Asian Junkie Asian pop. Without discretion.
It has been two weeks since the last Rundown, but I’m not going to make up for lost time by doing them all, but I will get a handful that …
Read More »Rundown: Red Velvet, ITZY, The Boyz, Mill (OnlyOneOf), TEMPEST
PURPLE KISS cover “Psycho”, MeloMance & STAYC collab, Kihyun (Monsta X) performs a pair, and Younha’s dreams come true on ‘K-909’
Well, K-909 continues to be the only broadcast music show that holds my attention and there’s now enough clips to write it up. —— Let’s start off strong with one …
Read More »[Review] Seulgi makes impressive solo debut with the compelling “28 Reasons”
It’s been like 50 years now, but Red Velvet member Seulgi is finally getting a project to herself, and it’s been a surprising wait since she quite frankly always seemed …
Read More »Orchestral version of aespa’s “Black Mamba” is interesting, but not in the way SME probably wanted
So if you hadn’t heard yet, SM Entertainment are having Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra do instrumental versions of their songs under the brand SM Classics, and the latest is aespa‘s “Black …
Read More »UP10TION’s Lee Jin Hyuk under fire for rudeness towards Red Velvet’s Wendy, whose reaction seems to say it all
A few days ago I saw controversy gaining attention involving actor and UP10TION member Lee Jin Hyuk‘s appearance on Wendy’s Youngstreet radio program, which was started by him snapping his …
Read More »B-Side Spotlight – March 2022 (Weeekly, Ailee, (G)I-DLE, Brave Girls, Kihyun, Stray Kids, Red Velvet, Oh My Girl, NCT Dream, PURPLE KISS, Younha, more)
Y’all want any b-sides? Let’s go. ====== TEMPEST – “Find Me” Weeekly – “Where Is My Love?” Kim Wooseok (UP10TION) – “Ghostin’” Ailee – “Ain’t Talkin’ About Me” (G)I-DLE – …
Read More »Rundown: Red Velvet, Oh My Girl, NCT Dream, PURPLE KISS, Heize, MAJORS + others
Writing about things I enjoyed takes me longer, and there’s a lot of it I have yet to publish, so apologies if things have come off overly grumpy. But also, …
Read More »Rundown: Red Velvet, Stray Kids, HIGHLIGHT, Lil Cherry, SUMMER CAKE, Yooryeong & DJ Tiz
A lot of stuff in the recent days that at least I actually enjoyed to varying degrees. ====== Stray Kids – “MANIAC” It’s refreshing in the sense that I actually …
Read More »Top 100 Korean Songs Of 2021: Part 8
Asian Junkie’s Best Of 2021 Top 100 Korean Songs Of 2021: Honorable Mentions Top 100 Korean Songs Of 2021: Part 1 Top 100 Korean Songs Of 2021: Part 2 Top …
Read More »SME announces female supergroup Girls On Top consisting of BoA, Taeyeon, Hyoyeon, Wendy, Seulgi, Karina, Winter
SM Entertainment has created a female supergroup called Girls On Top (a nod to BoA‘s single of the same name, no doubt) with members BoA, SNSD‘s Taeyeon & Hyoyeon, Red …
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