“This is competition” … ‘Unpretty Rapstar’ first broadcast in October after 9 years[Official]

TV Apr 23, 2025

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Photo courtesy of Mnet
Photo courtesy of Mnet

Mnet ‘Unpretty Rapstar: Hip-Hop Princess’ (hereafter referred to as ‘Hip-Hop Princess’) is recruiting applicants with the goal of having its first broadcast in October.

‘HIP POP Princess’ is the new season of Mnet ‘Unpretty Rapstar’, the first female rapper survival program in South Korea that first aired in 2015.Female rappers such as Jeon So-yeon, Cheetah, and Heize made their faces known through ‘Unpretty Rapstar’, and it has established itself as a ‘gateway to stardom’ for rising rappers of the time.Accordingly, interest in ‘Hip-Pop Princess’, which will be reborn through a renewal about 9 years after ‘Unpretty Rapstar 3’ in 2016, is already hot.

If ‘Unpretty Rapstar’ discovered talented rappers, ‘Hip-Pop Princess’ aims to create a hip-hop group.In ‘Hip-Pop Princess’, participants actively participate in all areas of creation, including writing lyrics, composing, and choreography, and carry out missions to express their own unique colors.Discovering the participants who are like gems in the rough and watching them grow as artists through self-producing missions is expected to be a unique point of interest in ‘Hip-Pop Princess’.

The scale has also been expanded.’Hip-Pop Princess’, which is being created as a joint Korean-Japanese project, is preparing for a broadcast in the second half of the year based in Korea.K -POP and J -POP are expected to meet to create a true cultural communication that penetrates not only music but also fashion and lifestyle of the two countries.In addition, the production team of ‘Unpretty Rapstar’ and ‘Street Woman Fighter’ are joining forces to expand synergy and accelerate the discovery of talents who have experience in everything from hip-hop to dance.

The ‘Hip-Pop Princess’ application, which will be the beginning of the birth of a hip-hop group that has never existed before, is open to any woman born before January 1, 2012, regardless of nationality.The application period is from today(the 23rd)to June 30th, Korean time, and will be conducted through online application via QR code in the recruitment teaser video.Applications through Mnet Plus will be available from April 30th.

The production team said,“ ‘Hip-Pop Princess,’ which is currently being prepared with the goal of airing in October of this year, is a project to create a rap version of IZ*ONE, “and added,” We are putting our heart and soul into preparing it, so we ask for your support and interest.”

‘Unpretty Rapstar: Hip-Hop Princess’ is scheduled to premiere in October.

Reporter Jeon Hyo-jin, Donga.com jhj@donga.com

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