Author: Rahul M

tvN’s upcoming drama “Bon Appétit, Your Majesty” has dropped more glimpses of Girls’ Generation’s Lim YoonA in character! Based on a popular web novel, “Bon Appétit, Your Majesty” is a fantasy romance drama starring YoonA as Yeon Ji Young, an award-winning French chef who winds up traveling 500 years back into the past. There, she meets despotic king Lee Heon (Lee Chae Min), who is known as the worst of tyrants—and who also happens to be a discerning gourmet. In the newly released stills, Yeon Ji Young is seen mysteriously transported to the royal kitchen of the distant past, sparking…

The cast of “S LINE” recently participated in a photo shoot with the fashion magazine Cosmopolitan Korea! Based on the webtoon of the same name, “S LINE” is a fantasy thriller in which red lines suddenly appear above people’s heads, connecting them to people with whom they have had physical relationships and thus revealing sensitive personal information overnight. This red line is called the “S Line” and can only be seen but not physically touched. Lee Soo Hyuk plays Ji Wook, a detective who is simultaneously investigating a murder case and the secret behind the S Line. Lee Da Hee…

Director Park Chan Wook’s new film “No Other Choice” has unveiled its first poster and teaser! “No Other Choice” tells the story of Man Soo (Lee Byung Hun), an office worker who once felt completely satisfied with life—until he’s suddenly laid off. Determined to protect his wife, two children, and the home they worked so hard to buy, he prepares for a personal battle to find a new job. The first poster grabs attention with its detailed, illustration-style design. It features Man Soo, who is struggling to find a new job, along with his energetic wife, Mi Ri (Son Ye…

Apart from his activities with BTOB and undeniable presence at events like Waterbomb, Lee Minhyuk has developed a solo career under the moniker “Huta.” I can’t say that much of his solo music has appealed to me, but I appreciate how it sounds so different from that of his group. New title track Bora is a thumping electro banger miles away from BTOB’s typical balladry. This is also the second title track today that clocks in at just over two minutes. This approach has become very common in dance music, making it possible for DJs to mix more songs into…

EPEX are ready to drop their third (!) full album next week, but before that they’ve returned with pre-release Picasso (피카소). EPEX aside, July has been a pretty strong month for K-pop so far. Sure, there haven’t been a ton of awesome 9+ rated tracks, but there haven’t been many outright clunkers either. I mention this because Picasso is, unfortunately, a 100% certified clunker in my eyes. The problems start right away, as the track unveils a truly ugly synth riff. I don’t know what the obsession is with producers finding the most abrasive sounds to fashion a song around,…

Earlier this year, STAYC found their dancefloor groove with the addictive Bebe. Though that song didn’t totally click with me initially, it gradually grew into one of my most-played tracks of the year. With new summer single I Want It, they group keeps the energy high with an early-2010’s EDM twist. As soon as I Want It‘s rugged electro beat unfurls, it’s hard not to hum Icona Pop’s 2012 mega-hit I Love It in your head. That song has become highly influential throughout the years, so it’s not too surprising to hear its ripples continue to spread here. Derivative or…

TXT’s music has changed so much since their debut in 2019. Artistic growth should be expected and applauded, but sometimes I cast my mind back to their Crown days and remember how incredibly excited I was about the group and their quirky synthpop style. Since then, they’ve explored almost every genre you can imagine and their title tracks have somehow grown shorter and shorter in length until we end up with the brief fling of Beautiful Strangers‘ two minutes and eighteen seconds. Overly truncated song lengths is a subject for another post, but lack of development is certainly something that…

MBC’s upcoming drama “Mary Kills People” has released new stills teasing a tense face-off between Lee Bo Young and Lee Min Ki! A remake of the Canadian series of the same name, “Mary Kills People” stars Lee Bo Young as Woo So Jung, an ER doctor who illegally provides euthanasia to patients with incurable illnesses. Lee Min Ki plays Jo Hyun Woo, a terminal brain tumor patient with no remaining treatment options. The newly revealed photos capture Woo So Jung and Jo Hyun Woo locked in a psychological battle. In the scene, Woo So Jung tries to mask her shock, desperately suppressing the…

ENA’s upcoming drama “The Defects” has released new stills ahead of its premiere! In “The Defects,” Yum Jung Ah plays Kim Se Hee, a celebrity doctor who is outwardly respected in the medical field but secretly leads an illegal adoption trafficking ring. Won Jin Ah plays Kim Ah Hyun, a young woman who was returned after being adopted through a broken system, but miraculously survived. The newly released stills depict a group of children who were “returned” after being adopted but miraculously survived and are now living in hiding. These children include Kim Ah Hyun, Ju An (Ahn Ji Ho),…

He was given the death penalty. Koreaboo Yesterday Zhang Yiyang has become the first known celebrity to be executed in mainland China after being found guilty of murdering his underage girlfriend. The actor, who was 31 years old at the time of the crime, was sentenced to death for killing his 16-year-old girlfriend and attempting to cover it up by staging the scene as a suicide. | am730 According to a report recently released by the Intermediate People’s Court of Xianyang City in Shaanxi Province, the case occurred in February 2022. Zhang had lured the teenage girl, who allegedly came…