Suga ties record set by bandmate Jimin

Boy band Teen Top is set to return in July, marking their first group comeback in three years. The act's label TOP Media on Wednesday announced that Teen Top is gearing up to drop a new album in July. This will the five-piece's comeback after releasing its special album "To You 2020" in 2020. The label said that the members decided to return in time for the group's 13th anniversary, to thank f...

Boy band AB6IX will launch an international tour with concerts in Seoul on May 27-28, announced agency Brand New Music on Tuesday. The tour is titled “The Future,” after its upcoming seventh EP “The Future Is Ours: Lost.” The band dropped hints for the album on Monday with an intense teaser clip full of mysterious objects and ended with a dark room set aflame. The EP will be released on May 29...

The multi-label firm shows growth despite BTS' absence

A longtime member of local music crew Club Eskimo, the 28-year-old artist has built up an expansive musical portfolio through collaborating with various renowned artists, including Baekhyun of Exo, Jeon So-yeon of (G) I-dle, R&B singer Crush and Chungha. He is also a part of R&B duo Offonfoff, but has been making music solo lately. His solo discography includes the EPs "Wave" (2018), "Love Part ...

Le Sserafim returns with its 1st LP 'Unforgiven' on Monday

The rain started to pour by the time K-pop sensation Ive took the stage. Despite the deteriorating weather conditions, concertgoers seemed to have gained more energy to cheer for their favorite artist. Ive began its performance with “Kitsch,” and not even the rain could strip them of their charm. The rookies with less than two years of experience were already pros, showing off perfectly calibr...

K-pop solo artist B.I is set to make a comeback with his second full-length album, “TO DIE FOR,” on June 1. He announced the comeback through the release of a poster on social media on Monday. A message on the announcement poster read, “Dream as if you’ll live forever. Live as if you’ll die today,” giving fans a sneak peek into what this upcoming album might be about. The comeback comes seven ...

"OMG," a hit song from rookie girl group NewJeans, has garnered 300 million streams on Spotify, the group's agency said Saturday. The song had recorded 301,242,550 streams on the world's largest music streaming platform as of Thursday, after its release on Jan. 2 this year, ADOR said. The group's "Ditto" also has garnered more than 300 million streams on Spotify earlier this week. The girl gro...

A teaser trailer for Stray Kids’ third full-length album was uploaded on Friday. Starting with Felix, the eight members appear one by one and unabashedly -- and sometimes quite literally -- smash and rip apart the stereotypes in the video for the LP titled “Five-Star.” Expectations are high as its two previous albums, EPs “Oddinary” and “Maxident,” topped Billboard 200. The former sold more tha...

YG Entertainment is set to unveil the final members of Babymonster on May 12. Seven pre-debut members have completed the months-long evaluation process that began in January. Five members from the pool will debut officially as Babymonster, with those members set to be unveiled on May 12. The announcement was made on Friday through the latest episode of Babymonster's debut evaluation series pos...

“The love we received was beyond expectation,” says AOORA. Known for his remixes of Korean and Indian music and his reaction videos, the K-pop singer held his first K-pop concert in Jammu, India. In this episode, we learn about AOORA’s passion for bringing Korea and India together, his experience in Jammu and his latest collaboration with Aksh Baghla. Kim Soo-young and Noh Seong-min contributed ...

“I find myself organizing things at other people’s stores,” chuckles Bong Dal-ho, an 11-year veteran convenience store owner and author, as he reflects on his daily life running a convenience store. Learn what it’s like to run a convenience store, from the strange, to the heartwarming, to the bittersweet moments an owner has with customers every day. This video was produced as part of The Korea ...

Learn why Han Jimin started his career as a bodyguard and how he protects K-pop artists. What’s it like to be a bodyguard to the stars? Let’s find out! This video was produced as part of The Korea Herald and University of Utah Asia Campus Internship Program, under the supervision of the Asia 101 team.

Once a sports major, Shin Hye-jin, popularly known as Shinggomggom, never thought she would one day become K-pop stars’ go-to nail artist. From Red Velvet’s Wendy, IZ*ONE’s Jang Won-young and fromis_9 to even Hybe founder Bang Si-hyuk, her list of famous clients goes on and on. What’s it like to be a nail artist for K-pop icons? We asked all of our burning questions and got the inside scoop on he...