[Exclusive] Epik High to hold concert at Inspire next month

Epik High is set to hold its first concert of the year next month. The group is holding a standalone concert on March 16 at the Inspire Arena, according to an industry insider. The concert comes three months after the hip-hop trio’s 20th-anniversary concert at the SK Olympic Handball Arena in Seoul on Dec. 15-17. The trio was also on a world tour titled “All Time High Tour” last year, performing in 36 cities in seven countries in Asia, Europe and North America. Epik High debute

K-popFeb. 15, 2024

[Today’s K-pop] (G)I-dle logs 300m views with ‘Tomboy,’ ‘Queencard’ videos

(G)I-dle garnered 300 million views each with the music videos for “Tomboy” and “Queencard,” according to agency Cube Entertainment on Wednesday. The music video for “Tomboy” reached the milestone on Feb. 7, becoming the group’s first to achieve the feat. Queencard” followed four days later. “Tomboy” is the main track from the group's first studio album “I Never Die” from 2022 and “Queencard” fronted its s

K-popFeb. 14, 2024

Jennie, Jungkook climb back up Billboard charts

Jennie of Blackpink and Jungkook of BTS are climbing back up Billboard’s main album and single charts. According to Billboard, the song “One Of The Girls” by Jennie, Lily-Rose Depp and The Weeknd rose to a new peak of No. 57, up from No. 58 the previous week, on Billboard’s Hot 100 dated Feb. 17. “One Of The Girls” is one of the original soundtracks of the HBO series “The Idol,” in which Jennie starred. This makes Jennie the first female K-pop solo

K-popFeb. 14, 2024

Ten of NCT debuts solo with first EP 'Ten’

From Latin pop to hip-hop, Ten of NCT challenged himself with diverse music genres for his first official solo album, “Ten,” released on Tuesday. “I’ve waited for this moment for so long. I put my own ideas, including the album concept, into this album after thorough and continuous discussion with the staff of my agency. So, I was able to enjoy every process of coming up with this solo album,” said Ten when introducing his first EP during a press conference in Seoul

K-popFeb. 13, 2024

[Today’s K-pop] Stray Kids to meet fans in Seoul next month

Stray Kids will host a fan meetup in Seoul on March 29-31, announced label JYP Entertainment on Tuesday. The eight-member act’s fourth official fan meet is named “Magic School,” and the last day’s show will be broadcast online as well. It take place about nine months since the group's previous fan meeting. Meanwhile, the band is shortlisted for “Group/Duo of the Year” by the People’s Choice Awards that will be announced on Feb. 18 in the US. It al

K-popFeb. 13, 2024

Tang Wei stars in music video for IU’s upcoming single

Chinese actress Tang Wei will star in a music video for the singer-songwriter and actress IU’s upcoming album. Tang will appear in the music video of the side B track, “Shh…” in IU’s sixth mini album, “The Winning,” according to Edam Entertainment. In the teaser for the music video, released on YouTube Tuesday, Tang Wei appears inside a car leaning her face against the steering wheel and gazing out the window. The screen then turns black and white, and

K-popFeb. 13, 2024

Ambitious rookies to unveil new albums in February

Several rookie boy groups who have debuted less than a year ago are making a comeback in February. The 10-member group n.SSign, which debuted in August last year, will return with a second mini album, "Happy &," on Feb. 15. The group has successfully kicked off their overseas career, holding three solo concerts at Ariake Arena in Tokyo even before their official debut. In the pre-released concept photos, the members wear boyish outfits with vivid colors, expressing playful energy.

K-popFeb. 10, 2024

[Today’s K-pop] Blackpink’s Lisa sets up own company

  Lisa of Blackpink announced Thursday that she is establishing her own label, Lloud. With a photograph of herself wearing an androgynous suit, she wrote that it is a platform through which she will be able to showcase her vision for music and entertainment and asked fans to join the exciting journey that will navigate across new boundaries. She set her fans abuzz the previous day with a post that only said “Coming Soon.” The four members of the superstar group decided to let YG

K-popFeb. 8, 2024

SM to debut British K-pop boy group

K-pop powerhouse SM Entertainment is set to debut four new K-pop acts including NCT Wish this year. The frontrunner is NCT Wish which is to debut at the label concert, “SMTown Live,” slated to be held at the Tokyo Dome in Japan on Feb. 21, according to SM Entertainment on Thursday. NCT Wish is the last subunit of NCT. Other subunits include NCT U, NCT 127, NCT Dream and WayV. SM also plans to launch a new girl group, its first virtual artist naevis known as aespa’s Kwangya help

K-popFeb. 8, 2024

Fifty Fifty to return with new members in June

K-pop girl group Fifty Fifty is set to start anew with new members joining Keena in June. “We’ve started reorganizing Fifty Fifty around Keena. The lineup will be confirmed in April and the group will release a new single in June,” announced Attrakt, the agency representing Fifty Fifty, in a press release Thursday. Fifty Fifty debuted as a quartet with Keena, Aran, Sio and Saena in November 2022. But Aran, Sio and Saena left the group as Attrakt terminated its exclusive contrac

K-popFeb. 8, 2024

[Today’s K-pop] Enhypen encore in US

    Enhypen will return to the US for encore tour Fate Plus, agency Belift Lab announced on Wednesday. The seven members will visit five cities in the country, starting in Anaheim, California on April 24. They will head over to Oakland; Tacoma, Washington; and Rosemont, Illinois before wrapping up the stateside leg at Belmont Park in San Diego on May 3. They are returning to the US about seven months after they went live in six cities for the “Fate” tour. The final des

K-popFeb. 7, 2024

Is Shinsegae scion debuting as girl group member?

