After starting 2024 on such a high note for metal releases, NEMOPHILA again releases another banger that no one saw coming, as SAKI is leaving the band and NEMOPHILA will …
Read More »Bullet Points: Arrest made in Lee Sun Gyun case, Song Ji Eun’s marriage, Krystal & Yves sign, NINE.i’s legal dispute, a deepfake fancall, quick disbandments, more
Lots of news for this edition because it was a bizarrely busy time in terms of company movement and disbandment. ====== NINE.i (except EDEN) are in a legal dispute with …
Read More »Bullet Points: BLACKPINK’s Lisa founds LLOUD, cult loses Netflix lawsuit, DPR drama, KinKi Kids & Momoiro Clover Z union, Kanjani8 renamed, more
Low volume but high impact news since the last time around, as there’s fresh drama to catch up on, a bunch of agency moves, and both a high-profile marriage and …
Read More »Bullet Points: Kim Tae Hee/Rain stalker, Nam Tae Hyun sentenced, Jaejoong still dealing with sasaengs, marriages, births, oh my
It’s been almost a month since I did this feature last, so quite frankly, there’s been a lot that’s happened even so early in the year. ====== Hyerim (ex-Wonder Girls) …
Read More »YGE announces Ahyeon will rejoin BABYMONSTER, plus a bunch of other stuff I’ll believe when I see
After debuting a couple months ago with “BATTER UP” sans Ahyeon and then not clarifying what exactly they were going to do with BABYMONSTER, YG Entertainment has now revealed that …
Read More »Like A Movie’s Domo apologizes for faking disability to avoid enlistment, leaves group, throws other members under bus
Like A Movie member Domo has recently come forward on Instagram and admitted that recent reports of a 32-year-old idol who was given a suspended sentence for two years (one …
Read More »Xiumin & Chen link up with Baekhyun at INB100, SME states all 8 members will continue as EXO
SM Entertainment has announced that all eight members of EXO will continue group activities under SME, but confirm EXO-CBX have their own company for individual activities (plus D.O. with Company …
Read More »HYBE girl group I’LL-IT says fan-voted member Youngseo will not debut with group
I’LL-IT, the upcoming girl group from HYBE subsidiary BELIFT LAB, has revealed that member Youngseo will not be debuting with the group and they’ll instead be coming out as five. …
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 »Bullet Points: Award show winners (my favorite!), THE BOYZ/PIXY injuries, KNK/UP10TION signings, Johyun relationship
Probably not enough stuff to post normally, but I figured people might want to do the discourse thing on awards and how somebody winning or losing was a conspiracy or …
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