Every year, summer comes around and companies race to see who can be the biggest hit of the summer. For me, I try to make it through the hot months …
Read More »Isa has an extensive list of allergies that STAYC members added to on ‘Sunmi’s Showterview’
STAYC were guests on the most recent episode of Sunmi’s Showterview, and one thing that stood out to me that I hadn’t known about before (nor did Sunmi either prior …
Read More »Rundown: Yoojung (OnlyOneOf), Sunmi, Fromis 9, B.I & Chuu, HUTA (BTOB), Q6IX
There was one song that interested me, but just not a great week overall, honestly. ====== Yoojung (OnlyOneOf) – “Begin” Atmospheric and synthy, this was a pleasant listen. It doesn’t …
Read More »Rundown: Jay Park & IU, Sunmi, Weeekly, Kwon Eunbi, Park Bom, Woong & Daehwi (AB6IX), TAN + more
A lot of the solid to good stuff in this came from rather unexpected sources, honestly. And one expected source. ====== Riiver – “MOVE” Much better on the first listen …
Read More »Sunmi & ABYSS Company respond (poorly) to fan backlash over NFT involvement
Many K-pop companies and artists are involved with NFTs now, and that market figures to only grow from here as it certainly seems like the next frontier that companies will …
Read More »Jewelry reunite on ‘Mama The Idol’ to perform “Super Star” & “One More Time”, Sunye & Sunmi do “Gashina” + show’s group to debut
Second generation girl group Jewelry reunited for a recent episode of Mama The Idol AKA MILFCON, a show about veteran female idols making their return to the stage after having …
Read More »Top 10 Korean Albums Of 2021: Part 2
Asian Junkie’s Best Of 2021 Top 10 Korean Albums Of 2021: Honorable Mentions Top 10 Korean Albums Of 2021: Part 1 ====== AKMU – ‘NEXT EPISODE’ Release Date: July 26 …
Read More »Top 100 Korean Songs Of 2021: Part 5
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 »Girls Planet 999 Episode 11: The 3rd elimination, interim ranking, and the road to the finale
We are at long last in the final lap of our hectic journey through the cosmos of Girls Planet 999. For some contestants, Mnet has made it's intentions very clear, but for others, the future remains murky. Furthermore, the interim results for the final week of voting have completely torpedoed any sense of rationality remaining in the show. So without further adieu let's get on with it.
Read More »Girls Planet 999 Episodes 9+10: Kim Dayeon ascends, Mnet dabbles in class warfare, also Collaboration Mission
After the second elimination, it's time to recalibrate the groups. Team "U+Me = Love" is down to four members: Sakamoto Mashiro, May, Kotone Kamimoto and Zhou Xinyu. While Sakamoto ranks in the overall Top 9, May barely skated in at 8th place in J-Group and both Kotone and Zhou Xinyu had to be rescued by the Planet Pass. But things could have been worse!
Read More »