“The Incels’ Pick-Mes”: Mountain Dew Under Fire For K-Pop Girl Group Chosen As Their Official Models
Advertisements Mountain Dew recently released a new flavor of their product, Blue Zero Sugar, on May 22 as an exclusive product in South Korea and as a tie-in with the new movie IF. In order to promote the new flavor, the company also hired a K-Pop group to help market the product as their official models. […]
Ex-mobster Uhm Tae-gu is a fool for love and Han Sun-hwa
Advertisements Ex-mobster Uhm Tae-gu is a fool for love and Han Sun-hwa by tccolb More promos have arrived for JTBC’s upcoming My Sweet Mobster, with second lead Kwon Yul (Longing for You) joining Han Sun-hwa’s (Work Later, Drink Now 2) pink party in the new group poster, while the character teaser focuses on our charismatic-but-bumbling […]
Ji Sung becomes mired in a broken friendship Connection
Advertisements Ji Sung becomes mired in a broken friendship Connection by tccolb More posters and a new teaser have dropped for SBS’s upcoming Connection, tossing us a pile of the mystery’s puzzle pieces to ponder as Ji Sung (Adamas) is sunk further into the muck.Opening on detective Jang Jae-kyung’s (Ji Sung) promotion, his superior boasts […]
Kang Hanna sets her sights on a Frankly Speaking Go Kyung-pyo
Advertisements Kang Hanna sets her sights on a Frankly Speaking Go Kyung-pyo by solstices Another teaser is out for JTBC’s romantic comedy Frankly Speaking, showcasing our heroine’s efforts to turn an excessively blunt newscaster into a variety star. Filled with petty remarks and physical antics, the show is unabashedly committing to the wacky embarrassment of […]
News bites: April 2, 2024
Advertisements News bites: April 2, 2024 by tccolb An official announcement is out for Disney+’s new mystery-thriller Nine Puzzle, with still-a-cop Sohn Seok-gu (A Killer Paradox) suspicious of profiler Kim Da-mi (Our Beloved Summer) as they’re further embroiled in a re-surfacing serial murder case. Slated to release sometime in 2025, filmmaker Yoon Jong-bin (Narco-Saints, The […]
Joo Ji-hoon questions Han Hyo-joo’s Blood Free world
Advertisements Joo Ji-hoon questions Han Hyo-joo’s Blood Free world by tccolb A new teaser has been packaged out for Disney+’s upcoming sci-fi thriller Blood Free, revealing a world where our heroine Han Hyo-joo (Moving) is both lauded and scorned as a forerunner in the synthetic meat market.Opening on Yoon Ja-yoo’s (Han Hyo-joo) presentation, our CEO […]
A Producer’s “Sob Story” Almost Ruined A 4th Gen Girl Group’s Debut
Advertisements mimiirose successfully debuted on September 16, 2022. Showcasing the members’ impressive skills and visuals, the debut music video “Rose” quickly gained 1.1M+ views after its reveal. mimiirose | @kpop_sbs/Twitter Unfortunately though, according to a report from the Korean media outlet Hankyung, “successful” and “impressive” were not the first things that came to mind when K-Pop […]
News bites: March 21, 2024
Advertisements News bites: March 21, 2024 by tccolb Lee Yoo-young, L KBS announced that Treat Me Carelessly (roughly translated) has been lined up on the year’s schedule to air in May, with L (a.k.a. Kim Myung-soo) (Numbers) and Lee Yoo-young (Insider) headlining the webtoon adaptation. In an opposites attract rom-com, a Confucian-abiding traditionalist hero will […]
Premiere Watch: Nothing Uncovered
Advertisements Premiere Watch: Nothing Uncovered by missvictrix Time slot: Monday-TuesdayBroadcaster: KBSGenre: Crime, thriller, mysteryEpisode count: 16Global streamer: KocowaReasons to watch: Poor KBS doesn’t know quite how to market this drama, from their difficulty in settling on an adequate English translation for the title (which in the Korean reads “Let’s grab each other by the collar”), […]