In what has to be one of the funnier idol controversies (or at least it’s non-criminal, I think) in a while, ZEROBASEONE‘s Park Gun Wook has had to apologize recently …
Read More »Rundown: LE SSERAFIM, I.O.I, TAEYANG, TWS, AND2BLE, FIFTY FIFTY, SeeYa, WOOAH
The breaks I take from the music side of things are always poorly timed, as there’s apparently been about 500 songs released in the last few weeks, so I’ll begin …
Read More »B-Side Spotlight: February 2026 (BLACKPINK, IVE, STAYC, ZB1, ATEEZ, MISAMO, NCT JNJM, SUNGMIN, ASC2NT, more)
Hello, playlist darlings. I’m back once more with some of my favourite idol group/solo B-sides, this time from February 2026. There were a few I really loved this time around, …
Read More »ALPHA DRIVE ONE’s Geonwoo to take hiatus & apologizes after his controversy about verbally abusing staff
Okay, so this is a mess that’s actually been brewing for a while. Basically, ALPHA BASE ONE member Geonwoo has been under fire for a while now on social media …
Read More »Songs You May Have Missed: January 2026 (Billlie, Giriboy & Heize, Re:Hearts, H1-KEY, DIA, ONEWE, 1VERSE, ZB1, ChRocktical, more)
Hello, playlist darlings. I’m back again, sooner than after a thousand years this time, for some more tracks you may have missed from the beginning of the year. This one …
Read More »Bullet Points: Idol gets rhabdo scare, Youngeun leaves Kep1er, a twin births twins, what is “K-pop”, scalping/piracy laws, more
Hello and welcome to the norm for international K-pop “news” sites. "False but turn into an angle" truly explains so much about everything.— Asian Junkie (@asianjunkiecom) February 4, 2026 Bleak. …
Read More »Rundown: IVE, ATEEZ, ZEROBASEONE, Hinatazaka46, NAVILLERA, FANTASTICS, UNEDUCATED KID
Damn, there really wasn’t a whole lot going on for a couple weeks or so again, and really I think it was among the worst starts to a year as …
Read More »ZEROBASEONE confirmed to continue as 5, YH Entertainment quartet will move on
In all the mess yesterday, I almost missed ZEROBASEONE news entirely, as it felt weirdly unceremoniously released. Anyway, the short of it is the group will continue on under WAKEONE …
Read More »POV: You’re watching hundreds of dollars blow past you at nearly the speed of light at KCON Japan 2025
Hello from KCON Japan 2025, and then goodbye to your fave artists even quicker as the greeting perk for the con actually doubles as a personal trainer getting you in …
Read More »B-Side Spotlight: February 2025 (IVE, G-DRAGON, LISA, JISOO, CHUNG HA, PLAVE, ONF, RESCENE, ZB1, more)
Hello playlist darlings, how’s it going? I’m so happy to be back to share some B-sides from last month with you all, and honestly this is one of my favourite …
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