Rose of Blackpink is demonstrating her global presence, with the teaser clip for her solo debut having surpassed 40 million views on YouTube in just three weeks. 　 The 33-second trailer is said to be a part of the video for “Gone,” a song from her solo debut album. She performed it for the first time Jan. 31 at Blackpink’s first livestreamed concert, “The Show.” 　 Rose, who turned 25 last week, will be the second band member to have a solo project. She has

K-pop Feb. 17, 2021

Monsta X announced Tuesday that the band will meet its fans online and offline in March. 　 Via its official social media channels, the band’s company, Starship Entertainment, said it will host a two-day fan meet and concert March 6-7 at a venue in Seoul. The event will be held offline and broadcast live through the band’s channel on Naver’s V Live. 　 Seating arrangements will comply with the government’s COVID-19 guidelines and may need to be adjusted if the social di

K-pop Feb. 16, 2021

  NCT 127 unveiled the focus track from its forthcoming Japanese EP on Monday. 　 The song, titled “Gimme Gimme,” is a progressive hip-hop number and a direct statement from a guy in love. The video for “Gimme Gimme” will come out at 6 p.m. via the band’s YouTube channel, and the band will perform the song onstage for the first time at 10 p.m. Monday on the TBS music program “CDTV Live! Live!” 　 The EP, “Loveholic,” consists of six tra

K-pop Feb. 15, 2021

  Rose of Blackpink’s solo debut is likely to happen very soon, according to a local media on Wednesday. She has been signaling for a solo gig since last year and she unveiled “Gone,” thought to be the sub-title track from her upcoming own album, at the band’s first online streaming concert on Jan. 31.  Her company YG Entertainment confirmed that the musician has already finished shooting the music video for the title song from the album. It has spent one of t

K-pop Feb. 10, 2021

  The bandmates of BTS talked about their first venture into the original soundtrack for a movie.  “Your Eyes Tell,” a song from “Map of the Soul: 7 The Journey,” the band’s fourth studio album in Japan, also became a part of original score for the same-titled movie. This is the first time the septet’s song is used for an OST. “I think you will be able to feel what feelings we have put in the song,” said Jungkook. He participated in w

K-pop Feb. 9, 2021

  Kim Wooseok came out with second solo EP “2nd Desire [Tasty]” Monday.  The new music shows an adorable side of him taking a sharp turn from the glaring and dreamlike images from his previous greed-themed EP. He wanted the new music to be completely different, said the musician in the online showcase held on the same day, and also wanted to be recognized for music spectrum.  “I wish I can push the spectrum further and build up my image along the way,” he

K-pop Feb. 8, 2021

Ateez surprised fans with an image that was uploaded on its official SNS account. 　 With the image of a green blossoming tree in the sea of cloud, it said: “From The New World 2021. 03. 01 6 p.m.” 　 A close look at the tree shows a number of objects –- a black fedora, a pirate ship and a doll -– that have symbolized the boy band’s world view since previous album. 　 The fact that the phrase was also used as a title for the special performance it put on a recent aw

K-pop Feb. 5, 2021

  GOT7’s JB launched his own YouTube channel late Wednesday, drawing over 343,000 subscribers in 12 hours. 　 The name of the channel is “Jae Beom Lim,” the singer’s real name. 　 In the initial 40-second snippet, titled “THX. My Best Friends!” he said he had no specific plans for the platform but would communicate with his fans and put out good content. He asked them to keep their expectations high. 　 “I hope you love GOT7 a lot as well as JB,&rdq

K-pop Feb. 4, 2021

Seventeen confirmed that it is putting out new music in Japan in April. 　 The boy band is releasing its third single album in Japan, titled “Hitorijyanai,” which translates as “You are not alone.” The title track of the same name conveys the band’s support for young people who are living through a challenging time as well as the promise to meet again with their official fandom, Carat. 　 The album includes two more songs -- “Run To You” from the group&r

K-pop Feb. 3, 2021

Rain teams up with Jo Sumi  Rain and celebrated soprano Jo Sumi will sing the theme song for “Universe,” NCSoft’s newly launched K-pop platform, according to the game developer. 　 The company’s content arm, Klap, rolled out the mobile entertainment application in 134 countries in January so that fans of K-pop around the world could enjoy communication with their favorite musicians -- including Kang Daniel, Monsta X, IZ*ONE, The Boyz and Ateez. 　 IZ*ONE, a 12-piec

K-pop Feb. 2, 2021

[THE INVESTOR] LG Electronics’ third-quarter earnings were dragged down by the continuing underperformance of its smartphone division, said NH Investment and Securities as it knocked down the target price to 68,000 won (US$59.35) from 80,000 won on Oct. 28.Its operating profit fell 4 percent to 283.2 billion won and sales were down 6 percent to 13.2 trillion won. The figures will further shrink in the fourth quarter, said analyst Go Jeong-u, predicting that “its smartphones will keep posting los

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