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MUSICRoy Kim, Seoul Concert Completed… Filled with Unreleased SongsSinger Roy Kim successfully held his solo concert ‘Roy actually’ for three days from the 6th to the 8th at the Olympic Handball Stadium in Seoul. ‘Roy actually’ is a concert title inspired by the movie ‘Love Actually’ and featured a special setlist containing various stories about love. Roy Kim, who previously sold out all of his Seoul concert tickets, completed a classy performance by responding to the audience‘s sympathy and sensibility with well-made stages. Roy Kim opened the concert with ‘Tonight Only’, followed by ‘Are You Well, My Love’, and ‘If You Love Me’. He then sang popular hit songs such as ‘Home’, ‘Big Dipper’, ‘Suddenly’, ‘If We Break Up Then’, ‘Back to That Time’, ‘Let’s Get Along, Us’, and heated up the atmosphere on the scene. He then moved the audience with songs that embody Roy Kim‘s lyrical lyrics and sensibilities such as ‘Grandpa and Camera’, ‘As Adults’, ‘Let’s Stop’, and also his debut song ‘Bom Bom’.Dec 09, 2024
MUSICTREASURE to hold fan concert in March next yearThe group TREASURE will be holding the ‘2025 TREASURE FAN CONCERT [SPECIAL MOMENT] IN SEOUL’ on March 29th and 30th next year at the Grand Peace Palace in Kyung Hee University, Seoul. This is their first fan concert in Korea in approximately 3 years and 5 months since [TEU-DAY] in October 2021. With this, TREASURE will continue their explosive activities with their recently released new song ‘LAST NIGHT’, a comeback with a new mini-album in February next year, and a meeting with fans in March. In particular, through the fan concert, not only will they show new and colorful stages, but various corners where they can communicate more intimately with fans are anticipated. YG said, “We are preparing a new album with a different musical color than before, so [SPECIAL MOMENT] will also show TREASURE‘s new charms,” and asked, “We are preparing with excitement together with the members, so please look forward to it.” TREASURE has been receiving a hot response since releasing their new song ‘LADec 09, 2024
MUSICOnyu, pre-release of ‘Manse’ on the 12thGroup SHINee member Onew will be releasing the digital single ‘Hooray’ on the 12th at 6 PM. This is a super-fast comeback, only about 3 months after the release of his 3rd mini-album ‘FLOW’. ‘Hooray’ is a pre-released single for Onew‘s 4th mini-album, which will be released next month, and you can see Onew growing as an artist pursuing his own color. The lyrics contain the hope that everyone living in today’s busy society can shake off the loneliness they each harbor and sing ‘Hooray’ together. Onew previously showed off his musical skills that have grown significantly through his 3rd mini-album ‘FLOW’, in which he personally participated in producing and writing the lyrics. With Onew‘s thoughts freely incorporated throughout the album, the album proved its global popularity by topping the iTunes ‘Top Albums’ charts in 26 countries and regions around the world immediately after its release. The album was ranked 7th on ‘The 25 Best K-Pop Albums of 2024’ announced by Billboard in the UniDec 09, 2024
MUSICTwice releases ‘Strategy’ music video filled only with voicesThe group TWICE has released a music video for ‘Strategy’ filled only with the voices of the nine members. TWICE made a comeback on December 6th at 2 PM (12 AM EST) with the release of their new mini album ‘STRATEGY’ and the title song ‘Strategy (feat. Megan Thee Stallion)’ (feat. Megan Thee Stallion). At 12 AM on the 9th, they responded to the support of global fans by releasing the ‘TWICE “Strategy” M/V (TWICE-TRATEGY ver.)’ (TWICE-TRATEGY ver.)) on their official SNS channel. In the video, Nayeon, Jeongyeon, Momo, Sana, Jihyo, Mina, Dahyun, Chaeyoung, and Tzuyu freely dance to the melody and smile brightly at each other, showing off their lovely charm. The members‘ unique visuals were captured with various camera angles and a lo-fi sensibility reminiscent of a camcorder screen from the early 2000s. The new song ‘Strategy (feat. Megan Thee Stallion)’ was shot with various strategies.Dec 09, 2024
MUSICJYP Entertainment “‘Regretful of KG‘s Lawsuit Alleging Abuse, Rather Harming the Team... Will Take Action” [Official Position]JYP Entertainment expressed regret as KG, a member of the multinational girl group VCHA localized in the US, filed a lawsuit against the company. On the 9th, JYP USA stated, “After Kiera Grace Madder (KG) left the group‘s dorm in May, she requested discussions through her legal representative. Accordingly, our company has temporarily suspended VCHA’s future activities and has been discussing various solutions with KG‘s representative.” “However, we have not heard back from KG recently regarding the matters discussed, and our representative has also been waiting for a response.” They continued, “KG deeply regrets that they unilaterally released false and exaggerated information to the public and chose to resort to litigation,” and “This is causing great damage to the other members of VCHA and our company, who are diligently preparing for the release of an album in the first half of 2025 and various other plans.” In doing so, “We will do our best to prevent any further damage to other meDec 09, 2024
