN, JUST B, more)
Well, it’s that time again, playlist friends, where we talk about the albums (and minis) that came out last month and try to pick our favourite B-sides. Some months are …
Read More »[Review] JENNIE’s cheeky, thumping “Like JENNIE” provides an amazing starter for ‘Ruby’
Truthfully, I wasn’t the most optimistic about Ruby when the rollout for JENNIE‘s album started with “Mantra“, which seemed like she was just going to rehash elements of her BLACKPINK …
Read More »Rundown: JENNIE, CHUNG HA, JISOO, ONE PACT, LUN8, EVNNE, LUN8, I:MOND
I guess it’s not that K-pop has been necessarily bad in 2025, it’s just that there’s been a lot of fringy, solid, and/or interesting but flawed stuff more than immediate …
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 »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 »Rundown: Wendy, YooA, Jennie, HIGHLIGHT, TEMPEST, TMC, more
K-pop has had a surprisingly busy week and there’s actually been a lot of solid releases during that time, even those that have been put in here. Let’s see. ====== …
Read More »Bullet Points: Jin & Meisa divorce, plus just so much fandom fuckery, company news, and awards stuff
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, …
Read More »BLACKPINK’s Jennie and BTS’s V reportedly end relationship that was never officially confirmed
BLACKPINK‘s Jennie and BTS‘s V have ended their relationship that was never officially confirmed but everybody who was not delusional acknowledged, at least according to an exclusive report. According to …
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