MUSICLim Young-woong-Jeong Dong-won-Jang Min-ho ‘Tropic’ Ranking TOP Line [DA:Chart]Lim Young-woong - Jeong Dong-won - Jang Min-ho ‘Trotpick’ Ranking TOP Line [DA:Chart] The ‘Trotpick’ Ranking TOP Line has been revealed. On the 6th, the trot star voting web service ‘Trotpick’ (trotpick) announced the results of the ‘Trotpick Ranking’, which integrates data from weekly votes in the men‘s and women’s weekly votes. From December 9 last year to January 5 this year, the results of the four weeks of voting are combined, and regardless of rank, if the total accumulated points for the four weeks are 2 million or more, they will receive Myeongdong Billboard support. As a result, Lim Young-woong (3,923,380 points), Jeong Dong-won (2,606,910 points), and Jang Min-ho (1,291,680 points) were selected as the support protagonists. The Myeongdong Billboard screening for them will be held for three days, from January 16 to 18. You can meet them at the outdoor electronic display board on the rooftop of the Rimowa Myeongdong Store across from the main entrance of Lotte Avenuel at EuljirJan 06, 2025
MUSICLim Young-woong - Jeon Yu-jin - Jin Hae-seong ‘Trotpic’ Weekly No. 1 protagonists♥ [DA:Chart]Lim Young-woong - Jeon Yu-jin - Jin Hae-sung, the weekly 1st place winners of ‘Trotpick’ ♥ [DA:Chart] Singers Lim Young-woong, Jeon Yu-jin, and Jin Hae-sung were selected as the protagonists of the Trotpick weekly event. On the 6th, the trot star voting web service ‘Trotpick’ (trotpick) announced the results of the 65th weekly event by tallying the votes from 4 weeks from December 9th of last year to January 5th of this year. As a result, Lim Young-woong, Jeon Yu-jin, and Jin Hae-sung took 1st place in each category as the protagonists of the event. First, Lim Young-woong, who took 1st place in the male category, recorded 3,922,380 points, and Jeon Yu-jin, who took 1st place in the female category, recorded 1,714,190 points. Jin Hae-seong, who won the Supernova category, earned 1,672,060 points. Accordingly, the videos of Lim Young-woong, Jeon Yu-jin, and Jin Hae-seong will be screened on the Shinhan Bank outdoor billboard near Seodaemun Station in Seoul for three days from January 13Jan 06, 2025
MUSICBoynextdoor “‘Today Only I LOVE YOU’, MZ‘s Farewell Song”The group BOYNEXTDOOR is releasing a new ‘MZ Breakup Song’. According to their agency KOZ Entertainment on the 6th, they will release their first digital single ‘Only Today I Love You’ (오늘만 I LOVE YOU) at 6 PM that day. The song is a dance song that uniquely depicts the realistic aftermath of a breakup. The lyrics, which break away from the stereotype that ‘Breakup songs are sad’, stand out for their realistic lyrics. The members, who added ideas throughout the song, showed off their unique personalities by acting out the aftereffects of a breakup in the music video teaser. BOYNEXTDOOR, who started the new year with a strong comebackJan 06, 2025
MUSIC‘Tropic’ Jang Min-ho, Trotic‘s first shining star of the new year [DA:Chart]‘Trotpick’ Jang Min-ho, Trotpick‘s first shining #1 protagonist of the new year [DA:Chart] Singer Jang Min-ho was selected as the Trotpick’s first shining #1 protagonist of the new year. On the 6th, the trot star voting web service ‘Trotpick’ (trotpick) announced the results of the special vote ‘Who will be the Trotpick‘s first shining #1 protagonist of the new year?’, which was held from December 30th of last year to January 5th of this year. According to the voting results, Jang Min-ho took first place with 208,340 points. Jang Min-ho debuted in 1997 and went through groups such as Ubis and Baram before turning into a trot singer in 2011. After a long period of obscurity, he reached his heyday in 2020, gaining attention through TV Chosun’s ‘Mr. Trot’. He is also active in entertainment programs, appearing in KBS2‘s ‘Convenience Store Restaurant’. Jang Min-ho made a comeback in November last year with his new title song ‘Love’s Tiki Taka’ and his third mini-album ‘Essay ep.3’. StartinJan 06, 2025
