Four songwriters (Audrey Armacost, Aidan Rodriguez, Adam Gokcebay, Michael Campanelli) have sued NewJeans, ADOR, and HYBE, alleging that they plagiarized the song “How Sweet” from a demo they sent them …
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 »SeeYa reunites for 20th anni, talk being popular but poor, the company sowing discord, new music
Second-generation girl group SeeYa recently reunited 15 years after disbandment and 20 years after debut on the YouTube channel of actress Ha Ji Young. In the video, they recount shocking …
Read More »Rundown: ILLIT, CORTIS, BABYMONSTER, Billlie, LEE CHAEYEON, H//PE Princess, Keyveatz, SOYOU
I actually was planning to chill a bit after I caught up on the last Rundown, but there’s been a hilarious amount of releases recently, so why not just stay …
Read More »I.O.I certainly know how to grab attention in their “Suddenly” teaser
Well look, if there ever was an effective teaser for both making people aware that your iconic group is having a reunion comeback, and also simultaneously reinforcing the point of …
Read More »Kep1er’s Chaehyun apologetic for her boob and booty being too hot for ballet
In what is sorta tragic for the idol but amusing to me personally due to the ridiculousness of it, Kep1er member Chaehyun recently had to essentially apologize for being too …
Read More »Ex-CHASER member Masaya speculated to be on the run from both police and HOWLING Entertainment
In one of the more bizarre stories in K-pop, it was reported that a trainee slated for debut allegedly went AWOL from his company prior to debut and is now …
Read More »[Update] G-Dragon wears shirt with Dutch anti-Black slur on it during recent concert
Today in K-pop idols being dumb and/or racist, during a recent concert in Macau, BIGBANG‘s G-Dragon was seen wearing a shirt that had the apparently the equivalent of the n-word …
Read More »THE BOYZ’s New says he was unaware of group’s contract lawsuit, fans call effort into question
As you all know by now, nine members of THE BOYZ are engaged in a legal battle with their agency ONE HUNDRED and recently won an injunction on their contracts, …
Read More »GOBELINS to explore legal action against Mystic Story over AI-related plagiarism involving Billlie’s comeback
As you may unfortunately remember, the comeback teasers for girl group Billlie had recently come under fire from fans, netizens, and the creators of French short film Niccolo alike for …
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