MUSICDragon Pony Takes Over Thailand‘s Leading Music FestivalThe new band Dragon Pony has taken over Thailand‘s representative music festival following Korea. Dragon Pony (Ahn Tae-gyu, Pyeon Seong-hyeon, Kwon Se-hyeok, Go Kang-hoon) met with local audiences at the ‘Big Mountain Music Festival’ held in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand on the 8th. ‘Big Mountain Music Festival’ is one of the largest music festivals in Southeast Asia, including Thailand. Among the global artists active in various genres, Dragon Pony also proudly made it to the lineup, proving their rapid rise. On this day, Dragon Pony opened strongly with ‘Tail-Eating Snake’, which features an energetic band sound. They then showed off their powerful vocals and excellent performance skills with a parade of their own compositions, including ‘Waste’, ‘Altruism’, and ‘Earthquake’. The first EP that introduced Dragon Pony to the world, the title song of the same name, ‘POP UP’, including ‘Traffic Jam’, ‘Pity PunDec 09, 2024
MUSICSo So-bin, release of ‘Love‘s Commotion’ on the 16thSinger-songwriter So So-bin will be returning with her new EP, ‘Love Commotion’, on the 16th. This album is her first solo EP since appearing on ‘Singer Gain 3 - Unknown Singer Battle’ in 2023. The single ‘Let‘s Love’, released in September, will also be included in the album. ‘Love Commotion’, talks about love that does not pursue beauty alone. Love is always entangled with such disturbances, such as impossible love, unrequited love, immature and clumsy love, and even the separation of death, and the story is that those small disturbances come together to eventually create one result. You will be able to experience different forms of love through So So-bin’s soft and warm voice. So So-bin has been steadily active in the music industry since her debut with the single album ‘oh-i’ in 2016. He proved his qualities as an all-rounder with various colorful music, and achieved the great feat of becoming the final runner-up by showing his musical colors on stages of various genres in ‘SingerDec 09, 2024
MUSICBaby Monster, ‘DRIP’, ‘CLIK CLAK’ MV Surpasses 100 Million ViewsThe group Baby Monster has placed both of their double title tracks from their first full-length album in the ranks of videos with hundreds of millions of views. According to their agency YG Entertainment on the 9th, the music video for Baby Monster‘s double title track ‘CLIK CLAK’ from their first full-length album surpassed 100 million views on YouTube at around 3:30 am that day. It is their 8th video to reach 100 million views in just 41 days since its release on October 30th. ‘CLIK CLAK’ is an original hip-hop genre song that garnered much attention for its unconventional attempt of having all the members rap. In particular, their unique voice tones and flows on top of the restrained sound were highly addictive and received favorable reviews from music fans. The music video also drew a hot response with its sensual visual beauty utilizing black and white tones and the essence of YG hip-hop. This video entered the top ranks of YouTube’s ‘Most Viewed Videos in 24 Hours’ immediately aDec 09, 2024
MUSICDaybreak, sad emotional MV teaser releasedDaybreak has released a heart-wrenching music video teaser. On the 8th, Daybreak (Lee Won-seok, Kim Sun-il, Kim Jang-won, and Jung Yu-jong) released the first music video teaser for ‘SEMICOLON’, one of the double title tracks from their mini-album ‘SEMICOLON’, through their official SNS. The video captures Kim Kang-min struggling as he cannot control his surging emotions. Unable to suppress his intense emotions, Kim Kang-min tears his clothes and hugs a white knit with a blank look in his eyes. The melody and lyrics of the new song ‘Looking for the last chapter’ are added to Kim Kang-min‘s tears as if he is reminiscing about someone, maximizing the sorrowful atmosphere. In particular, actor Kim Kang-min, who is from the same agency as Daybreak, makes a surprise appearance in the music video teaser, drawing even more attention. Kim Kang-min has won the hearts of viewers with his stable acting skills in various works, including the SBS drama ‘Stove League’, the tvN series ‘Hospital PlaylDec 09, 2024