MUSICKim Hee-jae, ‘Tropic’ Spotlight Star No. 1 [DA:Chart]Kim Hee-jae, ‘Trotpick’ Spotlight Star 1st Place [DA:Chart] Singer Kim Hee-jae took first place in the Trotpick Spotlight Star vote. On the 6th, the Trot Star voting web service ‘Trotpick’ (trotpick) released the results of the Spotlight vote that took place from December 30th of last year to January 5th of this year. According to the voting results, Kim Hee-jae took first place with 23,440 points. Trotpick‘s new voting service, ‘Spotlight Star’, is a vote that allows you to shine the spotlight directly on your favorite singer. You can participate using Daily Pick and Star Pick, and an online article will be published for the singer who achieves first place every week. In addition, the four singers who ranked first in each round over the four weeks will be provided with Seodaemun Electronic Billboard support. The 15th vote will be held from January 6th to the 12th. The candidates for the 15th vote were Nam Seung-min, Moo-ryong, Son Bin-ah, Lee Su-ho, and Chu Hyuk-jin. Their fans can paJan 06, 2025
MUSICJeon Yu-jin, ‘Trotpick’ Weekly Female No. 1 [DA:Chart]Jeon Yu-jin, ‘Trotpick’ Weekly Female No. 1 [DA:Chart] Singer Jeon Yu-jin took first place in the Trotpick Weekly Voting Female Singer category. On the 6th, the Trot Star voting web service ‘Trotpick’ (trotpick) released the results of the weekly voting that took place from December 30th of last year to January 5th of this year. According to the voting results, Jeon Yu-jin took first place in the female singer category with 421,660 points. Born in 2006, Jeon Yu-jin came from the Pohang Beach National Song Festival and debuted in March 2020 with the digital single ‘Would You Like to Love?’. She became known as a trot prodigy after placing second in the finals of the ‘I Like Trot’ special episode of KBS2‘I Like Songs’. Jeon Yu-jin confidently won MBN‘Current King of Singers’, which ended in February of last year. While appearing on the ‘Korea-Japan Top Ten Show’ with the ‘Current King’ contestants, he is also holding the ‘2024 Current King Nationwide Tour Concert’. He met his fans througJan 06, 2025
MUSICLim Young-woong, ‘Tropic’ Weekly Male No. 1 [DA:Chart]Lim Young-woong, ‘Trotpick’ Weekly Male No. 1 [DA:Chart] Singer Lim Young-woong took first place in the Trotpick Weekly Voting Male Singer category. On the 6th, the trot star voting web service ‘Trotpick’ (trotpick) released the results of the weekly voting that took place from December 30th of last year to January 5th of this year. According to the voting results, Lim Young-woong maintained his undisputed first place in the male singer category with 952,870 points. Lim Young-woong opened the real ‘Lim Young-woong era’ by taking first place Jin on TV Chosun‘s ‘Tomorrow is Mr. Trot’. ‘Now Trust Me Only’ ‘HERO’ ‘My Love Like Starlight’ ‘Love Always Runs Away’ ‘Can We Meet Again’ ‘Polaroid’ ‘Do or Die’ ‘Home’ ‘Warmth’ etc. Lim Young-woong is receiving much love for his success in a national tour, US concert, a movie containing a live performance, and even a reality show. He showed off his acting skills as an actor by presenting the short film ‘In October’. After successfully completing anJan 06, 2025
