K-pop singer G.NA is set to release a new single next week, according to her agency Cube Entertainment on Monday. The singer’s new digital single “Pretty Lingerie” will drop at noon on April 21. According to Cube, “Pretty Lingerie” features a fresh melody and lyrics that any woman who has been in love can empathize with. “G.NA, who has typically sung about confident women, seeks to portray wom...

This year Gaga stamped her presence in the K-pop realm by making local headlines after it was reported she attended Jay Park’s concert during the K-pop showcase at South By Southwest music festival in Austin, Texas, in March. She earlier made the surprise announcement that she personally selected quirky K-pop group Crayon Pop as the opening act for the U.S. leg of the “artRAVE: The ARTPOP Ball” ...

Korean-American Bernard Park has been crowned the winner of popular singing competition program “Survival Audition K-pop Star 3.” The soulful ballad singer sealed the deal with his performance of Yoo Jae-ha’s 1980s ballad hit “Because I Loved You” and R. Kelly’s “I Believe I can Fly” in the season finale on Sunday. He beat out fellow Korean-American competitor Sam Kim, who performed a self-rendi...

2000 Won, a male duo who competed on “K-pop Star 2,” has formally debuted in the local music scene with its first EP “2000 Won 1st Mini Album,” featuring strong vocals and rapping. The up-and-coming Kim Hyo-bin and Kim Il-do kicked off their first live performance with the lead single “Don’t Like Seoul Anymore” in a showcase at KT Olleh Square in Seoul on Friday. The song is a sentimental track...

Loen Entertainment has launched a creative signing event for K-pop stars on its 1theK Facebook account, the agency said Monday. Upon clicking “like” for the “Wonderful Fan Signing Event” at www.facebook.com/1theK , each user can choose between a video clip of K-pop singer IU or boy band B.A.P. In each video clip, the K-pop artists hold up the user’s Facebook profile picture and have a “mini c...

Acoustic pop trio returns with EP ‘Before the Rain’

K-pop boy group EXO’s comeback single has been leaked online, days before its official release, and the group’s agency is threatening legal action against those responsible. An audio file of “Overdose,” the title track of the group’s upcoming new album, and a video showing the members practicing the choreography to the song were uploaded on YouTube Thursday, then quickly spread through social me...

Big Bang member T.O.P will hold an exhibition next month to celebrate the release of his first photography collection. The “From TOP Exhibition,” will display photos from the collection “1st Pictorial Records From TOP” released Wednesday and unpublished photos personally picked by the K-pop star. The photography collection is a result of a collaboration between T.O.P, also known as Choi Seung-h...

South Korean pop superstar BoA’s English-language debut film has been exported to 54 countries around the world, the film’s local production company said Thursday. Directed by Duane Adler, best known for his dance-centric, youth-driven screenplays for “Save the Last Dance” and the “Step Up” films, “Make Your Move” is a South Korea-U.S. co-production about a man and a woman from different backgro...

Popular singer-songwriter IU will make a return next month with her first remake album and a series of concerts. The album will be her first remake since her debut in 2008. It will feature reinterpretations and rearrangements of past hits through IU’s signature vocals and musical sensibilities. The singer-songwriter will also stage a series of concerts, titled “Just one more step ... just that,...

The decision allows the 18 YG artists to have a greater say in the agency’s recapitalization and business management process and become more prominent actors in YG’s operations. In February, YG Entertainment’s board of directors decided to increase the company’s capital by issuing new stocks worth 51.2 billion won. The new stocks will first be offered to existing shareholders, after which the fo...

Park Jin-young, singer, and main producer and head of entertainment giant JYP Entertainment, ranked No. 1 in music copyright earnings in 2013 for the third consecutive year. Park earned the most in copyright royalties as a songwriter-producer in 2013, according to the 2013 Music Copyright Total Earnings report released by the Korea Music Copyright Association on Tuesday. With a net profit of 1....

EXO, an idol group with one of the largest fan followings in K-pop, will put on the group’s first concert since its debut nearly two years ago. In celebration of the group’s two-year anniversary, the 12 members of EXO will hold their first full concert at the Olympic Park’s Gymnastics Stadium on May 24-25. According to representatives at SM Entertainment, EXO will also hold concerts in other maj...

Popular Korean-American R&B singer Lena Park, also known as Park Jung-hyun, will return with a new EP “Syncrofusion” and a series of upcoming concerts in Seoul, Busan and Daegu. “Syncrofusion” is slated to be released on April 18 and will mark Park’s first album release following the artist’s eighth studio album “Parallax” nearly two years ago. The album was produced by Team 89, the producing te...

TOKYO (AFP) ― Thousands of K-pop fans flocked to a major concert by top South Korean music stars in Japan last week, with organizers and fans alike calling it a “bridge” for two nations locked in a never-ending diplomatic squabble. The K-pop juggernaut has been spreading around the world with South Korean music, television and movies making a big splash in countries with few ties to Seoul. But ...