MUSICSeven Earth, comeback today (9th)… A movie-like farewell ‘SLOMO’The group Seven Us (Heejae, Lee Re) will release their second mini-album ‘STAY TUNED’ at 6 PM on the 9th. ‘STAY TUNED’ means ‘fix the channel’, and is an album that contains the meaning of wanting fans to stay in Seven Us‘ music world longer and the wish to constantly connect with them. As if listening to the radio, each track tells a different story yet is organically connected, allowing you to richly feel Seven Us’ deep emotions. The title song ‘SLOMO’ is a song that stimulates a dreamy and hazy feeling of separation with Seven Us‘ warm vocals based on an acoustic guitar sound. Seven Us depicts a sad yet beautiful parting, conveying empathy and resonance with a development that feels like watching a movie. Through the ‘SLOMO’ music video released simultaneously with the sound source, Seven Us shows off heartbreaking emotional acting as well as warm and sophisticated visuals that evoke a winter mood. Seven Us’s even deeper musical color and expressiveness are anticipated. In addition,Dec 09, 2024
MUSICDynamic Duo, Year-end Concert in Seoul Successfully Completed “Now is Career High”Dynamic Duo heated up the year-end for the second consecutive year with ‘Let‘s See You for a Long Time Sometimes’. Dynamic Duo (Gaeko, Choiza) successfully held their 2024 solo concert ‘Let’s See You for a Long Time Sometimes’ at the Olympic Hall in Olympic Park, Seoul for three days on the 6th, 7th, and 8th. ‘Let‘s See You for a Long Time Sometimes’ is Dynamic Duo’s year-end concert with the same title for the second consecutive year since last November. It is meaningful because you can enjoy all of Dynamic Duo‘s famous songs that have provided comfort and empathy for a long time in one place, inspired by the titles of the songs on their 7th regular album. As all the previous shows had sold out at lightning speed, the audience that filled the Olympic Hall, who knew how to have fun, went wild for Dynamic Duo’s stage and swagger, creating a festival. On this day, Dynamic Duo started with ‘Resume’ and ‘Resume Rewriting’, and continued with an explosive stage where they sang ‘Pitapa’, ‘SpDec 09, 2024
MUSICOneus releases ‘Rupert‘s Tears’ with Seoho’s participation in writing lyrics today (9th)The group ONEUS (Seoho, Leedo, Keonhee, Hwanwoong, Xion) will release the digital single ‘Rupert‘s Drop‘ at noon today (the 9th). It has been about 7 months since ONEUS released a new song since the release of their digital single ’Now (Original by Fin.KL)‘. ’Rupert’s Drop’ is a pop genre song that features a delicate acoustic guitar sound. Like ‘Rupert‘s Drop‘, which is born strong in the hot flames but shatters in an instant with even the smallest shock, it contains the story of the members who melt endlessly and gently in front of Too Moon (fandom name). Member Seoho participated in writing the lyrics, and the lyrics expressed love and gratitude toward fans with the message that ONEUS and TUMOON are connected as one. The music video released with the song contains the image of ONEUS having a shining moment after meeting TUMOON. The melody, combined with the sensory visual beauty of brilliant starlight and warm flower fields, creates a warmDec 09, 2024
MUSICEighton, releases ‘If it‘s going to be like this, then in the next life’ today (9th)The group 8TURN (Jaeyoon, Myeongho, Minho, Yunseong, Haemin, Kyungmin, Yoongyu, Seungheon) will release their new single ‘If It‘s Going to Be Like This, In the Next Life’ on the 9th at 6PM. ‘If It’s Going to Be Like This, In the Next Life’ is the first confession song 8TURN has presented, and it is a song that represents the MZ generation‘s bold way of dating, containing the fluttering emotions of eight boys. It is expected to capture fans’ hearts with a different charm from the music 8TURN has presented so far. Through bold and witty lyrics, the boys honestly confess their feelings of attraction to a friend, revealing their lively energy. 8TURN‘s unique vocals, in harmony with catchy guitar riffs and retro drum sounds, convey positive and fresh excitement. Ahead of the release, 8TURN met with fans at the ‘8TURN FANCONCERT: TURNING POINT’ at the Donghae Culture and Arts Center of Kwangwoon University in Seoul on the 7th, and added to the comeback fever by pre-releasing ‘If It’s Going tDec 09, 2024
MUSICRosé, surpassing Blackpink as ‘Global Solo Diva’BLACKPINK‘s Rosé, who has climbed to the top of K-pop, ’Apartment‘, is poised to further solidify her position as a ’solo diva‘ on the global stage. Rosé, who made her new song ’Apartment‘ a mega hit last October, is continuing the momentum with her first full-length solo album ’Rosie‘, released on the 6th. It has been three years since Rosé released a solo album, following her first single ’알‘ (R) in 2021, and this is her first full-length album in eight years since her debut. Thanks to the success of ’Apartment‘, which was the pre-released track for this album, the title track ’Toxic Till the End‘ began to create buzz both domestically and internationally as soon as it was released.Dec 09, 2024