MUSICENHYPEN, FIFTYFIFTY, QWER, TOURS, EUNICE ‘D Awards’ 1st LineupThe brightest K-pop stars will be on stage for the first THE AWARDS. ENHYPEN, FIFTYFIFTY, QWER, TWS, and UNIS have been named in the first lineup for the K-pop awards ceremony, ‘The Awards’. On the 6th, THE AWARDS revealed the first performance lineup for the first THE AWARDS with U-PICK, and announced that five teams, ENHYPEN, FIFTYFIFTY, QWER, TWS, and UNIS, have confirmed their appearance. ENHYPEN, the undisputed top-tier of K-pop, will be on stage for THE AWARDS. ENHYPEN isJan 06, 2025
MUSICLee Chang-seop, 6-city nationwide tour concert completed… Seoul encore concert in February!Lee Chang-sub, 6-city nationwide tour concert success… Seoul encore concert in February! Singer and musical actor Lee Chang-sub will be concluding his nationwide tour in Seoul. Lee Chang-sub held his first solo nationwide tour, ‘The Wayfarer’, from November 30th last year to the 5th of this month, starting in Seoul and traveling to 6 cities including Gwangju, Busan, Daegu, Suwon, and Cheongju. He will wrap up the entire tour by holding another ‘The Wayfarer’ encore concert in Seoul on February 7th, 8th, and 9th. Through the ‘The Wayfarer’ tour, Lee Chang-sub proved his worth as a ‘live powerhouse’ with his solid singing ability and deep emotions. He showed off his musical spectrum regardless of genre, performing all the songs with a band session. All tracks including the double title songs ‘33’ and ‘OLD TOWN’ from his first solo regular album ‘1991’, as well as ‘Yes, As Always, Always’, which he wrote himself, ‘Cheon Sang Yeon’, which is consistently loved on the music charts, and LeeJan 06, 2025
MUSIC2NE1, This Time Going to KSPO Dome… 15th Anniversary Encore Performance in AprilThe ‘Living Legend’ girl group 2NE1 will meet fans at KSPO DOME (formerly known as the Gymnastics Arena) this time. According to YG Entertainment on the 6th, 2NE1 will hold the ‘2025 2NE1 Concert - Welcome Back Encore in Seoul’ on April 12th and 14th. The scale of the concert has also been greatly expanded, and the venue has been confirmed as KSPO DOME in Olympic Park in Bangi-dong, Seoul. As fans have continuously requested, in order to repay their support, the number of attendees has been expanded by more than three times compared to the Seoul concert in October of last year, which fired the starting flare for the tour. The concert atmosphere has already been sufficiently heated.Jan 06, 2025
MUSICSHINee Onew Comeback, Producing All Songs → Participating in Lyrics WritingSHINee Onew makes comeback, participated in producing and writing all songs Group SHINee member Onew will be releasing his 4th mini album ‘CONNECTION’ today (6th). He will continue his ‘hard work’ in the new year with a new album released about 4 months after the release of his 3rd mini album ‘FLOW’. The title song ‘Winner’ is a song in which the vintage drum sound is the main theme, along with the guitar and keyboard, leads the flow of the song. The strong band sound in the chorus is the highlight, and it contains the message that ‘We are all winners’ in any situation. Lyricist Seo Ji-eum, who has produced many hit songs including Onew, participated in the lyrics, increasing the perfection of the song. The music video, which will be released along with the sound source, was filmed entirely on location in Prague, Czech Republic. The fragmented track preview videos are connected to form a single story, with the ‘connection’ contained in the album as the main theme. We plan to recall memJan 06, 2025
MUSICONEUS ‘Dear.M’ tracklist revealed… Title song is ‘IKUK’ONEUS‘s ‘Dear.M’ tracklist revealed… The title song is ‘IKUK’The group ONEUS returns with a vampire lord concept. ONEUS (Seoho, Leedo, Keonhee, Hwanwoong, Xion) revealed the tracklist for their special album ’Dear.M‘ on their official SNS at midnight today (6th). Accordingly, ’Dear.M‘ includes four new songs including the title song ’IKUK‘, ’We Are Young‘, ’DEVILISH LOVE‘, ’W‘, and the fan song ’Rupert’s drop’, which was released in December of last year. In addition, the album also includes ONEUS‘ previous title songs ‘Valkyrie’, ‘Twilight’, ‘LIT’, ‘A Song Written Easily’, ‘TO BE OR NOT TO BE’, ‘BBUSYEO’, ‘No diggity’, ‘BLACK MIRROR’, ‘Life is Beautiful’, ‘Moonlight Beauty (Moonlight Beauty: LUNA)Jan 06, 2025
