[Exclusive] Jisoo to release single on Sept. 4 ahead of first solo LP

Jisoo will release a new single Sept. 4, an industry source told The Korea Herald. The singer also teased the release on social media Monday, signaling her first new music since "Eyes Closed (feat. Zayn)" released in October. Details of the song, including its title and genre, have yet to be revealed, but the track serves as a prerelease for an upcoming album. The album's release date has yet to be set. "The new song won't feature another artist this time, and it's part of her first full-length

2026-08-24 13:00:00:00

AtHeart revisits Roo'Ra's 30-year-old summer hit '3!4!'

Rookie girl group AtHeart has reached back three decades for its latest release, remaking Roo'Ra's 1996 summer hit "3!4!" as part of its ongoing "Time Travel Project." For the members, whose average age is around 18, taking on a song released long before any of them were born presented a unique challenge. "I knew '3!4!' even before we decided to remake it, and it was a song we frequently played during practice," Bome said at a showcase in Seoul on Wednesday. "I believe the 'Time Travel Project'

2026-08-21 19:18:10:00

The reluctant architect of Korean stand-up

Danny Cho did not come to Korea chasing a Korean Dream. When the Korean American stand-up comedian moved to Seoul in 2017, the plan was far less ambitious: stay two years to escape the routine that had drained him at home. "So the reason why I moved to Korea, it was supposed to be a temporary thing, like two years, and it was not to do stand-up in Korean," Cho told The Korea Herald in an interview in Seoul on Aug. 13. “It was because I was burnt out." Korea was supposed to be a detour. Instead,

2026-08-20 18:14:12:00

Enhypen begins six-piece era with 'The Sin: Bliss'

Enhypen is putting its music and performance first, as the group begins a new chapter as a six-piece act with its eighth mini-album, “The Sin: Bliss,” its first release since the departure of Heeseung, who is now known as Evan. Speaking at a press conference in Seoul on Thursday, leader Jungwon said the lineup change did not alter what the boy band considered most important while preparing the new EP. “Rather than the number of members, we focused most on how we could make the final product bett

2026-08-20 18:03:13:00

Wayf Boys break K-pop rules — and Interscope is buying in

Wayf Boys has been around for less than two weeks. But the five-piece group has already made clear that it has little interest in following the K-pop playbook. While agencies typically introduce members one by one ahead of a debut, Wayf Boys initially concealed their faces on social media behind illustrated characters drawn by member Anderson. Their videos show the members speaking freely — profanity included — rather than sticking to the carefully managed language expected of most idols in offi

2026-08-19 17:40:16:00

BTS' 'Swim' nominated for Song of the Year at MTV VMAs

BTS' "Swim" has been nominated for Song of the Year at the 2026 MTV Video Music Awards, putting the K-pop septet in contention for one of the ceremony's top honors. The lead track from BTS' fifth studio album, "Arirang," was among the nominees announced Tuesday. It will compete against songs including Madonna and Sabrina Carpenter's "Bring Your Love," PinkPantheress and Zara Larsson's "Stateside" and Raye's "Where is My Husband!" The nomination marks BTS' second time competing for Song of the Ye

2026-08-19 09:39:41:00

Jennie to return with new EP this month

Blackpink's Jennie is preparing to release a new EP in late August, her agency Odd Atelier said Wednesday. The upcoming release follows a string of appearances at major global music festivals this year. Jennie headlined the Governors Ball Music Festival in New York in June, followed by Roskilde Festival in Denmark, Open'er Festival in Poland and Mad Cool Festival in Spain in July. She also performed at Summer Sonic in Japan in August. During several of the festivals, Jennie previewed unreleased

2026-08-19 09:39:22:00

Will BTS reconsider Grammy boycott as entry deadline looms?

With the Grammy submission period closing in a matter of days, the chances appear slim that BTS will reverse its decision not to submit music for consideration. The Recording Academy, which oversees the Grammys, said Friday it would revisit its June decision to introduce the best Asian pop music performance category, raising speculation over whether BTS might reconsider its boycott of the 2027 awards. But the entry period, which began in early July, closes Friday. Unless the Academy announces a

2026-08-17 15:09:20:00

Stray Kids make Billboard history with 9th straight No. 1

Stray Kids have made Billboard 200 history, becoming the first act to debut their first nine charting albums at No. 1 with their new EP "This & That." The boy group's 10th EP debuted atop the Billboard 200 with 369,000 equivalent album units earned in the US, including 357,000 in traditional album sales, according to a chart preview published Sunday. The figure marks the group's biggest sales week to date. The achievement extends a streak that began with the group's 2022 EP "Oddinary." It was fo

2026-08-17 11:30:46:00

If Joseon had K-pop, it might have sounded like Seodo Band

If there had been K-pop during the Joseon era, perhaps it would have sounded something like Seodo Band. Formed by five conservatory classmates, the band spent nine years circling around the material that would eventually become its first full-length album, "One: Circle," set for release Friday. The band — vocalist Seodo, guitarist Yeon Tae-hee, bassist Kim Tea-joo, drummer Jeong Hyun-bin and keyboardist Kim Seong-hyun — calls its music "Joseon-pop," a genre of its own making that combines tradit

2026-08-16 16:00:00:00