The Awards Opening… ‘Snake Year’ ‘D-Tail Awards’

The ‘Future K-Pop Festival’ is over, but the excitement is still going strong. The ‘Snake-Tyz’, which could only be seen at the 1st ‘D Awards’, held on the 22nd, and the ‘D-Tail Awards’, which was a mini-award ceremony within the award ceremony, are daily topics of conversation. The ‘Snake-Tyz’ was a place where stars born in the year of the snake gathered together to hear about their extraordinary aspirations in celebration of the ‘Year of the Blue Snake’ in 2025. The ‘Snake-Tyz’ included Enhypen member Heeseung, Zerobase One‘s Hanbin, and Rise’s Eunseok and Sungchan. It also caught attention because only members of groups representing the 4th and 5th generations gathered together. They were special

Rowoon, Plustar Weekly Voting Overall 1st Place [DA:Chart]

Rowoon, 1st place in Plustar weekly vote [DA:Chart]Actor Rowoon took 1st place in Plustar weekly vote.On the 24th, the star voting web service Plustar, known as ‘Everything About Supporting My Star’, released the results of the weekly vote that took place from the 17th to the 23rd.Among them, Rowoon recorded 3,517,000 silver points, taking 1st place not only in the actor category but also in all categories. Rowoon proved his huge popularity by recording a high figure of over 3.5 million silver p

Rowoon-Yang Joon-il-Secret Number-BINI Jhoanna Plustar 1st Place [DA:Chart]

Rowoon-Yang Joon-il-Secret Number-BINI Jhoanna 1st Place on Plustar [DA:Chart]The results of the Plustar weekly vote have been revealed.On the 24th, the star voting web service Plustar, titled ‘Everything About Supporting My Star’, announced the results of the weekly vote that took place from the 17th to the 23rd.According to this, 1st place in the solo category went to Yang Joon-il (1,431,500 silver points), followed by Kang Daniel (105,700 silver points) and Solomon Lee (14,000 silver points)

‘The Awards’ SNS Search Term #1 ‘Enhypen 5-Crown Winner’

From the night of the 22nd to the 23rd, the most ‘hot’ keyword on global SNS was these four letters, ‘The Awards’. It was a perfect inauguration ceremony that announced ‘a masterpiece from the start’, borrowing an online buzzword. The first The Awards, a ‘new festival of K-pop stars’, was held grandly at the Hwajung Gymnasium of Korea University in Seoul at 6 PM on the 22nd. ‘The Awards’, which was also available to watch on home theaters through Channel A, heated up various global SNS from 10:30 PM on the same day until the 23rd, and also dominated ‘topic’. The sign of the ‘successful global debut’ of The Awards was the

Youngtak, Seoul Encore Concert Finale… Live+Performance Restaurant

Singer Young Tak successfully concluded his 5-month nationwide tour with the ‘2024 Young Tak Solo Concert “TAK SHOW3” - Encore’ concert. Young Tak held the ‘2024 Young Tak Solo Concert “TAK SHOW3” - Encore’ concerts at the KSPO DOME (Olympic Gymnastics Arena) in Seoul on February 22nd and 23rd. This concert was the encore of Young Tak‘s ‘2024 Young Tak Solo Concert TAK SHOW3’, which began in Seoul in October last year and has since been held in eight cities including Gwangju, Gangneung, Daegu, Andong, Daejeon, Busan, and Incheon, and was recorded as a luxury performance of a different class with fantastic fan service that melted all his stage potential. Young Tak opened the concert with a lyrical and majestic high note that resonated through the concert hall with the first song ‘The Wall’, and then he continued with ‘Like a Gentleman (MMM)’ and ‘Sarangok (思郞屋)’, drawing a hot response from the opening. After finishing the three-song stage, Young Tak gave a cheerful greeting saying, “Th

