Lovelyz’ Seo Jisoo is one of the latest round of k-pop stars to get COVID. It’s easy to say that kpop stars are young so they’ll be okay, but a lot of these people are pushed to the brink of their health in any case so I wouldn’t rule out the pandemic being a bridge too far for some of them. So maybe just to be on the safe side hold off on the “Ah-choo!” jokes until we know she’s out of the woods so you don’t feel like the world’s biggest asshole in a month (that’s my job).

In 2012 B.A.P had international k-pop fans in the palm of their hand with their great punchy rock-based debut songs. Then they gradually mellowed out into more and more coffee-shop crap and now it all ends in tears 9 years later with the group scattered to the winds and ex-member Himchan charged for multiple crimes and attempting suicide.  Don’t go out like that, folks – stick to rock music, being a good person and keep rocking. Don’t end up like Himchan.  Ballads are no fun.  Ballads endanger the life and happiness of millions.   It must stop.  We appeal in particular to the youth of today.  Stop the ballads!  There are better things in life.

The shittiest thing about bullying accusations in k-pop is it completely changes the type of images that come up in any image search for the person. All of a sudden everyone starts favouring boring looking sullen, sunken-face type photos that are just drab. Stop being boring, all you other k-pop writers, use the most aegyo photos you can find. Fortunately I grabbed this one of Lia before the court case was finalised, she looks like she’s got a good eye-scratching technique there.

Han Seo Hee is getting more idols into trouble again but I just want SeoHeeChoPath back to be honest. I did email her about that plus a bunch of other stuff but I guess she’s too busy selling T-shirts with vague feminist slogans on them for $80 a pop or whatever.