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Not unlike my delay with UAU, I’m doing an even more belated post about SECRET‘s reunion with a new member. And also like with UAU, they arguably should’ve gone with …
Read More »SECRET returned with “ICE CREAM”, though “GET RIGHT” reigns supreme
Bullet Points: IU conspiracies & idol politics, CLC’s Eunbin retires, PocketDol continues to lose, EgoENT latest to stiff employees, company movement, more
Do you remember? Man, there’s been a lot of news going on, especially in terms of agency movement and relationship stuff, but also … well, mess. Most importantly, though, Crayon …
Read More »SECRET reveals mystery third member to be Girls On Fire’s Yebin, who introduces herself by covering Taeyeon’s “U R”
When SECRET announced their surprising reunion, they had even more surprising news when they revealed that in addition to Hyosung and Hana, a mystery third member would be added to …
Read More »SECRET are reuniting for a comeback after 12 years, will feature Hyosung, Hana, and mystery new member
The pandering to second-generation fans thankfully continues unabated, as SECRET have made a surprise return. Speculation started when the group opened up new Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, and YouTube accounts, …
Read More »Bullet Points: Kojiharu sells for ~$115MM, HYBE tries a fresh start for girl groups, a Park Bom letter, disbandments, random Kahi sightings, more
Perhaps the most important news of the year is that After School‘s Kahi was randomly (?) at USC recently and danced with students for some reason to “Diva” and “Bang“. …
Read More »SEVENTEEN’s Seungkwan & TXT’s Soobin arguing over KARA’s “Jumping” is the most I’ve related to idols
Both Seungkwan of SEVENTEEN and Soobin of TXT are known for being girl group stans (and K-pop stans, generally), so it was a special treat to see them debating the …
Read More »Bullet Points: Beenzino stalked, Lee Sun Gyun blackmail sentences, BBGIRLS find new agency, Song Ji Eun & Jaekyung get married, donations & births galore, more
Oh boy, almost three months worth of random news updates. Hell of a time. ====== Beenzino filed a complaint against a woman in her 30s for repeatedly stalking him Baek …
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 »Song Ji Eun (SECRET) reveals relationship with YouTuber & activist WERACLE
Last I saw of SECRET member Song Ji Eun was opening up about how much TS Entertainment sucked, so it was surprising to see news about her today that she …
Read More »Song Ji Eun (SECRET) talks about the TSE conflict draining her passion for music on ‘Inookase’, which is like ‘Hot Ones’ but fine dining
Former SECRET member Song Ji Eun was a recent guest on Inookase (a play on omakase), a YouTube channel run by Park Inoo (composed for SECRET). As a Friend Of …
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