Author: Rahul M

It’s official: aespa is teaming up with PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG) for a special collaboration! On June 30 at midnight KST, PUBG officially announced that a collaboration with aespa was on the way. Although further details have yet to be revealed, PUBG has teased that this “collision of two universes” will take place on July 9. Check out PUBG’s first teaser for their collaboration with aespa below! Watch aespa’s variety show “aespa’s Synk Road” with subtitles on Viki below: Watch Now

Thus far, TWS have stuck with a signature sound for their title tracks and utilized follow-up promotions to showcase a wider spectrum of styles. I like this approach, especially since we all know their particular brand of “boyhood pop” won’t remain the same forever. Their debut Japanese single further teases on the Plot Twist template, offering a more sentimental take well-suited to the J-pop market. In fact, more than anything else the song drives home just how “J-pop” their core sound is. Stacked against the insanely strong trilogy of Plot Twist, If I’m S and Countdown, Hajimemashite feels quite slight.…

ILLIT has won a second music show trophy for “Do the Dance”! On the June 29 episode of SBS’s “Inkigayo,” the candidates for first place were Maktub’s “Starting With You,” WOODZ’s “Drowning,” and ILLIT’s “Do the Dance.” ILLIT ultimately took the win with a total of 5,894 points. Congratulations to ILLIT! Watch their performance, win, and full encore below: Other performers on today’s show included ALLDAY PROJECT, ENHYPEN, fromis_9, CHOONGJU JI-C (Ji Suk Jin and Ji Ye Eun), CRAVITY, H1-KEY, Hearts2Hearts, KISS OF LIFE, Baby DONT Cry, izna, KickFlip, 2PM’s Jang Wooyoung, USPEER, POW, KIIRAS, and Catch The Young. Check…

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In connection with my desire to fully keep up with the J-pop industry, I’m planning to do a weekly round-up of any new releases that have caught my ear. Some of these may have been covered on the blog already, but my hope is that this will become a one-stop shop for anyone interested in what’s new in J-pop. With that in mind, here’s where you come in: I’m one person with one set of musical preferences, so please embed any other new J-pop tracks you’ve enjoyed in the comments so we can get a fuller spectrum each week. *And…

MBC’s “Oh My Ghost Clients” has unveiled a new making-of video! “Oh My Ghost Clients” is a comedy-action drama starring Jung Kyung Ho as Noh Mu Jin, a labor attorney who can see ghosts. Together with his sister-in-law Na Hee Ju (Seol In Ah) and YouTuber Go Gyeon Woo (Cha Hak Yeon), the trio—dubbed “Team Mujins”—works to resolve the unresolved grudges of ghosts who died from industrial accidents. Spoilers In the making-of video for the final episode, Seol In Ah and Cha Hak Yeon pose adorably together, showing off their special effects makeup. The duo adorably follows around Jung Kyung Ho…

After six weeks of exploring struggles with alcoholism, friendship, and romance, “Second Shot At Love” wrapped up last week and left viewers wanting more. If you’re in the mood for a K-drama where alcohol practically becomes a character of its own, check out these five K-dramas that serve more than just drinks. However, if you’re especially missing Girls’ Generation’s Sooyoung and are craving more of her stellar acting, these picks will definitely quench your thirst. “Not Others” Based on the popular webtoon “Strangers” by Jung Young Rong, “Not Others” is a heartfelt slice-of-life drama that follows the messy, complicated, and deeply…

The cast of “Omniscient Reader” has dished on their characters! Based on the popular web novel of the same name, “Omniscient Reader” will tell the story of Kim Dok Ja (Ahn Hyo Seop), who suddenly finds himself living in the world of a fantasy novel he was reading. Armed with the knowledge of what happened in the novel, Kim Dok Ja sets out to save the world from ending. Lee Min Ho stars as Yoo Joong Hyuk, the protagonist from the novel that Kim Dok Ja read. The commentary video begins with lead actor Ahn Hyo Seop sharing, “I wanted…

The stars of tvN’s “Our Unwritten Seoul” shared their emotional final thoughts ahead of tonight’s series finale! “Our Unwritten Seoul” is a drama about twin sisters with polar-opposite personalities who lead completely different lives. Park Bo Young plays identical twins Yoo Mi Ji and Yoo Mi Rae, who look alike but are different in every other way. With just one episode left in the drama’s run, the three leads took a moment to look back on “Our Unwritten Seoul” and what it meant to them. Park Bo Young remarked, “I think the time I spent on the drama ‘Our Unwritten…

tvN’s “Head Over Heels” has shared an adorable glimpse of its cast behind the scenes of filming! “Head Over Heels” is a new fantasy romance drama about a boy who is fated to die and the young shaman who tries to rescue him from his fate. Cho Yi Hyun stars as Park Seong A, a high school student who leads a double life as a shaman by night. Choo Young Woo plays her first love Bae Gyeon U, who is plagued by bad luck and was born with the misfortune of a predestined death. Cha Kang Yoon plays Pyo Ji…