The sun, the brightest on stage… Completed communication with 120,000 audiences

Singer Taeyang has returned to the stage and proven his global popularity. Taeyang successfully concluded his ‘TAEYANG 2025 TOUR [THE LIGHT YEAR]’ with his final performance in Manila on the 22nd (local time). This global tour is Taeyang‘s first solo concert tour in 7 years, and Taeyang opened the ‘TAEYANG 2024 TOUR [THE LIGHT YEAR]’ splendidly at the Olympic Hall in Olympic Park, Songpa-gu, Seoul in August of last year. After successfully completing his domestic performances to explosive buzz, Taeyang continued his tour in Osaka, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Sydney, Melbourne, Kuala Lumpur, and Taipei to meet with his global fans. The journey continued even after the new year of 2025 arrived. Taeyang responded to the enthusiastic support of his fans with a domestic encore performance, and held the ‘TAEYANG 2025 TOUR [THE LIGHT YEAR] ENCORE’ with a larger scale and more diverse composition at the Inspire Arena in Jung-gu, Incheon on Saturday, February 1 and Sunday, February 2.

‘Idol Pick’ BTS Jin, Idols You Want to Meet as New Semester Seniors [DA:Chart]

‘Idol Pick’ BTS Jin, the idol you want to meet as your senior in the new semester [DA:Chart] BTS Jin has become a hot topic with his cool ‘senior looks’. According to the star voting web service Idol Pick on the 24th, ‘Pick Your Own Idol’, BTS Jin took first place in the special vote, ‘Which idol do you want to meet as your senior in the new semester?’. In this vote, which was held from the 17th to the 23rd, BTS Jin received 54,041 picks. Out of the 108,499 picks in total for this vote, Jin took first place with a high vote rate of about 50%. Meanwhile, BTS Jin returned to the arms of ARMY (fandom) after being discharged from the military in June of last year. Following the release of her solo album ‘Happy’ in November of that year, she recently performed ‘Close to You’, the OST for the tvN weekend drama ‘Ask the Stars’. Reporter Jeong Hee-yeon, Donga.com shine2562@donga.com

BTS Jin-GOT7-Lee Chae Yeon-Rain Celmar-Baby Monster Idol Pick Weekly 1st Place [DA:Chart]

BTS Jin-GOT7-Lee Chae Yeon-Rain Celmar-Baby Monster Idol Pick Weekly 1st Place [DA:Chart] The results of the Idol Pick Weekly vote have been revealed. According to the ‘Pick My Own Idol’ star voting web service Idol Pick’ on the 24th, BTS Jin took first place in the male idol individual category with 98,283 picks in the weekly vote for the 3rd week of February. Jin, who has maintained the top spot for 8 consecutive weeks, also took first place in this week‘s vote with the most votes. In addition, Rain Celmar took first place in the international category with 44,711 picks. Rain Celmar gained popularity by appearing on the popular Philippine reality show ‘Pinoy Big Brother: Gen11’. The first place in the female idol individual category was Lee Chae Yeon with 4,154 picks. In addition, GOT7 took first place in the male idol group category with 4,898 picks, and BABYMONSTER took first place in the female idol group category with 2,698 picks.

STAYC, comeback with ‘S’ on March 18th… ‘Hot’ including tour

The girl group STAYC is making a comeback with a new album after about 5 months. On the 24th, their agency High Up Entertainment announced, “STAYC will be releasing a new single album ‘S’ on March 18th.” Before this, they released a graphic video through their official SNS channel. The released graphic video contains the sound of a camera shutter repeating, typography, and STAYC‘s appearance that looks like a scene from a pictorial. The dizzyingly changing videos left a strong impact and captured the attention of fans. In particular, words that start with the English letters ‘S and “S Magazine: Don’t Wanna Be a []”

Yoon Seok-cheol Trio, First Club Tour Success… Brilliant + Warm Jazz Performance

The ‘Jazz Trio’Yoon Seok-cheol Trio’ has successfully completed their first club tour. The Yoon Seok-cheol Trio (Yoon Seok-cheol, Jeong Sang-i, and Kim Young-jin) successfully concluded their ‘2025 Yoon Seok-cheol Trio Club Tour’ with their performance in Daejeon on the 23rd. The ‘2025 Yoon Seok-cheol Trio Club Tour’ is the first club tour held by the Yoon Seok-cheol Trio. Starting with the Daegu Various Jazz Club on the 15th, they visited four regions across the country, including Jeonju The Vine Hall on the 16th, Wonju Dream Art Hall on the 21st, and Daejeon MG Hanbat Saemaeul Geumgo Art Hall on the 23rd, meeting the audience. For this tour, which was held at the end of winter, the Yoon Seok-cheol Trio composed a setlist that contained their hearts waiting for the splendid spring. In particular, they presented refreshing and warm performances with representative songs that played spring, such as ‘Chun-gon’, ‘April‘s D Flat’, ‘Why did you say that’, ‘2004 Seoul’. They also performed s

