G-DRAGON has returned with his album Übermensch after topping the charts last year with “Home Sweet Home“, and he’s done so with two title tracks released on the same day …
Read More »aespa’s Karina ditches K-pop to pursue yodeling career
Not everybody gets to leave the game at the top and on their own terms, but aespa member Karina is seemingly going down that path, using a one-minute live broadcast …
Read More »HYBE called out by artist for allegedly plagiarizing their artwork for virtual girl group SYNDI8
Supertone, an AI tech company owned by HYBE, recently launched virtual girl group SYNDI8. Subsequently, they found themselves under fire because one of the group’s members uses the same characters, …
Read More »NewJeans & aespa collab’d at SME & HYBE, Karina gave Minji a spy task to perform, and people are heated
When the Bang Si Hyuk messages about crushing aespa were dramatically revealed, it mostly just made obvious to every reasonable person what goes on in K-pop: competition. So reasonable people …
Read More »Quick Reviews: aespa’s “Armageddon” feels more like getting hit with a pebble
Armageddon, aespa‘s first album, has already been a success in a way. Their single “Supernova” has been dominating the charts and they almost literally can’t make enough of the especially …
Read More »aespa respond to questions about Bang Si Hyuk wanting them ‘crushed’ and ‘competition’ with NewJeans at ‘Armageddon’ presser
One of the more meme’d exchanges from all the texts revealed in the HYBE/ADOR conflict was that of Bang Si Hyuk asking Min Hee Jin if she can “crush” aespa. …
Read More »aespa’s Karina proudly rocks a ‘send nudes’ top that comes complete with rhinestones
Today in unfortunate (or fortunate?) English on the clothes of K-pop idols, aespa‘s Karina rocks a top with “send nudes” on it, which maybe is intentional after her relationship was …
Read More »aespa’s Karina and Lee Jae Wook have broken up, reportedly due to malicious comments and disappointing fans
It was only five weeks ago that the relationship between aespa’s Karina and actor Lee Jae Wook was made public and confirmed. Given that they had reportedly only just started …
Read More »aespa’s Karina apologizes to fans for … uh, dating + fandom protest trucks and merch ditching
It was revealed by Dispatch last week that aespa member Karina and actor Lee Jae Wook were in a relationship (for only about a month), and since then things haven’t …
Read More »[Update] aespa’s Karina and actor Lee Jae Wook confirmed to be dating, according to agencies
Despite it not even being January 1, Dispatch apparently didn’t want to wait to report that aespa‘s Karina and actor Lee Jae Wook are in a relationship. Even by their …
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