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Boys Planet is back again, and it's just like Girls Planet 999, but with boys. And without 999. And heavy BL vibes. And good.
Read More »‘Boys Planet’ Episodes 1 & 2: Long Live Planet Sexy Time
(G)I-DLE’s Soyeon disses MAMA, continues tradition + my default award show hate
This year’s round of year-end Korean music industry popularity awards has already kicked off, and normally all I care about is any special stages (which are getting rarer and shittier …
Read More »Mnet making a solid cast of artists into stocks to be traded on ‘Artistock Game’, securities fraud coming
Mnet will never stop putting out survival shows because they have no reason to stop, and their latest effort is called Artistock Game, taking the industry to its obvious conclusion …
Read More »Queendom 2 Episode 10 (And Beyond): On YouTube & TikTok, content & commentary, past & future
Each group comes out to greet the substantial and frothing masses gathered in the studio. For some reason, Mnet chooses to use the first bars of BLACKPINK's "How You Like That" as walk-up music.
Read More »‘Street Man Fighter’ dancer issues apology for mocking NewJeans’ “Hype Boy” choreo + Mnet apologizes for ‘SMF’ press con mess
Well, I guess it was more than a day without Street Man Fighter being involved in some kind of sexist mess, so here’s dancers that includes a competitor for YGX …
Read More »‘Street Man Fighter’ producer says participants show ‘loyalty and pride’ compared to ‘jealousy and greed’ of ‘Street Woman Fighter’
Street Man Fighter held a press conference for the show yesterday and it was about as messy as the content leading up to its debut. Chief producer Kwon Young Chan …
Read More »‘Street Man Fighter’ is already a problematic cringefest, which is likely just as Mnet wanted
Street Man Fighter content is starting to come out as it builds to its August 23 debut, and the preview stuff is as problematic, messy, and cringeworthy as anybody could’ve …
Read More »Wake One does a line change with TO1 and switches 4 members, bold considering the members were voted in via survival show
Back in April of this year, Chihoon left TO1 and terminated his contract with Wake One Entertainment. Turns out that was just the start of changes, as the company announced …
Read More »Mnet have investigated themselves and found no manipulation of ‘Queendom 2’ results
When you think about it, what would an Mnet survival show be without a manipulation controversy? It’s practically what they’re known best for, so it’s only appropriate that one arose …
Read More »Queendom 2 Episode 9: Brave Girls sad, Hyolyn mad, LOONA bad, FANtastic Round concludes + final song reviews
Episode 9 closes out the third round with the last half of the FANtastic Queendom performances. The show gets to it right away, calling LOONA to the stage for their update of fan favorite, "Butterfly".
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