Both NCT member Renjun and SM Entertainment have issued apologies to a commoner after their phone number was revealed by Renjun in a Bubble post because he thought it was …
Read More »SM Entertainment and EXO-CBX sue each other, FTC starts investigating Kakao
Following the dispute between SM Entertainment and EXO-CBX going public again the other day, there’s been further news, including dueling lawsuits. So here I am again, back at it, because …
Read More »A contract battle resumes as EXO-CBX claim SME broke promises & aren’t paying them, while SME responds with tampering accusations
I thought the EXO-CBX contract saga with SM Entertainment had reached its conclusion almost a year ago — despite related news continuing to stumble in — yet it will now …
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 »SME denies sex scandal rumors involving NCT’s Haechan & Johnny (and others), women allegedly involved brag on social media
Alrighty, because many seem to be confused by what’s going on and have asked for it, here’s what’s transpired in the alleged sex scandal involving NCT members Haechan and Johnny …
Read More »Bullet Points: Relationship/pregnancy news galore (including STAYC’s mother), AOMG exodus, EDAM & anti-scalping, high profile injuries, more
Before getting back to covering the music releases hopefully tomorrow, holy shit did I miss a lot of news while that HYBE/ADOR clusterfuck was peaking. ===== Rapper AQUINAS came out …
Read More »Min Hee Jin’s emotional press conference on the HYBE/ADOR conflict also includes NewJeans and a surprising amount of other groups
Alright, so as the next chapter in the HYBE/ADOR conflict, Min Hee Jin and her lawyers recently held a press conference to respond to HYBE’s claims about her and other …
Read More »ADOR’s Min Hee Jin claims audit is retaliatory after her internal complaint to HYBE + she’s accused of leaking personal info & mistreating employees
After both sides of the HYBE/ADOR dispute have revealed their sides to the public recently, ADOR CEO Min Hee Jin gave an interview in which she denies seeking independence from …
Read More »[Review] RIIZE’s addictive “Impossible” marks the return of our SME house overlord
While being an SM Entertainment boy group puts RIIZE on everybody’s radar by default, they were of particular hope to me because from the start they seemed slanted towards pop …
Read More »Quick Reviews: LUCAS returns with “Renegade”, a contrived diss track lacking bite
Controversial (gonna be honest, I still don’t know exactly what happened) former NCT member LUCAS is somehow still under SM Entertainment and has now returned with “Renegade“, which is seemingly …
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