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This South Korean-Chinese boy band is made up of Xiumin, Suho, Lay, Baekhyun, Chen, Chanyeol, D.O., Kai and Sehun. With broad influences that range from pop and hip hop to house and synth-pop, Exo continue to surprise almost a decade into their career.
- After a record label chose not to work with Kyler Niko because they did not know how to market him as an Asian artist, he thought about giving up music entirely
- A fateful encounter with the founder of music company InnerV8 Musiq set him on a different path: writing K-pop songs for the likes of Exo, NCT, Twice and Aespa
While some performers like Blackpink’s Jennie go solo quick, others like Nayeon, Exo’s D.O., Kai and Baekhyun, GFriend’s Yerin and Lovelyz’s Baby Soul must wait years longer.
Chinese pop star Lay, also known as Lay Zhang Yixing, took to Instagram and Twitter on the 10th anniversary of Exo’s debut to announce he is quitting the group’s music label.
K-pop idols do love a bit of luxury, but how do they splash out on the glitz and glamour for their bandmates, backup dancers and other staff members?
Twitter saw 7.8 billion conversations about K-culture in 2021, led by tweets about K-pop groups BTS, NCT, Enhypen, EXO and Blackpink. Two southeast Asian countries were the biggest sources of tweets about K-pop.
Our 25 favourite K-pop albums of 2021, from Twice’s Formula of Love to NCT 127’s Favorite and Kang Daniel’s Yellow.
From BTS’ Idol to Blackpink’s How you Like That, K-pop music videos often blend traditional Korean cultural elements – hanbok dress, ceremonies, music – with modern choreography. Here are seven examples.
A YouTube project with SM Entertainment, home to NCT, Girls’ Generation and Super Junior, to present old music video to a new generation has so far seen videos from H.O.T. and S.E.S. uploaded.
Exo’s leader Suho and rapper Zico of Block B will be let out early next year – should we expect to see more full-group music in the near future?
Avatars of Blackpink holding a virtual fan event, fans invited to create music videos based on their idols’ music and moves, girl group Aespa’s virtual members – K-pop’s digital environments are growing.
G-Dragon’s eventful time in the military saw him setting a fashion trend with his green army slippers, while Descendants of the Sun star Song Joong-ki was accused of stealing a snack
The new romance series will see the return of K-drama queen Song Hye-kyo after a two-year hiatus alongside heartthrob Jang Ki-yong, who plays a wealthy photographer
From BTS’s Jimin and Exo’s Baekhyun to Stray Kids’ Felix and Shinee’s Taemin, these idols are pushing the boundaries of men’s make-up.
The label of K-pop groups Exo, NCT and WayV, SM Entertainment has vowed to take legal action against obsessive fans who stalk their idols, invade their private lives and chase them in taxis.
Fame can find you when you least expect it – that’s definitely been the case for these six K-pop idols, anyway
From Han Geng to Lay Zhang to Jackson Wang, Chinese K-pop stars have helped Korean pop develop a big following in China. Now it faces growing competition from C-pop.
K-pop giants Twice, Exo, NCT Seventeen and Mamamoo all released singles or albums in June, and here are the must-listens from some of the biggest boy bands and girl groups in the business.
At an ‘SM Congress’, K-pop label SM Entertainment reveals potential plans for new music from NCT, Aespa and other artists – as well as what fans can expect from its SM ‘creative universe’.
K-pop stars have been busy in 2021, keeping their fans happy with new releases. From Taste of Love by Twice to Exo’s Don’t Fight the Feeling, here are our 10 best albums of the year so far.
From BTS’s anniversary celebrations to Aespa’s music videos and Exo’s general concept, the K-pop genre has seen plenty of science-fiction fuelled material as of late.
K-pop boy band’s new album sees the return of Lay, D.O. and Xiumin, but two members are absent on military service.
From dissing Lee Seung-gi and Lee Da-in’s relationship with messages on a truck to going silent during SNSD’s Dream Concert performance in 2008 – K-pop fans are as vocally critical as they are supportive
New music in June from K-pop bands including Twice, Seventeen, Exo, NCT 127 and Monsta X is sure to get the summer off to a sizzling start.
With agency rules against relationships, stars get creative by meeting potential dates through stylists, sneaking contact details via signed CDs and donning hanboks at tourist spots to blend in
A South Korean TV programme reports that K-pop music executives and even professors of university music programmes have benefited by passing off the work of other people, including students, as their own.
Exo, one of the most popular acts in the K-pop industry, will release the new album on June 7, about two months after they celebrated their ninth anniversary.
The duo are the latest in a long line of K-pop stars to use SoundCloud to experiment with their sound.
As he enters Korean military service, we look back on a star who always wanted to be a singer, but almost enrolled at the Seoul Institute of the Arts – before he was spotted by SM Entertainment in front of the admissions hall
