Weezer just released their latest album, informally titled The Red Album. As a treat to local fans and also to gouge consumers, they cover songs from each country of the release. In Japan, they’ve selected BoA’s “Meri Kuri”. A good thought. Unfortunately, their version is a hack job. Somewhat sadistically, I made it the whole …

Koda’s new single, “That Ain’t Cool”, comes out on June 11th, 2008. The title aptly sums up her duet with Fergie. For some reason, Fergie spends parts of the video dressed in a catsuit and contorting her body in various positions. I assume they wanted their video to be sexy and seductive. So, that really …

Shinhwa member, Jun Jin, has been in the news lately. First, the government restricted the video for his newest single “Wa”. The video shows two women hugging up on Jun and later, making out. With their mouths! Oohh. The Korean Censorship Board were asked for a specific reason for the restricted status. “Too sexy, too …

One Day in May… has a summary of the recent Mayday concert in Hong Kong. This stop represents the final destination of their “Returning to the Surface of the Earth” tour. Afterwards, Mayday heads back to the studio. Hopefully, they’ll get more experimental and widen their palette. Their latest songs haven’t measured up to their …

NY1.com celebrates Asian Heritage Week by profiling Korean hitmaker Jin Young Park (JYP). His latest sensation, Wonder Girls, hit the top of the Korean charts with “So Hot”. Beyond the Wonder Girls, JYP also has a couple of other proteges lined up.
The first girl is the 16-year-old girl called Min that I co-produced for Lil …

The success of Rock Band and Guitar Hero has left the industry looking to milk their cash cow. Hot on last week’s announcement of the European release of Rock Band, now comes word that your fav JRock tunes may make their way into the video game also. Xorsyst (via Joystiq) writes that an announcement has …