Nine years into its career, K-pop act Red Velvet continues to set new records with every music release, this time, with their new album "The ReVe Festival 2022 - Birthday." On Monday, the quintet returned to the music scene with the new EP "Birthday." The release is the latest from the act's musical series "The ReVe Festival 2022," which kicked off in March with album "Feel My Rhythm." Ahead of...

More never-before-seen collaborations, one featuring Stray Kids' production trio 3Racha, music director Jung Jae-il of Oscar winner "Parasite" and legendary hip-hop artist Tiger JK, as well as another between K-pop act (G)I-dle and rock band Jaurim, are also in the works. Other performers include Kara, Hyolyn, Forestella, Bibi, Zico, Lim Young-woong, NiziU, INI and the crews of Mnet's popular da...

The Top 10 artists also included boy bands Seventeen and NCT Dream, ballad duet MeloMance and rapper Be'O. Other winners also include Le Sserafim, for the best female performance and the hot trend special award, Tomorrow X Together, for the best male performance, Monsta X, for the global artist award, Stay C, for global rising artist, and Enhypen, for the 1theK Global Icon Award. The best perfor...

The 2022 Qatar World Cup kicked off Sunday with K-pop super-band BTS' member Jungkook unveiling a new tournament song during the opening ceremony. As the first South Korean singer to release a song for a World Cup soundtrack, Jungkook performed "Dreamers" live during the opening ceremony at Al-Bayt Stadium in Qatar. The song's feature artist Fahad Al Kubaisi performed with Jungkook on Sunday. T...

She hinted that her next album will have a different more romantic color. "My next album will be about love and self-reflection," she said. "Its story will also take place in year 2044. I'm thinking about the title of the album. It could be 'The real kid' or 'The story of a female singer.'" The music videos revealed from the album and the songs have all been prohibited from television broadcast...

Seo, one of the attorneys representing Omega X, said, "It wasn't just harassment, but she would touch the thigh and stick her face so close to the member's that he could feel her breath. This is a case of abuse of power, and if the victims had been female, (the assaulter) would have been heavily punished." According to Seo, Kang was seemingly nice to the band after its debut under Spire Entertai...

The Mama Awards, the annual K-pop celebration hosted by CJ ENM, are taking another leap forward in efforts to evolve into a global K-pop festival. Ahead of the 2022 Mama Awards set to take place at the end of the month in Japan, a global press conference about the event took place Wednesday at CJ ENM Studio in Sangam-dong, western Seoul. A lineup of special performers for this year's ceremony, ...

She explained that "Blood Moon" was her favorite among the three non-singles because she personally favors her lower vocal tones. She added the bass-heavy tune well expresses the song's fantastical atmosphere. YooA, whose real name is Lyu Siah, is a seasoned singer in K-pop terms, having debuted as a member of Oh My Girl in April 2015. "If I had focused on delivering the unique lovely and buoya...

Bobby, a member of K-pop boy band iKon, will not renew his contract with the act's agency YG Entertainment and the industry and fans are left wondering about the future of the group and what the next steps are for the rapper. According to industry sources on Tuesday, Bobby of iKon will not extend his exclusive contract with YG Entertainment. An industry insider, who claims to be familiar with Y...

BTS, which will begin its military hiatus with Jin's enlistment at the end of this year, is expected to return as a group between 2025 and 2027, according to its agency Hybe. The company is currently working on the members' solo releases to minimize the impact of the absence of group activities, Kim explained. Even though BTS are set to carry out their service, Kim added the discussion on granti...

Jung debuted as a musician in 2011 as a member of K-pop idol group Apink. The group were hugely popular at the time, and Jung, with her explosive vocal prowess as a singer and prominence on TV variety shows, quickly made a name for herself in the entertainment scene. She also debuted as an actor in 2012 with tvN's megahit drama series "Reply 1997," and has steadily expanded her acting career sinc...

Thursday’s press conference also marked the first time for Yong to speak in front of local press after he was implicated in an illegal sex video scandal involving several local entertainers, including Seungri and Jung Joon-young, in March 2019. Yong was accused of being among the members inside a group chat where illicitly taken sex videos were shared. Yong was later cleared after an investigatio...

Park spoke about Hybe's vision under the briefing's core theme of "co-evolution." "I believe that the path of evolution should be one of mutual growth with Hybe community. Hybe has been able to expand and grow without boundaries because it has evolved through the exchange and development of influences with fans, talented artists and partners in various industries," Park said, adding, "Hybe will ...

Several girl groups took home some big awards, with Ive, (G)I-dle and Red Velvet each bagging two trophies. Reigning the charts ever since its debut last year, the super rookie Ive was named best new female artist and best style. (G)I-dle nabbed the best record prize and best female group, while Red Velvet was named best performing female artists and nabbed the best music video award. Other winn...

The post, which was made on Omega X's new Instagram account, came with an image of 11 hands piled together, seemingly representing the firm solidarity among the bandmates. In closing their statement, the members said, "We will continue chasing our dreams like now. We will stand in front of our fans again with good music and performances. The eleven members with the same goal, and the fans who sh...