MUSIC2NE1 Finally Completes Topic… Gymnastics Asia Tour Encore Performance [Official]2NE1 Finally Got Their Theme... Gymnastics Asia Tour Encore Concert [Official] They‘ve finally got their theme down. 2NE1 will be reuniting with their domestic fans with an encore concert in Seoul for their 15th anniversary Asia tour, thanks to the enthusiastic response from fans. According to YG Entertainment on the 6th, 2NE1 will be holding the ‘2025 2NE1 CONCERT [WELCOME BACK] ENCORE IN SEOUL’ on April 12th and 13th. The scale has also been greatly expanded, and the venue has been confirmed as KSPO DOME in Olympic Park, Bangi-dong, Seoul. As fans have been continuously requesting, in order to repay their support, the number of audience members has been expanded by more than three times compared to the Seoul concert held at the Olympic Hall in Olympic Park last October. 2NE1 recently appeared on the ‘2024 SBS Gayo Daejeon’, becoming the center of attention as they opened a festival scene on the broadcasting station’s year-end stage for the first time in nine years. Through this SeoulJan 06, 2025
MUSIC‘JYP‘s new group’ Kickflip, official debut on the 20thJYP Entertainment, the ‘idol powerhouse’, is releasing a new boy group. According to JYP Entertainment on the 6th, the 7-member rookie boy group KickFlip will release their first mini-album ‘Flip it, Kick it!’ and make their official debut on the 20th. KickFlip first revealed their group name and a 7-member silhouette photo at the ‘2024 MAMA Awards’ held at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles, USA in November last year, raising the expectations of K-pop fans at home and abroad. On this day, JYP released the members‘ profile images and the album scheduler through KickFlip’s official SNS channel.Jan 06, 2025
MUSICJYP‘s new boy group Kickflip to officially debut on the 20th... Members Kye-hoon → K-ju revealedJYP Entertainment‘s (hereafter JYP) new boy group KickFlip will make their official debut on January 20th with the release of their first mini album, ‘Flip it, Kick it!’. Prior to this, the members’ profile images and the album scheduler were introduced through KickFlip‘s official SNS channel at midnight on the 6th. According to this, Kickflip consists of a total of seven members: Gye-hoon, Amaru, Dong-hwa, Joo-wang, Min-je, K-ju, and Dong-hyun. Kickflip pre-released the full version of the music video for ‘Eung Grrr’, a track from ‘Flip it, Kick it!’, on the 6th at midnight, followed by the pre-released music video photos and choreography practice video on the 7th, an introduction film on the 8th and 9th, concept photos on the 10th to the 14th, a tracklist poster and track video on the 15th, and a music video teaser on the 16th and 17th, among other rich teasing contents. On the debut day, the 20th, a debut show on Mnet M2 at 7 PM and a debut showcase at 9 PM are scheduled. After a spJan 06, 2025
MUSICYouth is right now, from Bu Seok-soon!Despite the unexpected twists and turns, Boo Seok-soon‘s ‘youth starts right now’. As Boo Seok-soon, a unit of the global group Seventeen, emerges as the first big star to open the door to 2025, their message of comfort and support has already started to create a buzz, intertwined with the chaotic times. Boo Seok-soon will release their second single ‘Teleparty’ (TELEPARTY) on the 8th at 6 PM. Boo Seok-soon, a three-member unit consisting of Hoshi (Kwon Soon-young), Dokyeom (Lee Seok-min), and Seungkwan (Boo Seung-kwan), will make a comeback after two years since their first single ‘Second Wind’ in February 2023. Their new album will be based on the mega hit songJan 06, 2025
