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Hong Yoo
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Fifty Fifty’s Keena to attend 2023 BBMAs
Keena of the K-pop girl group Fifty Fifty is heading to Los Angeles on Thursday to attend the 2023 Billboard Music Awards, according to Attrakt. The Billboard Music Awards is an annual award ceremony to celebrate music’s greatest achievements and hottest names in music today. The event takes place in Las Vegas on Sunday. Fifty Fifty has been nominated for the event’s Top Duo/Group and Top Global K-Pop Song award categories. The group successfully debuted on Billboard’s Hot 100
K-pop Nov. 13, 2023
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Jessica ends 6-year hiatus with new EP
K-pop singer Jessica is set to release a new mini album for the first time in six years on Nov. 22. The new album, “Beep Beep,” will carry a total of six tracks led by a titular track which shares the name of the album. Jessica also announced on her official social media that she is holding a tour in Asia, including stops in Singapore and Macao, after the release of her new album. It remains unclear whether the singer will be promoting her upcoming album in South Korea as she has
K-pop Nov. 13, 2023
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Jungkook adopts guerilla tactics for 'Golden' promotion
Jungkook of BTS returned to Seoul on Saturday after holding a surprise concert on Friday at Times Square in New York. He performed his latest single “Standing Next to You” from his solo album “Golden,” and other solo singles including “Seven (feat. Latto)” and “3D (feat. Jack Harlow)” on stage. Jungkook also performed tracks from his new album, “Yes or No” and “Please Don’t Change (feat. DJ Snake)” for the first time.
K-pop Nov. 12, 2023
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[Herald Interview] Singer-songwriter Oohyo keeps her distance
Singer-songwriter Oohyo hopes to maintain a “safe distance” between music and her personal life to make relatable songs for those who tune into her songs. “I want to tell a good story through music at a safe distance. By keeping a safe distance, I mean that I want to convey an abstract but easily relatable story instead of sharing my personal experiences. I want my music to remind one of a good story,” said Oohyo in her interview with The Korea Herald. Nine years into her
K-pop Nov. 11, 2023
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[Herald Interview] Kiss of Life continues to describe different aspects of freedom through music
Kiss of Life say they were born to be artists. Not only do they love producing music, singing and dancing, but they are also good at it. “We also have a common interest in spreading positive energy with our musical talents. We love music and we are happiest when performing on stage,” said Belle, the main vocalist of Kiss of Life. Just five months into its debut, the band has already won public recognition for its unique music style, as well as dancing and vocal talents. “We wer
K-pop Nov. 10, 2023
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Jungkook welcomes 'golden moment' of his life with 1st solo album
Jungkook of BTS presents his journey since debuting on the K-pop scene, showing that he is now living the “golden moment” of his life, in his first official solo album, “Golden” which dropped Friday. "Golden” carries 11 tracks and is led by the title track, “Standing Next to You.” Jungkook’s previously released singles “Seven” and “3D” are also included in this album. “The title track is of the retro funk genre an
K-pop Nov. 3, 2023
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Viviz goes all out for 4th EP ‘Versus’
The members of K-pop girl group Viviz poured all their energy and efforts into creating the group's fourth EP “Versus” over the course of their 10-month break. “We used a lot of our time to come up with an album that can show various facets of our group, Viviz. We wanted to show that we are a group with a wide spectrum,” said Viviz in a press release Thursday. The trio’s fourth EP is led by the title track “Maniac” and four sidetracks “Unti
K-pop Nov. 2, 2023
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TVXQ to hold 20th-anniversary concert next month