Zerobaseone, first unit song included since debut… 3 points to look forward to in comeback [DA:Today]

The group ZEROBASEONE (Sung Han-bin, Kim Ji-woong, Jang Ha-o, Seok Matthew, Kim Tae-rae, Ricky, Kim Kyu-bin, Park Gun-wook, Han Yu-jin) will release their 5th mini album ‘BLUE PARADISE’ at 6 PM today (24th). ZEROBASEONE‘s comeback will be approximately 6 months after the release of their 4th mini album ‘CINEMA PARADISE’. With their sights set on achieving ‘5 consecutive million sellers’, we look at three reasons why people are looking forward to ZEROBASEONE’s new album. ● The ‘Paradise’ two-part series has been completed... Deeper Emotions If Zerobase One unfolded a colorful narrative like a movie through their previous work, ‘Cinema Paradise’, they deal with even deeper emotions through ‘Blue Paradise’. The album contains the message, ‘Even sad (BLUE) moments are a part of life, and the way we try hard despite them is splendid and beautiful in itself.’. Ultimately, it emphasizes that paradise is inside all of us, and portrays the appearance of the nine members who have become more mat

‘Trotpick ’ Who is the next generation Trot King? 1st place: Choo Hyuk-jin! 2nd place: Kim Yong-bin [DA:Chart]

‘Trotpick’ Who is the next generation trot king? 1st place Chu Hyuk-jin! 2nd place Kim Yong-bin [DA:Chart]Singer Chu Hyuk-jin was selected as the next generation trot king.On the 24th, the trot star voting web service ‘Trotpick’ (trotpick) announced the results of the special voting ‘Please choose the next generation trot king!’ that took place from the 10th to the 23rd. According to the voting results, Chu Hyuk-jin took 1st place with 69,320 points. Kim Yong-bin took 2nd place with 32,410 point

Red Velvet‘s Seulgi, full of rebellious mischievousness, trailer released

The trailer video for Red Velvet‘s Seulgi’s second mini-album ‘Accidentally On Purpose’ has been released. The trailer video, which was released today (the 24th) at midnight through YouTube‘s Red Velvet channel and other channels, caught people’s attention with Seulgi‘s stylish styling and a unique charm that we’ve never seen before. The video captures Seulgi‘s rebellious side as she enjoys a party with villains with sensational visual beauty, and the appearance of ‘bad girl’ Seulgi is hinted at at the end of the video, increasing curiosity about the music world and unprecedented concept that she will present in her new album. Seulgi’s second mini-album ‘Accidentally On Purpose’, which will be released with all songs on various music sites at 6 PM on March 10, contains a total of 6 tracks with diverse atmospheres, including the title track ‘Baby, Not Baby’. Seulgi‘s second mini-album, ‘Accidentally On Purpose’, will be released as an album on March 10th.

Ahead Korea CEO Chan Lim, the presenter of the ‘1st The Awards’

Ahead Korea CEO Lim Chan is leading the leap forward of the global K-pop industry through the global fan platform ‘UPICK’. Ahead Korea CEO Lim Chan attended the 1st ‘D Awards’ held at the Hwajeong Gymnasium of Korea University in Anam-dong, Seoul on the 22nd as a presenter for the FanPick voting category, which is the flower and popularity award. Ahead Korea‘s ‘UPICK’ followed up last year’s ‘2024 K World Dream Awards’ by participating as the host of the ‘1st D Awards’ hosted by Sports Donga, and it was the beginning of the ‘

‘Trotpick’ Jang Min-ho, a singer with a voice that is perfect for ringtones and is pleasant to listen to over and over [DA:Chart]

