I don’t want to pile on what is happening currently to this unfortunate K-pop girl’s group, but then again maybe this is really a crafty self-aware case of viral programming and my writing about them is exactly what they would want. As the news cycle confirms over and over again, there is basically no such thing as bad publicity, only … Continue reading →
Korean has the Mnet girl group music competition Produce 101, now comes the C-version that is getting way more attention for the producers and judges than the actual competition roster. It’s basically the bromance of the two Nics and I couldn’t be happier to check it out. HK singer-actor-entrepreneur Nicholas Tse is co-producing Lady Bees with TW singer-actor-producer Nicky Wu, … Continue reading →
It’s been quite awhile since I saw Krystal since she didn’t act in a drama last year in 2015 and I don’t follow her singing career. I have a soft spot for her thanks to Heirs, she was quite entertaining even if she may have been playing herself in some ways, or maybe she just has a knack for exemplifying a … Continue reading →
While the Mandarin speaking countries and Korea spent last week chattering about the Tzuyu snowballed political brouhaha, Japan was oddly absent from the fray because it had its own near national crisis to deal with. Thankfully it appears to be crisis averted, so let’s take a look back at what went down in the span of 7 days. Last week … Continue reading →
Looks like everyone can slowly go back to their regularly scheduled programming now after a whirlwind week of scandal on a fast-track scale. I think from when the allegations against Tzuyu of Korean girl group TWICE for being pro Taiwanese independence first broke, the whole cycle took around one week and was one of the most intense and widespread I’ve … Continue reading →
I was hoping this debacle wouldn’t have grown as big as it now has and I wouldn’t have to write about it, because this whole thing is insane for how something so not wrong and inconsequential turned into a political affair. New JYP girl group TWICE member Tzuyu (Chou Tzu Yu) was forced to issue a videotaped apology where she emphasized … Continue reading →
A concert in Taipei this past weekend was a who’s who gathering of so name big name Taiwanese celebrities onstage and offstage. Actress and singer Cyndi Wang held her first solo concert and in attendance was her actor boyfriend Yao Yuan Hao sitting first row, alongside her good friends Rainie Yang and Alien Huang, who hilariously remain good friends as … Continue reading →
Taiwan entertainment is on the smaller side so there is a good chance everyone ends up working with everyone else at some point. And repeating that if the collaboration works the first time around. Puff Guo appears to be back to her entertainment activities in full force and up next will be starring in the music video for singer-actor Alien … Continue reading →
I much appreciate an unexpected collaboration when it’s sweet and nostalgic. SNSD‘s Yoona made a surprise guest starring appearance in the just released MV for popular C-actor Li Yi Feng‘s latest single “Please Contact Me”. The song is part of the OST for his recently released romantic C-movie Fall in Love with a Star costarring Yang Mi. I’m not terribly … Continue reading →
Leave it to one of the original Korean solo superstars to stage a comeback concert in Seoul and make me wish I was there. Rain‘s concert this weekend was reportedly energetic and every bit Rain’s give-it-his-all ethos stamped over it. The fact that he looked both cheesy and adorable just makes it that much more Rain, and he looked like … Continue reading →
K-actor Ji Sung hasn’t been doing a full paternity leave from his acting career like his actress wife Lee Bo Young did after the arrival of their baby girl earlier this year. He hasn’t done a major acting project since wrapping Kill Me Heal Me way back in February, but back then it wasn’t just settling down to prepare for … Continue reading →
Consider me impressed by Ji Chang Wook’s career expansion into Mainland China. It’s certainly following in similar footsteps of other popular Hallyu stars, heading there to do dramas, singing, or model after a hit K-drama or movie opens the floodgates of recognition. In Ji Chang Wook’s case it’s all due to the one-two punch of Empress Ki and Healer, but … Continue reading →
Every since Jolin Tsai released her beautiful ballad single and MV last December “We’re All Different, But the Same”, I’ve really started to see her in a new light. She’s been around for what feels like forever, and is undisputably Taiwan’s top female solo singer. She’s an idol and I don’t really follow that genre of music so it’s occasionally … Continue reading →
