K-pop girl group WJSN at KCON Seoul 2022 in Seoul on May 8, 2022. A controversy is brewing over the group’s recent win on the popular TV series Queendom 2. Photo: AFP
K-pop girl group WJSN at KCON Seoul 2022 in Seoul on May 8, 2022. A controversy is brewing over the group’s recent win on the popular TV series Queendom 2. Photo: AFP
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Tamar Herman

K-pop in 2022 so far: Le Sserafim chaos, WJSN’s Queendom 2 win confusion, concert tours missing stars – it’s been an up and down year

  • The scandal surrounding Le Sserafim’s Kim Garam, and a brewing one over WJSN, are examples of how the K-pop world is in a state of flux
  • Things are more positive in terms of music, with addictive recent hits like That That from Psy and BTS’s Suga, (G)I-dle’s Tomboy, and IVE’s Love Dive

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Updated: 6:45am, 8 Jun, 2022

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K-pop girl group WJSN at KCON Seoul 2022 in Seoul on May 8, 2022. A controversy is brewing over the group’s recent win on the popular TV series Queendom 2. Photo: AFP
K-pop girl group WJSN at KCON Seoul 2022 in Seoul on May 8, 2022. A controversy is brewing over the group’s recent win on the popular TV series Queendom 2. Photo: AFP
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