Some photos of possible members to debut as a K-pop girl group under The Black Label went viral early this week, leading the agency to announce they are launching a girl group in the first half of this year. Among those in the leaked photos was Moon Seo-yoon, a granddaughter of Shinsegae Group Chairwoman Lee Myung-hee and the eldest daughter of Chung Yoo-kyung, president of Shinsegae’s department store business. In the photo, she is seen posing with other girls including actress and model

K-popFeb. 7, 2024

Le Sserafim's agency to hold audition for new girl group

Source Music, the agency of trending girl group Le Sserafim, announced that it will hold an audition, seeking members for the next-generation girl group. Source Music released the poster for the 2024 Source Music Audition on social media and the company's official website, announcing the audition schedule. Auditions will be held in six cities, starting with Seoul on March 2, followed by Daejeon on March 3, Busan on March 9, Gwangju and Daegu on March 10, and Jeju on March 16. It is Source M

K-popFeb. 7, 2024

IU collaborates with Tweety Bird for upcoming album

Singer-songwriter and actor IU is collaborating with Tweety Bird, the famous yellow canary character from the animated cartoon, “Looney Tunes,” produced and distributed by Warner Bros, to promote her upcoming album. That includes releasing a special version of the upcoming album with Tweety Bird on its cover, and various merchandise, according to Edam Entertainment on Wednesday. IU has some history with this character as she has been using Tweety Bird as the profile picture of her In

K-popFeb. 7, 2024

Le Sserafim pop-up stores to open in Seoul, Tokyo

Pop-up stores marking the comeback of K-pop group Le Sserafim will open in both Korea and Japan, the agency Hybe announced Thursday. In Korea, "Le Sserafim 2024 S/S Pop Up" will open at Geumho Alver in Geumho-dong, Seoul, from Feb. 16 to March 3. The store, which celebrates the release of the group's third mini album "Easy," will be filled with media art that depicts the concept of the upcoming album and fashion items that members wore in the trailer video. At the three-

K-popFeb. 7, 2024

[Today’s K-pop] Ive to meet fans in March

Ive will host fan meetups in Seoul on March 9 and 10, Starship Entertainment announced Monday. The second day’s live event will be broadcast online as well. The poster for the fan meeting was themed after the office of a fashion magazine, as the title “Magazine Ive” suggests, and showed the six bandmates in roles such as an editor and a photographer. The idols said they were happy and excited to meet fans at the event through the agency, adding they are preparing a lot to crea

K-popFeb. 6, 2024

More confident than ever, P1Harmony returns as 'heroes'

P1Harmony returned to the K-pop scene Monday with its first studio album, “Killin’ It,” exuding confidence following the group's successful world tour and performance at the Jingle Ball concert in the US. “Three years after our debut, we are finally introducing our studio album. We are happy but nervous at the same time. We tried to put a lot of our group’s strengths into this album," said Keeho of P1Harmony during a press conference in Seoul on Monday. Al

K-popFeb. 6, 2024

[Today’s K-pop] Twice tops iTunes chart in 41 regions with pre-release

Twice landed atop iTunes' top songs chart in 41 regions with single “I Got You,” according to label JYP Entertainment on Monday. It is a new record for the nine-member act, which is set to bring out its 13th EP, “With YOU-th,” on Feb. 23. “I Got You” is an English-language single that was dropped in advance to the full release. It is the group’s third song in English, after “The Feels” and “Moonlight Sunrise.” “The Feels&rd

K-popFeb. 5, 2024

IU to present 2 lead tracks for 6th EP, collaborates with NewJeans’ Hyein

Singer-songwriter and actress IU took part in the production of her sixth EP, “The Winning,” to be released on Feb. 20, according to Edam Entertainment. IU is recognized as a talented music producer, having participated in album production since her fourth EP “Chat-shire” in 2015. The upcoming extended play will be led by two title tracks — “Shopper” and “Spore.” Composer John Lee who has previously worked with IU on her hit tracks “Leo

K-popFeb. 5, 2024

Health concerns grow for (G)I-dle with members falling ill back to back

A string of health issues plaguing (G)I-dle members is impeding the group’s promotion of the new album, “2.” (G)I-dle’s Shuhua is taking a break from group activities due to health concerns, according to Cube Entertainment. “Shuhua has not been feeling well since Friday, and plans to suspend all of the schedule planned,” announced Cube Entertainment via fan community platform Weverse on Saturday. The group had been scheduled to hold a fan signing event that da

K-popFeb. 4, 2024