MUSICFirst domestic stage after the cancellation notice of New Jeans ‘News did not even come out’The first domestic stage after announcing the termination of their exclusive contract with their agency Adore. New Jeans ‘didn‘t even mention the name of New Jeans.’ The five members who ‘greeted with their names instead of New Jeans while singing New Jeans songs didn’t seem to care much about the commotion from some of the audience who watched them. New Jeans appeared as guests at the Korean concert of top J-pop group Yoasobi held at Incheon Inspire Arena on the night of the 7th. It was their ‘first domestic stage’ since announcing the termination of their exclusive contract with their agency Adore. The five members appeared at the center of the stage during a ‘blackout’ in the middle of the heated performance of the main character Yoasobi.Dec 08, 2024
MUSICKorean fans‘ favorite Japanese group, Yoa Sobi, ‘Tears up the weekend’They say that singers follow their titles, and this group is no exception. Their representative song is ‘Idol.’ J-pop‘s ‘True Idol’ group Yoasobi held their second solo concert in Korea on the 7th and 8th, with a sold-out audience of well over 20,000. Despite having more than doubled in size in exactly one year, the Incheon Inspire Arena, which seats over 12,000 people per show, was packed to capacity. It was a sight that truly made you realize how popular Yoasobi, who have become J-pop icons, are in Korea. Yoasobi, consisting of female vocalist Ikura and male member Ayase, performed their mega hit song ‘Dec 08, 2024
MUSICBlackpink‘s ’Playing with Fire‘ music video surpasses 900 million views [Entertainment News HOT]The music video for the group BLACKPINK‘s ‘Playing with Fire’ has surpassed 900 million views on YouTube. According to YG Entertainment on the 8th, the ‘Playing with Fire’ music video surpassed 900 million views on YouTube at 4:41 a.m. that day. It has been about 8 years and 1 month since its release on November 1, 2016. With this, BLACKPINK now has 12 videos with over 900 million views out of a total of 47 videos with over 100 million views. Meanwhile, BLACKPINK is continuing its unrivaled record-breaking streak as the ‘YouTube Queens’. Their official YouTube channel has over 95.3 million subscribers, the most among artists in the world, and the cumulative number of views on the channel is 3.Dec 08, 2024
MUSICV ‘White Christmas’ iTunes Top Song #1 [Entertainment News HOT]BTS member V‘s duet with pop singer Bing Crosby, the carol “White Christmas,” has topped the iTunes “Top Song” charts in 43 countries around the world. According to his agency Big Hit Music, the song, which was released on the 6th, topped 43 countries, including France, Japan, and Finland, in less than 24 hours after its release. “White Christmas” was a song that became a worldwide hit sung by legendary singer Bing Crosby in 1942, and V reinterpreted it. Bing Crosby’s voice was extracted from a recording in the 1950s and V‘s vocals were added, and the two worked together in the recording studio.Dec 08, 2024
MUSICYoo Soo Hyun, Webtoon ‘The Sin of Not Loving Me’ OST to be released on the 10thSinger Yoo Soo-hyun sings the OST for the webtoon ‘The Sin of Not Loving Me’. On the 10th at noon, Yoo Soo-hyun will release the OST ‘Getting further away by one day’ for the webtoon ’The Sin of Not Loving Me’ through various online music sites. ‘Getting further away by one day’ has a delicate melody and lyrics full of sadness such as ‘Why can‘t I forget you who left me for a moment and look for you again, like a fool/I get angry and cry but you don’t come back/I‘ll leave me to time today too, getting further away by one day’, heightening the emotions of separation. In particular, Yoo Soo-hyun’s unique voice and mournful tone, who participated in the singing, are expected to add a deep lingering feeling to the work. Yoo Soo-hyun has been actively working as a member of the ‘trot idol’ girl group Minimani, and has received much love for her outstanding musical skills through TV Chosun‘s ‘Miss Trot 3’, so expectations are high for the musical charm she will showcase through this OST. ThiDec 08, 2024
MUSICControversy over ‘Unconfirmed personal history of 3rd member summoned’ in response to KG‘s announcement of withdrawalForeign members declare withdrawal ‘furious’, agency JYP ‘calm’. KG, a member of the multinational girl group VCHA, which is approaching its first anniversary, has filed a lawsuit against her agency JYP, declaring ‘that she will leave the team’. KG stated on her personal SNS that she had been subjected to ‘unfair treatment’ by a certain employee, and that she had decided to leave VCHA and “filed a lawsuit” to terminate her exclusive contract. It appears that KG had already expressed her intention to withdraw in May and posted a similar statement on her personal SNS during the process of ‘demanding’that the contract be terminated. In addition, KG stated in the post that in the event of a legal dispute,Dec 08, 2024