When former SNSD member Jessica released her debut novel Shine, I blazed through it in one unadvisable caffeine-fueled night, but oddly enough it was surprisingly enjoyable for what it was. …
Read More »NCT’s 800 members doing synchronized choreo made people think SME’s building was gonna collapse, investigation finds
After a serious scare in the relatively new SM Entertainment building, with people complaining of tremors on certain floors and windows cracking, a two-month investigation turned in its results and …
Read More »aespa get “apology” from Kyungbock High after stage invasion, lax security, harassing comments at festival
aespa recently performed at Kyungbock High School, where SM Entertainment founder Lee Soo Man graduated from. People were looking forward to it as it’s seen as an SME tradition, with …
Read More »SHINee’s “Replay” MV gets remastered, song remains great just like Taemin’s hair
Since debuting in 2008, SHINee have been A Thing and when all is said and done will go down as legends in the industry. For me, they probably have my …
Read More »Quick Reviews: SUMIN’s remix of Kai’s “Peaches” is one of the few from SME that works
SM Entertainment‘s official remixes are almost universally worse than the original, and many are just straight-up fucking terrible. So I was pleasantly surprised by a remix of (EXO) Kai‘s “Peaches” …
Read More »BoA’s 2004 image change produced a classic in “My Name”, which gets a remaster from SME
In 2004, BoA was about four years into her career, and her image could probably be explained best by the title of her last Korean release, “Atlantis Princess“. It sounds …
Read More »“Perfect Man”, one of Shinhwa’s signature tracks, gets the remastering treatment
It’s still nuts to me that Shinhwa debuted in 1998, left SM Entertainment before it was cool, and remains together to this day. After a rather slow start to their …
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 …
Read More »BoA’s debut classic “ID Peace B” gets the SM Remastering Project treatment, song still as fresh as ever
SM Entertainment‘s SM Remastering Project is gonna expose a lot of … questionable choices in K-pop history, but BoA‘s 2000 debut single “ID Peace B” is not one of them. …
Read More »BoA cleared of having street cred
Back in December of last year, BoA was investigated for alleged smuggling of drugs, or at least that’s what the headlines read. As it turns out it was Zolpidem, probably …
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