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SHINee’s Key features in remix version of Years & Years’ ‘If You’re Over Me’

SHINee’s Key has lent his voice for English synth pop band Years & Years’ remix version of “If You’re Over Me,” contributing to K-pop’s worldwide expansion. In the remix version of the song, release...

Jul 8, 2018
Music
Japanese idol quits Produce 48 amid controversy

Matsui Jurina is quitting the survival reality TV show “Produce 48” due to health reasons, a decision that came after the Japanese idol star was embroiled in a controversy surrounding her attitude. ...

Jul 8, 2018
Music
Jessie sizzles with summer single ‘Down’

Jessie has unveiled a beach-themed music video for her latest single “Down,” featuring plenty of tight choreography. The 29-year-old singer’s new video for the upbeat song has been watched over 1.5 ...

Jul 8, 2018
Music
Dating fellow idols not an option for Dreamcatcher

Dating fellow idols is not a priority for Dreamcahter for now, the girl group said in a recent interview. In the recent interview with a local magazine bnt, members of the seven-piece band said they...

Jul 8, 2018
Music
One way to interpret BTS’ ‘Love Yourself’ saga

What’s your view? Stages of love depicted in 'Love Yourself' deserve multiple interpretations.

Jul 6, 2018
Music
CNBLUE’s Lee Jung-shin to enlist for military service in end-July

Lee Jung-shin of CNBLUE will leave the K-pop scene to begin his military service on July 31, confirmed the band’s agency FNC Entertainment on Thursday morning. The exact location of his enlistment w...

Jul 5, 2018
Music
GFriend to return with summer EP on July 19

GFriend is ready to join the highly-competitive summer record market. According to the group’s agency Source Music Thursday, the six-piece girl group will release a new summer EP on July 19. The upc...

Jul 5, 2018
Music
K-Pop Academy opens in Belgium

BRUSSELS -- A K-pop Academy providing a chance to learn Korean pop music and dance techniques opened for a four-week run in Belgium earlier this week at the request of Belgian K-pop fans, the Korean ...

Jul 5, 2018
Music
[Album review] Apink’s new album is ‘sick,’ in a bad way

Apink “One & Six” (Loen Entertainment) It may sound like harsh criticism of this group of K-pop sweethearts, but Apink’s new album is sick -- in a bad way. Although Apink has finally reached a po...

Jul 4, 2018
Music
Transgender singer Ha Ri-su readies new album

Ha Ri-su, considered Korea’s first openly transgender celebrity, is set to mark a comeback to the scene with her first solo effort in six years. According to her agency Mystery Friends on Wednesday,...

Jul 4, 2018
Music
BTS retains presence on key Billboard charts for 6th week

BTS has stayed on two key Billboard charts for the sixth consecutive week, the longest record for a Korean music act, its agency said Wednesday. The latest BTS album "Love Yourself: Tear" ranked 30t...

Jul 4, 2018
Music
[Trending] Speculation of BTS collaborations continues

BTS fans are in for a treat as speculation continues to grow over the next collaboration between the K-pop sensation and other pop stars. Canadian pop singer-songwriter Shawn Mendes became the lates...

Jul 3, 2018
Music
‘Here and Now’: Kumho foundation looks back on 20 years of promoting young classical music talents

Kumho Asiana Cultural Foundation will hold “Here and Now” concerts to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Kumho Prodigy Concert Series at Kumho Art Hall in Seoul from July 20-21. Founded in 1998, ...

Jul 3, 2018
Music
Rapper Swings opens fitness center in Seoul

Swings, a Korean rapper who runs his own hip-hop label Just Music Entertainment, is set to open a fitness center named Gym Tipi near Hongik University in Seoul on Wednesday. (Swings`s Instagam) “Go...

Jul 3, 2018
Music
iKon to kick off world tour with Seoul concert

Boy band iKon is back on the world stage, as the seven-member group will begin its world tour with a concert in Seoul in August. YG Entertainment on Monday announced through its official blog the up...

Jul 2, 2018
Music

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