IATFB 01/29/2026 K-Entertainment
Amazing lead picture.
How are LOONA always involved with this iconic/dystopian idol photos? Incredible.
Anyway, in fans behaving weirdly/badly, there’s cringe “rizz content” with ENHYPEN‘s Jay and an unhinged fansite lecture to LE SSERAFIM‘s Yunjin.
it gets worse pic.twitter.com/vsqe6mvIGE
— 🎀 (@anbenhs) January 27, 2026@SHINEZ_shinez explain? pic.twitter.com/zoPsCQvLvv
— taro (@taro40525586) January 27, 2026This might be a boomer take because I realize fans were always crazy and parasocial, but it does seem like the volume of stuff like this happening (perhaps due to increased access) seems to be going up. Not sure if the pandemic made people forget how to be normal or what, but goodness. Get a grip.
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- Creative director Lee Hae In has started her own company, All My Anecdotes (AMA)
- CL referred to prosecution for not registering her agency for five years
- Lee Hi apologizes for operating 808Hi Recordings without registration for five years
Lee Hae In will be COO to CEO Kim Jae, former Warner Music Korea exec. The former KISS OF LIFE creative will continue on with Uncore and CLOSE YOUR EYES.
CL and Lee Hi both being busted for not registering their one-man agencies around the same time does make me think that the new government wants to make a statement on stuff like this. No idea if Lee Hi is also facing legal consequences.
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- ONEUS left RBW after 7 years
- USPEER leaves WM Entertainment after 7 months
- USPEER joins MW Entertainment, headed by former WM Entertainment founder Lee Won Min
- Ex-LOONA & Loosemble member Go Won signs with PLFIL
- Taeyeon re-signs with SM Entertainment
- GOT7’s Jay B left Mauve Company
- AKMU founds Fountain Of Inspiration after leaving YG Entertainment
- LOONA’s Yeojin signs with MUMW Entertainment
- ONF leaves WM Entertainment after eight years
- FTISLAND has renewed with FNC Entertainment
WM Entertainment now consists of 67% of Oh My Girl, that’s it. USPEER caught a break, maybe.
LOONA continues to scatter.
Taeyeon re-signing with SM Entertainment after the past year of mess kind of makes sense since there’s familiarity, but it’s also a reminder that she just likes to complain online about their fuckery and doesn’t mean she’s leaving.
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- PLAVE & VLAST donated 100 million to Green Umbrella for child welfare
- SEVENTEEN’s Seungkwan donated 10 million to Jeju Hallim Shelter for abandoned dogs
Second year in a row for PLAVE.
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- RIIZE’s Shotaro directly denied dating rumors with aespa’s Giselle
- Shin Eun Soo And Yoo Seon Ho confirmed to be dating
I didn’t know the Shotaro/Giselle thing was even A Thing.
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Maybe a bit off topic, but people have asked why K-pop companies seem so obsessed with trying to force gen AI into stuff, and I assume this is why (apart from dreaming of slave labor). South Korea consumes a ton of it, including probably executives, and so they figure it’s in demand and forward-thinking/cool. Bleak.
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Discuss.
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