K-pop girl group Everglow met with its Thai fans on Saturday by participating in the Sound Check Festival 2023. The Sound Check Festival, a six-hour K-pop music festival held at Bangkok’s Thunder Dome Stadium, was pumped up with some of the biggest K-pop groups and popular artists from Thailand. Everglow kicked off their performance with their latest tracks “Dun Dun” and “La Di Da.” “The first time we were in Bangkok, we had just made our debut. Back then, we

K-pop March 27, 2023

K-pop sensation NCT is launching a new unit with three of its members Doyoung, Jaehyun and Jungwoo. The trio will make its debut as Dojaejung with its first mini album “Perfume" on April 17, according to SM Entertainment on Monday. The mini album carries a total of six tracks led by the titular track “Perfume,” and five side tracks of diverse genres. Members of Dojaejung are renowned for their outstanding vocal and performance talents as well as for their good looks. They

K-pop March 27, 2023

BTS’ Jimin finally made his official solo debut on Friday with his first solo album “Face.” This solo debut comes almost a decade after Jimin made his debut in the music scene as a member of the K-pop sensation BTS back in 2013. “Because this is my first-ever solo album, I am really nervous. I am excited to see how people will feel about this album as I worked really hard on it. I tried to express different kinds of emotions that I’ve felt in my life with my voice,&

K-pop March 24, 2023

Just in time for spring, when flowers bloom to awaken the hearts of many, K-pop girl group Kep1er is launching its fourth mini album “Lovestruck!” on April 10. The return comes just six months after the group released its third mini album, “Troubleshooter.” Kep1er’s fourth mini album comprises five tracks, led by “Giddy,” alongside “LVLY,” “Back to the City,” “Why” and “Happy Ending.” Swing Entertainment dr

K-pop March 23, 2023

K-pop rookies stole the K-pop scene last year, as many fourth-generation idol groups launched successful debuts. This year awaits yet more rookies ready to debut, and eyes are on who among them will be painting the town red. First in the lineup is the long-awaited debut of YG Entertainment’s new girl group Baby Monster. With the aim of launching the group in the first quarter of this year, YG unveiled seven of its trainees as candidates to debut as Baby Monster. But the agency surprised ma

K-pop March 22, 2023

Tomorrow X Together (TXT) will be among the lead acts at at one of the America's largest music festivals this year. Lollapalooza announced Wednesday the lineup of performers to take part in the festival in Chicago’s Grant Park on Aug. 3 to 6. This will be the second year in a row TXT has performed at the festival and they are the only K-pop group to do so. Also, they are the second Korean musician to take the main stage at the Lollapalooza after J-Hope of BTS. TXT made its US festival

K-pop March 22, 2023

JYP Entertainment’s latest K-pop girl group Nmixx launched its first mini album “expergo” on Monday. “The storyline of this album is a sequel to our previous album as we tried to connect the dots to portray our worldview,” said Haewon, the leader of the group during a media showcase in Seoul. “If you see the music video of our titular track ‘Love Me Like This,’ we deliver wisdom, love and courage to people. In the process, we connect with them and

K-pop March 21, 2023

For the first time since their debut, Le Sserafim hosted a fan meet during the weekend at the Olympic Hall in Seoul. The fan meet, called “Fearnada 2023 S/S,” featured special performances by the five-member K-pop girl group for their fandom Fearnot. Le Sserafim kicked off the event with a performance of “No Celestial,” a side track of their second mini album, and “Antifragile,” the titular track of the same album. “Through this moment, Fearnot and we wi

K-pop March 20, 2023

Unlike other entertainment agencies with separate training and development teams for each label, Hybe has only one T&D department in charge of educating and nurturing the trainees of all its labels. That’s the key to Hybe’s differentiated competitiveness in the K-pop scene, according to the leader of the T&D department at Hybe, Shin Seon-jeong. “We are in charge of educating and nurturing trainees in a way that fits the color of each different label to create the best s

K-pop March 20, 2023

It’s been 10 months since BTS began its hiatus from group activities as the members needed to take some time off to fulfill their mandatory military service. Jin, the oldest in the group, was the first member to enlist in the Army in December last year. Since then, Jin has been sharing his moments in the Army with fans by posting pictures on social media. Last week, Jin posted a picture of himself in his military uniform with other BTS members J-Hope and Jimin, who had come to pay him a vi

K-pop March 16, 2023

A “stepping stone” is what K-pop boy band Trendz hopes for with their second single album, “Blue Set Chapter: New Dayz.” “We are now in the second year of our career as Trendz. Last year was a blessing for us because we could do a lot of performances and appearances. But we have this mindset that, just like the title track of this album ,'New Dayz,' we will start anew," said Havit of Trendz during the group’s interview with The Korea Herald on T

K-pop March 15, 2023

Kai of EXO returned to the K-pop scene with his third mini album, “Rover,” Monday. The solo effort comes a year and four months since his second mini album, “Peaches," which was released in November 2021. The album consists of six tracks led by the eponymous jam, along with “Black Mirror,” “Slidin’,” “Bomba,” “Say You Love Me” and “Sinner.” Different from his previous albums that were centered on groovy R&am

K-pop March 13, 2023

K-pop girl group aespa is taking part in the American outdoor music festival Outside Lands Music & Arts Festival, the first K-pop band to do so. The festival consists of around 90 different performances on six different stages to be held on Aug. 11 to 13 at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco. The festival also hosts diverse events and booths with foods representing different regions in America. More than 220,000 people flock to the annual festival which, this year, will feature Kendrick Lamar

K-pop March 8, 2023

The application for an arrest warrant for rapper Ravi charged with trying to dodge mandatory military service by faking epilepsy was dismissed on Monday. According to Seoul Southern District Court, the arrest warrant was rejected as the judge who held an investigation to determine the warrant’s validity decided that the accused is unlikely to run away or seek destruction of evidence. The court saw that there was no need to hold him in custody for investigation as Ravi has pleaded guilty to

K-pop March 7, 2023

Onew of SHINee welcomed the beginning of spring with his first-ever solo concert, “O-New Note,” filling the space with different fragrances while his mellow voice warmed things up. The concert, which was held for three days starting Friday at Olympic Hall in Seoul, was lit with the aqua-colored fan lights of SHINee’s fan community, Shawol. As soon as the concert began with the main stage opening up, everyone in the hall stood up ready to enjoy the gig to the fullest. Onew, dres

K-pop March 6, 2023