melissa johnson

gone fishing (find me at blog.mjohnso.com & 🦋bsky.app/profile/mjohns…)

oh exactly stream cherries jubiles by yukika

a-nation x Waterbomb crossover (that no one wanted)

Petition to have her cover songs from her short time as a member of the j-pop duo route 0

Wrote about SM's first Japan showcase and why it deserves more attention: blog.mjohnso.com/post/760097286…

マスカラ貸して〜

240811 카라 박규리 I Do I Do 팬사인회 #카라 #KARA #박규리 #gyuri #아아악눈부셔박규리

IS THAT ASH KETCHUM

For my Quarterly Debut Review for Q2 I wrote about: -My trip to the metaverse to experience the group that is Triple iz (April) -TOZ's 2 debuts and what says about the state of debut dates (May) -Future Idol Asia project and the trainee shortage blog.mjohnso.com/post/756198990…

Clicked because Gyuri, stayed for her Ai Hoshino cosplay

Back with Rookie Groups Report No. 23 and answering the question about what the heck is going on with new rookie groups: blog.mjohnso.com/post/755653822…

＼KARA再始動！／ #KARA 7/24に新曲「I DO I DO」リリース決定！ メンバーとのチェキ撮影など豪華特典会に参加できる抽選券も封入した商品化も決定✨

また、8月には9年ぶりとなるコンサートが 東京・大阪にて開催決定！ 詳細はこちら: karaweb.jp

2年前のKAMILIAdayから、夢のような時間が続いてます。今でもこうしてKAMILIAでいられて幸せです。いつもありがとう。大好きです🫶 @gyuri88 @fateflysy @_911007 @_sweethara @kkangjji_0 @youngjijjang2ya #HappyKamiliaDay #KAMILIADAY2024 #KARA611FOREVER #KARAはずっと家族

240526 Happy Gyuri Day 1부 #박규리 アイドル (ギュリ ver.) 🧡궁극의 아이돌 박규리🧡

Finally can announce something I have been working on for a few months now—I moved my k-pop doll compendium to its own website: kpop.mjohnso.com/dollpeople/

YOUNG POSSE did a parody of the music show Gayo Top Ten from the 1990s and performed their song ‘XXL’

“K-city pop” youtube.com/watch?v=faAMXo…

For my 2024 Q1 Quarterly Review, I wrote about ALL(H)OURS, YDS and their "major" label debut, and Future Idol Asia (of course) recycling their old groups into new groups: blog.mjohnso.com/post/747412375…

Surprise! We've officially pivoted to K-pop! What's inside this issue of That Side of K-pop: 👖 report from the Hallyu Wave exhibit at Boston MFA 👖 the new ITZY album 👖 new singles by Taeyang, B1A4, Hanbyeol, TRIBE, Gyubin 👖 on the songs of NewJeans thissidejapan.substack.com/p/that-side-of…

Or I spent a few days looking through old versions of the SM Entertainment website and all I got was this post and this old very 2000s graphic design trend banner

I wrote about the history and multifunctional nature of the SM Entertainment audition: blog.mjohnso.com/post/743610192…