A pop-up store selling merch of K-pop superstars BTS in Seoul has drawn members of the band’s Army fandom from around the world, despite them being away doing their military service.
Taking a cue from K-pop’s success, Japan’s music industry, which once looked only to domestic audiences, is seeking fans abroad – and groups like XG and duos like Yoasobi are starting to make waves.
Members of Day6, a K-pop rock band who will be in Hong Kong for this month’s KCON, talk about their new album and seeing their old songs chart while the band was on hiatus for their military service.
Thai K-pop star Lisa has an as yet undisclosed role in the third season of hit HBO series The White Lotus, set in luxury resorts, Variety reports. Filming will begin in Thailand this month, it says.
Korean boy band Enhypen thrill 32,000 fans – known as Engenes – over three nights at the Galaxy Arena in Macau, belting out their hits in three-hour performances as part of their ongoing Fate world tour.
Superstar K-pop boy band BTS may be on hiatus for members’ military service, but you would not know it – they have been singing, dancing, releasing songs and keeping interest high for their return.
Girl group Aespa’s members have digital avatars. Girl group Eternity is entirely virtual. Coming soon: virtual K-pop artists singing songs written by AI. That has human K-pop composers worried.
K-pop group Tomorrow X Together talk about their new album The Name Chapter: Freefall, working with Brazilian pop superstar Anitta and the Jonas Brothers and why ‘we just have to keep moving’.
Blackpink members Rosé, Jisoo, Jennie and Lisa have come to the end of their contracts with YG Entertainment, causing rumours over whether they are breaking up and three members going elsewhere.
Riize, K-pop label SM Entertainment’s newest boy group, have swiftly gained global attention – they only launched this month but racked up a million album pre-orders and more than a million Instagram followers.
BTS’ Jungkook, who turns 26 today, has received well wishes from fans around the world, who have paid for birthday ads on buildings, buses and subway stations to celebrate with the singer.
From the first solo album by V of BTS to the debut of Riize and a new album by rookie group Boynextdoor, the K-pop music releases to look out for in September.
K-pop girl group EL7 U+P, formed on Korean musical survival show Queendom Puzzle, talk about the long road to the group’s formation, competing against each other, and dealing with self-doubt and criticism.
How many times have you crooned along to a song during a Korean drama viewing marathon? We rank our 15 favourite K-drama soundtracks, from Netflix hit Squid Game to oldie but goody Secret Garden.
Monsta X group members Shownu and Hyungwon have debuted as a new subunit, releasing their first album, ‘The Unseen’, this week, featuring the lead single ‘Love Me A Little’.
K-pop girl group Oh My Girl’s recently released ninth mini-album, Golden Hourglass, is filled with bright, summery songs. They reveal which song is dedicated to their fans and what else they have been working on.
From Jihyo of Twice’s solo debut to the first mini-album by Mamamoo+ to TVXQ’s U-Know Yunho’s newest EP, all the K-pop releases to look forward to in August 2023.
A 15-second cameo by Hong Kong actor Tony Leung in K-pop girl group NewJeans’ new music video for ‘Cool with You’, also featuring Squid Game’s Jung Ho-yeon, has generated delight online.
K-pop boy group NCT Dream’s third-full length album, ISTJ, bases its concept around the MBTI online personality test – but what do the members really think of the results it produces?
ZeroBaseOne (ZB1), a new K-pop boy group made up of contestants from South Korean audition programme Boys Planet, have racked up more than 1 million pre-orders for ‘Youth in the Shade’.
If you ask 8Turn, the K-pop boy group have a lot in common with budae jjigae – Korean “army base stew”: both represent diversity and harmony. They talk about new album Uncharted Drift and their musical goals.