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[Today’s K-pop] NCT Wish to meet Korean fans for 1st time
NCT Wish will take the stage as part of a concert in Seoul for the first time on March 4, announced label SM Entertainment on Thursday. The band of six members are set to debut on Feb. 21, at the label’s all-star concert that will be held at Tokyo Dome. They will drop debut single “Wish” on Feb. 28 and the titular track will be included in the set list for the Seoul gig, dubbed “NCT Wish’s Wishlist.” The bandmates will also talk about their preparations for
K-pop Feb. 15, 2024
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[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-pop Feb. 14, 2024
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[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-pop Feb. 13, 2024
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[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-pop Feb. 8, 2024
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[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-pop Feb. 7, 2024
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[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-pop Feb. 6, 2024
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[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-pop Feb. 5, 2024
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[Today’s K-pop] Astro’s Cha Eunwoo to show depth as solo act
Cha Eunwoo of Astro floated teaser video for his upcoming first solo album on Friday. The singer and actor demonstrates his acting chops in the 50-second clip, driving a car in the rain before lighting up a cigarette with tears in his eyes. The clip also unveiled the title of the solo album: “Entity.” Cha recently finished shooting the music video for the album in Los Angeles, according to his agency Fantagio. He was recently spotted with American actor India Eisley, sparking rumors
K-pop Feb. 2, 2024
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[Today’s K-pop] Babymonster tops iTunes chart in 8 regions with pre-release
Rookie girl group Babymonster topped iTunes top songs chart in eight regions, according to label YG Entertainment on Thursday. The group topped the chart with “Stuck In The Middle,” a pop ballad tune and English-language single released Wednesday in advance to the release of its first EP, which is due out on April 1. The six-member act debuted in November with “Batter Up” which renewed the record for a K-pop group’s debut song, generating 22.59 mi
K-pop Feb. 1, 2024
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[Today’s K-pop] Stray Kids to headline Italy, UK festivals
Stray Kids will make headline performances at music festivals in Milan, Italy and London this summer, both a first for a K-pop boy band, said label JYP Entertainment on Wednesday. The band will make its festival debut on I Days and British Summer Time Hyde Parkon July 12 and 14, respectively. The lineup for the Milan gig this year includes Metallica, Doja Cat, Lana Del Rey and Bring Me The Horizon. The supporting lineup for the British festival will be announced soon, sa
K-pop Jan. 31, 2024
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[Today’s K-pop] (G)I-dle tops iTunes chart in 24 regions with 2nd LP
(G)I-dle's second studio album "Two" topped the iTunes top albums chart in 24 regions, according to agency Cube Entertainment on Tuesday. The LP also was No. 1 on Apple Music’s top albums chart in eight regions. The album was released on Monday and had more than 1.8 million pre-orders, becoming the group’s second million-selling album after its sixth EP “I Feel” from last year. The LP sold over 860,000 copies on the first day, a record for the quintet. Minnie a
K-pop Jan. 30, 2024
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[Today’s K-pop] Seventeen to go encore in Korea, Japan
Seventeen is adding more dates to its tour, announced agency Pledis Entertainment on Monday. The 13-member act will perform in Incheon on March 30-31 and in Osaka and Kanagawa, Japan on May 18-19 and May 25-26, respectively. All venues are stadiums, with Nissan Stadium in Kanagawa being the largest in the country and accommodating about 70,000 audience members. The band will be the second K-pop boy band to hold a concert there, after TVXQ. The bandmates have toured Asia since July last year, pe
K-pop Jan. 29, 2024
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[Today’s K-pop] BTS logs 1.4b views with ‘Mic Drop’ remix video
The music video for BTS’ 2017 hit song “Mic Drop (Steve Aoki Remix)” surpassed 1.4 billion views on YouTube on Friday, said label Big Hit Music. It is the band’s 14th music video to hit the milestone, following those of “Dynamite,” “Boy With Luv (feat. Halsey)” and “DNA.” “Mic Drop” is from its fifth EP “LOVE YOURSELF 承 ‘Her’” and DJ Steve Aoki spun it into an electro trap number which topped iTunes
K-pop Jan. 26, 2024
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[Today’s K-pop] NCT’s Taeyong to drop 2nd solo album next month
Taeyong of NCT is gearing up to return again as a solo musician, according to SM Entertainment on Thursday. He will bring out his second solo album on Feb. 26, approximately eight months since his first EP, “Shalala.” He was the first of the boy band to drop a solo album -- seven years after the group's debut. The previous EP topped iTunes top albums chart in 31 regions, as did the title track on top songs charts for 14 regions. The musician participated in writing the words and mel
K-pop Jan. 25, 2024
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[Today’s K-pop] NewJeans ties Blackpink’s record on Billboard 200
NewJeans’ second EP ranked No. 197 on Billboard 200, extending its stay on the main albums chart to 26 weeks, said agency Ador on Wednesday. This ties the record streak Blackpink set with first full album “The Album,” and is bested only by BTS. The rookie group’s EP “Get Up” debuted atop Billboard 200 in August and “Super Shy,” one of the three focus tracks, enjoyed an eight-week stay on Billboard’s Hot 100, peaking at No. 48. The single is
K-pop Jan. 24, 2024
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