Legendary K-pop boy group TVXQ is celebrating its 20th debut anniversary by holding a standalone concert on Dec. 30-31 in Seoul. According to SM Entertainment, the concert is titled “20&2” and the venue will be announced soon. TVXQ’s offline standalone concert in South Korea comes for the first time in four years and nine months. The duo is expected to perform the singles comprising its ninth LP, which is set to be released before the concert on Dec. 26, as well as its prev
K-pop Nov. 2, 2023
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Weeekly invites listeners to enter universe where dreams come true
K-pop girl group Weeekly hopes to reach new heights with its fifth EP, “ColoRise,” which was released Wednesday. The release marks the group's comeback after a year and seven months. “For fans who have waited for us, we wanted to show you that we made use of this time to enhance our talents. This album is proof that we are ready to show that we are capable of taking on new music genres,” said Park So-eun of Weeekly during a press conference in Seoul on Wednesday. W
K-pop Nov. 1, 2023
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Davichi to return with new single next month
K-pop pop-ballad duo Davichi is returning with a new single on Nov. 15, according to WakeOne Entertainment. The duo’s last release was their sixth EP “Season Note” in May last year. Davichi, consisting of Lee Hae-ri and Kang Min-kyung, made its debut in February 2008 with its first studio album “Amaranth.” Since its debut, the duo has made a name for themselves with outstanding vocals that go in harmony with one another. Prior to the upcoming release, Davichi is hol
K-pop Nov. 1, 2023
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K-pop targets global audience with English lyrics
The ratio of English words used in K-pop songs is rapidly increasing in line with the genre's popularity overseas. English words took up 41.3 percent of the lyrics of K-pop girl groups’ releases that landed on Circle Chart’s Digital Chart Top 100 in the first half of this year, according to Circle Chart. This is an increase of 18.9 percentage points compared to 2018, when the figure marked 22.4 percent. Breaking it down by group, 53.6 percent of the words in (G)I-dle’s rel
K-pop Oct. 31, 2023
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Taemin of SHINee returns solo with 4th EP ‘Guilty’
Taemin of SHINee returned to the music scene with a solo album for the first time in two years and five months on Monday. His fourth mini album, “Guilty,” is led by the title track “Guilty,” and carries five other tracks including “The Rizzness,” “She Loves Me, She Loves Me Not,” “Not Over You,” “Night Away” and “Blue.” “I tried to portray my identity in this album by accentuating my musical characteris
K-pop Oct. 30, 2023
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JYP's Japanese girl group NiziU debuts in Korea with single album ‘Press Play’
JYP Entertainment’s Japanese girl group NiziU officially debuted in South Korea with its first Korean single album, “Press Play,” on Monday. The nine-member group debuted in December 2020 as part of the agency’s project to localize K-pop in different places, “Globalization by Localization.” NiziU was trained under JYP’s strategic K-pop training system, which focuses on differentiating the group from other local bands bands through developing a K-pop iden
K-pop Oct. 30, 2023
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NiziU wins best pop video at MTV VMAJs
JYP Entertainment’s girl group NiziU has won the best pop video award at the MTV Video Music Awards Japan 2023. According to MTV, NiziU’s titular track of its 5th single album “Paradise,” also the theme song of “Doraemon the Movie,” won as this year’s best pop video. Before this, NiziU had received the best dance video award at MTV VMAJ in 2020 with its pre-debut single “Make You Happy,” and the best buzz award -- given to artists who have ge
K-pop Oct. 29, 2023
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[팟캐스트] (531) ‘나의 아저씨’의 추락…이선균 이번 주 경찰 소환/ 삼성SDI, 현대차와 첫 배터리 공급 계약 체결
진행자: 홍유, Beth Eunhee Hong 1. From ‘Parasite’ actor to chaebol scion, drug use back in spotlight 기사 요약: 마약 투약 혐의로 내사를 받고 있는 배우 이선균이 이번 주 중 경찰에 소환돼 조사를 받을 예정이다. [1] Lee Sun-kyun, known for his role in Oscar-winning movie “Parasite,” could be summoned for questioning sometime this week, reports said Sunday, citing police, as part of an expanding investigation into suspected drug use involving the actor and seven others. *summon: 소환하다, 호출하다, 소집하다 [2] According to the
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