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· Daniel Anderson
HYBE CEO Park Ji-won has published an open letter discussing his company’s completed acquisition of the majority stake in its competitor, SM Entertainment. The letter was posted on HYBE’s official social media accounts on Tuesday in Korean, Japanese and English.
· Daniel Anderson
SM Entertainment CEO Chris Lee has released a scathing video accusing the company’s founder of tax evasion and delaying Aespa’s comeback album. Chris Lee, born Lee Sung-su, goes on the offensive against his own uncle, Lee Soo-man, in a 30-minute video uploaded to his YouTube…
· Daniel Anderson
South Korean entertainment company HYBE is set to acquire a controlling stake in competitor SM Entertainment, becoming its largest shareholder with a 14.8% stake. In a regulatory filing released on Feb. 10, HYBE announced that it had bought 3.5 million shares from SM…
· Daniel Anderson
K-pop idol Kim Chae-won, a member of the girl group LE SSERAFIM, was the subject of a dating rumor that has since been debunked. The rumor stemmed from a report originally published by Shukan Bunshun, a Japanese weekly news magazine that claimed to have obtained selfies of Kim…
· Iris Jung
K-pop stars dominate this year’s “100 Most Beautiful” and “100 Most Handsome Faces” lists by TC Chandler and The Independent Critics. Nancy Jewel McDonie, Momoland’s Korean American visual, took the No. 2 spot on the “The Most Beautiful Faces of 2022” list.
· Daniel Anderson
YouTube revealed its most watched music videos of 2022 in Korea. The list only featured videos uploaded in 2022 and only views by YouTube users in Korea from Jan. 1 to Oct. 30 were counted. South Korean trot and ballad singer Lim Young Woo took the No. 10, No. 5 and No. 1 spots…
· Daniel Anderson
JYP Entertainment girl group ITZY released their new mini-album “Cheshire” on Wednesday, led by a title track of the same name. ITZY corresponded with NextShark over email about their new album and their recent FIFA World Cup commercial for McDonald’s. “Cheshire” was co-written…
· Daniel Anderson
Happy holidays! This week was a bit lighter on music, but there were still a handful of noteworthy releases, starting with the long-awaited return of K-pop queen BoA and her album “Forgive Me.” KANGDANIEL released a repackage album titled “The Story : RETOLD,” and NMIXX got the…
· Daniel Anderson
So much happened in the K-pop world this week. Boy group OMEGA X took unprecedented action and held their own press conference to detail alleged incidents of physical, verbal and sexual abuse from their company CEO. The K-pop group are terminating their contracts, trademarking…
· Daniel Anderson
K-pop girl group LE SSERAFIM made their first comeback on Monday with their mini-album “ANTIFRAGILE.” Their latest release includes five tracks in total: “ANTIFRAGILE,” “The Hydra,” “Impurities,” “No Celestial” and “Good Parts (when the quality is bad but i am).” “Impurities”…
· Daniel Anderson
Former IZ*ONE member Lee Chae-yeon made her solo debut on Wednesday with the album “HUSH RUSH” and the music video for the title track of the same name. The album features three other songs: “Danny,” “Aquamarine” and “Same But Different.” Lee is now the fourth former IZ*ONE…
· Daniel Anderson
Soloist Kwon Eun-bi released her third mini-album “Lethality” on Wednesday. The album has six tracks in total: the title track “Underwater” and B-sides “WAVE” "Croquis," "Simulation," "Flash" and "Hi," the last of which was written by Kwon. “Croquis” is a direct sequel to Kwon’s…
· Ryan General
South Korean netizens were up in arms over a Japanese TV host’s alleged inappropriate questions for Le Sserafim members Sakura and Kazuha. The Japanese artists, who made their debut with the K-pop girl group on May 2, were subjected to the questioning when they appeared on the…
· Daniel Anderson
K-pop rookie girl group NMIXX released their second single album “Entwurf” and the music video for title track “Dice” on Monday. In addition to “Dice,” the album also comes with a B-side “COOL (Your Rainbow),” as well as instrumentals for both songs. NMIXX and its members…
· Daniel Anderson
K-pop boy group TEMPEST released their second mini-album on Monday titled “Shining Up,” led by the title track “Can’t Stop Shining.” The album has four tracks total, with the lead track being co-written by member Hwarang. TEMPEST and its seven members, Hanbin, Hyeongseop, Hyuk,…
· Daniel Anderson
HYBE subsidiary label ADOR (All Doors One Room) released a lengthy statement on Saturday denying allegations of sexualized lyrics in girl group NewJeans’ new song “Cookie.” The lyrics include lines such as “Looking at my cookie, do you ever smell it different? Taste it, what’s…
· Daniel Anderson
South Korean entertainment company CJ ENM announced KCON 2022 Japan’s first lineup of artists on Wednesday. The lineup includes IVE, LE SSERAFIM, Kep1er, NewJeans, NMIXX, NiziU, MONSTA X’s Kihyun, TEMPEST, TNX, JO1 and former IZ*ONE member and soloist JO YURI. KCON 2022 Japan…
· Daniel Anderson
Former Le Sserafim member Kim Ga-ram allegedly issued a new statement on Wednesday denying the bullying allegations that led to the termination of her contract with Hybe and Source Music in July. An anonymous Instagram user claiming to be Kim’s friend purportedly uploaded a…
· Daniel Anderson
Le Sserafim member Yunjin, 20, released a self-produced song titled “Raise y_our glass” on Tuesday. The song is accompanied by a vlog-style video that follows Yunjin as she starts her idol training and makes happy memories with her fellow group mates since then. This is not the…
· Daniel Anderson
K-pop soloist Yena is back with her sophomore EP, “Smartphone.” The EP, which was released today, features five songs in total. Yena co-wrote three of the EP’s tracks, including the title track “Smartphone.” “Sophomore” is a follow-up to Yena’s solo debut EP “Smiley.” Yena…