‘Trotpick’ Jang Min-ho, a singer with a voice that‘s perfect for a ringtone and that’s pleasant to listen to over and over [DA:Chart]Singer Jang Min-ho was selected as the singer with a voice that‘s perfect for a ringtone and that’s pleasant to listen to over and over.On the 24th, the trot star voting web service ‘Trotpick’ (trotpick) announced the results of the special vote ‘Who is the singer with the voice that‘s perfect for a ringtone and that’s pleasant to listen to over and over?’, held fr

Best, ‘Trotpick’ Spotlight Star No. 1 [DA:Chart]

Choi Sang, ‘Trotpick’ Spotlight Star 1st Place [DA:Chart]Singer Choi Sang took 1st place in the Trotpick Spotlight Star vote.On the 24th, the Trot Star voting web service ‘Trotpick’ (trotpick) released the results of the Spotlight vote that took place from the 17th to the 23rd. Choi Sang took 1st place with 65,890 points.The new Trotpick 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 St

HYNN (Park Hye-won), the story behind the ‘Youngha’ MV, where she joined hands with an Emmy Award winner

Singer HYNN (Park Hye-won) has collaborated with an Emmy Award winner for her new music video for “Yeongha.” Motion graphic designer Kim Geun-ryun, a “young master” who is active in Hollywood and won an Emmy Award last year, participated in the project. Kim Geun-ryun revealed the production process on his YouTube channel, explaining the innovative changes AI technology has brought about in the way videos are produced. The music video for “Yeongha” is a warm yet lonely piece reminiscent of the Japanese film “Love Letter” with a vast snowy field as its background. In this piece, which stands out for its lyrical visual beauty, AI technology was used to effectively implement key scenes and maximize emotional directing. Designer Kim Geun-ryun said, “I used AI to create scenes like the snow-covered cabin, the deer looking at the camera once and then leaving, and the delicate insert cuts with icicles falling,” and “In particular, scenes like the deer, which are difficult to film, were able to

Jin Hae-seong, ‘Trotpick’ Supernova 1st place [DA:Chart]

Jin Hae-seong, ‘Trotpick’ Supernova 1st Place [DA:Chart]Singer Jin Hae-seong took 1st place in the Trotpick Supernova vote.On the 24th, the trot star voting web service ‘Trotpick’ (trotpick) released the results of the Supernova vote that took place from the 17th to the 23rd. According to the voting results, Jin Hae-seong took 1st place with 543,310 points.Born in 1990, Jin Hae-seong debuted in 2012 with his first album ‘Accept My Love’. He won the Male Rookie Award in the Adult Song category at

Jeon 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 24th, the Trotstar voting web service ‘Trotpick’ (trotpick) released the results of the weekly voting that took place from the 17th to the 23rd. According to the voting results, Jeon Yu-jin took first place in the female singer category with 598,070 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 Songs’ special episode of KBS2‘s ‘I Like Trot’. Jeon Yu-jin confidently won MBN’s ‘Current King of Singers’, which ended in February of last year, and participated in the ‘2024 Active King Nationwide Tour Concert’. She met her fans through a fan meeting last month and also released the mini-album ‘Only You’ to commemorate her victory in ‘Current King

Enmix Haewon and Gyujin, unconventional sailing styling… Teaser debut

NMIXX‘s Haewon and Gyujin have revealed individual teasers for their fourth mini-album ‘Fe3O4: FORWARD’, which showcase their mysterious charisma. In the photos, Haewon and Gyujin capture attention with their determined gazes as if they are setting off on a voyage against the backdrop of a silver sailboat. The unique styling, including bold silver accessories and blue glitter, and the mysterious atmosphere combine to complete their dreamy charm. The visual video, which portrays the concept even more vividly, left a strong impression with a confident and cool atmosphere. The new album ‘Fe3O4: FORWARD’, which is being released after the third mini-album ‘Fe3O4: STICK OUT’ and the title song ‘Byeolbyeolbyeol (See that?)’ in August last year, is the final episode of the ‘Fe3O4’ series, following the second mini-album ‘Fe3O4: BREAK’ and the third mini-album ‘Fe3O4: STICK OUT’. It fuses two or more genres to show various charms in one song.