MUSICWill the door to China, which has been closed for 8 years, open? Love calls for K-pop performances ‘Slowly’Will the door to China, which has been tightly closed for eight years, open? The content exchange between the two countries, which had been frozen due to the ‘Hallyu ban’ (Korean Wave ban) caused by the ‘THAAD incident’ and the COVID-19 situation, is showing signs of opening up after eight years, drawing attention. In particular, K-pop, which is gaining huge popularity locally, is drawing attention as a ‘bridgehead’, and both inside and outside the music industry are paying keen attention to related changes. According to a comprehensive report by Sports Donga on the 5th, some large Chinese concert planning companies have recently started inquiring about the schedule of solo concerts by K-pop singers to domestic agencies. One concert official said, “There is still a long way to go until the actual concerts are realized.Jan 06, 2025
MUSICRosé ‘Apartment’ Undying Popularity… Reverse Run on UK Singles Chart [Entertainment News HOT]The global hit song ‘Apartment’ (APT.) featuring Blackpink‘s Rosé and Bruno Mars is enjoying ‘reverse popularity’ on the UK Official Charts. According to the latest Official Singles ‘Top 100’ chart released recently, ‘Apartment’ rose 26 places from the previous week to rank 2nd. This is the 11th consecutive week it has been on the chart based on the rankings. ‘Apartment’ first entered the chart at number 4 in late October last year, and rose to number 2 the following week.Jan 05, 2025
MUSICCho Kwon Donates 10 Million Won to Jeju Air Disaster Relief Fund [Official]Singer Jo Kwon is drawing attention by donating to help victims of the Jeju Air plane crash. On the 4th, Jo Kwon donated 10 million won to support the bereaved families of the Jeju Air plane crash that occurred at Muan International Airport in South Jeolla Province through the Korean Red Cross. On the same day, Jo Kwon uploaded a screenshot of the donation made under his name on his social network service (SNS) and expressed his deep condolences and comfort. In addition to this donation, Jo Kwon is contributing to creating a warm society by practicing the value of sharing in various ways such as volunteer work and talent donation. Meanwhile, Jo Kwon signed an exclusive contract with Archive Morning, which includes talented musicians such as Hong Isaac and Kim Je-hyung, in June of last year. Reporter Choi Yoon-na, Donga.com yyynnn@donga.comJan 05, 2025
MUSICKyuhyun, Asia Tour ‘COLORS’ Kaohsiung Performance SuccessfulSinger Kyuhyun has wrapped up the Kaohsiung concert as part of his Asia tour amidst the enthusiastic cheers of his fans. On the 4th, Kyuhyun met with local fans at the Kaohsiung Music Center where he held his Asia tour ‘KYUHYUN 10th Anniversary Asia Tour ’COLORS‘ IN KAOHSIUNG’ (hereafter ‘COLORS’). On this day, Kyuhyun opened the concert with his representative song ‘Restart’, which announces a new beginning, and then heightened the atmosphere of the concert with songs from his regular album ‘COLORS’, released in November of last year, such as ‘Together’ and ‘Journey’. The cover stage prepared for the Kaohsiung concert followed. Kyuhyun performed Eric Chou‘s ‘Unbreakable Love’, a popular local song, followed by Eric Chou’s ‘你好不好? (How are you?)’, 831‘s ‘I Want to See You I Want to See You (Miss You 3000)’, Zhang Li Yin’s ‘Na yi yi nian (Those Days)’, and the fans and the musicalJan 05, 2025