Jay Park on Why He Was Determined to Finish His R&B Album and Producing New K-Pop Groups
The Seattle-born rapper, singer and CEO opens up about his creative process and his plans to debut idol groups through his ...
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A complete guide to NYC’s K-pop scene: bands, cupsleeves and more
In the last decade, Korean pop music — K-pop — has become a global sensation. After all, who can resist delightful choreography, floaty vocals or an excellent death drop? New York City has a ...
Wanna be a K-pop idol? Blackpink’s label to hold global auditions
YG Entertainment, the South Korean music label behind Blackpink, BigBang and 2NE1, is holding auditions across Asia in search ...
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All You Need To Know About PLAVE, The Virtual Kpop Boy Band
With SM first introducing virtual avatars of its K-pop girl group Vespa and then Naevis, a solo virtual K-pop idol, companies in the K-pop music industry are looking to incorporate AI to bring a ...
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Jennie Is Going Her Own Way
(Earlier in the week, photographs of a night out with influencers Simi and Haze Khadra and Blackpink singer Rosé tore through fan accounts and Korean media.) She decides she wants to take it easy ...
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NewJeans’ Ultimatum Casts K-Pop’s Displays of Labor in a New Light
By Jon Caramanica A huge part of the success of NewJeans — the most creatively promising new K-pop act of the past two years — has been its music videos: stylistically sophisticated ...
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K-pop star to testify on music industry bullying
South Korean pop star Hanni has made a surprise announcement, saying she will testify to the country's National Assembly in a hearing about bullying in the music industry. The singer, who is part ...
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Commentary: As a long-time K-pop fan, here's why I found Pop Star Academy: Katseye deeply problematic
The docuseries follows 20 trainees in the notoriously rigorous K-pop system as they compete for ... found that “the more people that find the ideas in these shows to be ‘normal’, the bigger ...