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· Carl Samson
K-Pop Star’s Adorable Parents Close Business to Watch Their Daughter’s Concert
Let’s talk about the supportive parents of one upcoming K-Pop idol who paused their business to attend their daughter’s pre-debut concert. If you’ve always been in the K-Pop loop, chances are you already heard of Pledis Girlz. They’re a group of female trainees from Pledis…
· Carl Samson
Twin K-Pop Backup Dancers Are So Hot, Fans Are Demanding They Debut As Celebs
A pair of twin back-up dancers is attracting the attention of the K-Pop community for their looks and skills. This is something unusual in K-Pop as fans rarely take their eyes off their idols. Meet Kwon brothers Young Deuk and Young Don, dancers of YG Entertainment’s ‘Hi-Tech’…
· Carl Samson
Rising K-Pop Girl Group Reveals 6 Things They’re Forbidden to Do as Trainees
As many of us would already know, the road to K-Pop stardom is not the easiest to travel. Talent is just one of the many other ingredients for a successful career, and by “successful,” we mean really good money. For Black Pink, that includes compliance to six prohibitions in…
· Carl Samson
Top K-Pop Star Reveals the Scandalous Reason Why He Closed His Own Idol Academy
If you’re a die-hard fan of k-pop, chances are you’ve heard of Big Bang member Seungri’s idol academy business. But on Wednesday’s episode of “Weekly Idol,” the Big Bang member revealed that he closed it “a little while ago.”
· Ryan General
K-Pop Group’s Music Video Sets New Record on YouTube
K-Pop super group Twice has recently proven their international appeal by setting a music video view count record on YouTube. The South Korean group’s music video of their third single “TT” recently surpassed the 100-million viewer mark on Tuesday, only 71 days after it was…
· Editorial Staff
Jaden Smith Plans to Become a K-Pop Star in 2017
Jaden Smith has plans to become a K-pop star in the the coming year. Earlier this month, the 18 year old tweeted his admiration for Big Bang’s G-Dragon and called him his “inspiration”.
· Carl Samson
Russian Singer Under Fire For ‘Stealing’ K-Pop Star Taeyang’s Hit Song
A Russian singer is currently in hot water for allegedly stealing K-Pop star Taeyang’s “Eyes, Nose, Lips.” On Wednesday, Albina uploaded a new music video on her YouTube channel where over 2,000 people have subscribed. The song, titled “I Love You”, has a striking resemblance to…
· Ryan General
K-Pop Star Reveals a Surprising Side of His German Girlfriend
Lim Sung-bin, popularly known as the South Korean rapper and MC “Beenzino”, recently revealed what he found most attractive about his German girlfriend Stefanie Michova. In a recent episode of entertainment TV program “Video Star” aired on Tuesday, Beenzino spoke about how he…
· Ryan General
K-Pop Artist Who’s Been Training For 9 Years is Finally Debuting and Fans Are Freaking Out
After training for 9 years, a K-Pop artist is finally getting launched as the newest member of a recently formed South Korean boy group and netizens are excited. As teased in the “2016 SAF Gayo Daejun,” SM Entertainment’s rookie group NCT 127 is set for their highly anticipated…
· Carl Samson
South Korean Diplomat Caught Using K-pop to Lure and Sexually Assault Underage Girls
A South Korean diplomat is making headlines in Chile and his home country after sexually assaulting young girls. The unidentified diplomat’s lascivious act was caught on camera, which apparently ended up in the trailer for a local program called “En Su Propia Trampa” (“To Fall…
· Ryan General
Meet the Filipina Teen Who Could Become K-Pop’s Newest Sensation
A beautiful and talented Filipino teen is making waves in the Korean entertainment scene and is now being eyed as the next K-Pop sensation. Fresh off her jaw-dropping performance in the hit reality show K-Pop Star, 17-year-old Kriesha Tiu, also known as Chrisha Choo, impressed…
· Ryan General
K-Pop’s Most Iconic Girl Group 2NE1 Has Officially Disbanded
One of K-pop’s most successful girl groups in recent years has officially disbanded with some of its members pursuing solo careers. YG Entertainment, the production firm behind the iconic group, announced the disbandment of the group on Friday, November 25 on its website. YG…
· Editorial Staff
American Rappers React to Two of K-Pop’s Biggest Stars
It’s not often that music artists from across oceans come across each other’s work, especially when we’re talking about American rappers watching music videos of K-Pop’s biggest stars. Rappers Cam’ron, Desiigner, Flatbush Zombies, Ghostface Killah, GoldLink, Jazz Cartier, Lil…
· Carl Samson
Indian Guys are Completely Obsessed with This K-Pop Band Member
Following TWICE’s recent comeback with “TT,” more and more people are becoming part of the ONCE fandom. These include men in India who, according to Koreaboo, have been obsessing particularly over member Tzuyu.
· Carl Samson
Popular K-Pop Band’s New Music Video Bashed For Being Too Sexy
A K-Pop girl group has left viewers cringing at their new music video. The group, Twice, dropped the music video for “TT,” the title track of their new album, earlier this week. As of press time, it’s close to 19 million views, and that’s not bad for a group that only debuted…
· Carl Samson
There’s Now a K-Pop Girl Group With ZERO Plastic Surgery
South Korea has a new female K-Pop group claiming to be “all-natural” — that is, members have not had any plastic surgery. Managed by Illusion Entertainment, HighTeen just dropped a 16-second teaser of their debut mini-album, along with a profile clip showcasing members HyeJoo,…
· Benny Luo
Former SNSD Trainee Reveals the Distorted Reality of Beauty in K-Pop
For K-pop fans around the world, the group SNSD, or Girls’ Generation, is a household name. They’re the flagship act for SM Entertainment, a major South Korean entertainment company that was valued at $660 million in 2013, according to Forbes. SNSD reportedly generated $18.6…
· Carl Samson
K-Pop Star’s Epic Hair Flip is the Most Badass Thing You’ll See Today
We’ve seen Oliver Queen, Clint Barton, Daryl Dixon, Katniss Everdeen and Legolas fire their arrows — but none of them comes close to being as gorgeous as this K-Pop star. Meet K-Pop group Twice’s Chou Tzu Yu, whose hair flipped fabulously as she shot an arrow in the archery…
· Ryan General
K-POP and K-Dramas are Making a Ton of People Filthy Rich
A huge part of the world has collectively embraced two of South Korea’s main exports: K-pop and K-drama. Their influence has so far transcended into fashion and even beauty standards in many countries, creating a huge market for Korean beauty products and fashion brands.…
· Ryan General
Columbia Student Forms K-POP Boy Band With No Koreans in Sight
Bora Kim, an “interdisciplinary artist and sociologist from Seoul, Korea,” is attempting the impossible: to get her non-Korean boy band creation to break into K-pop stardom in Korea. The Columbia University graduate student signed up 6 talented young men who went through an…
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BTS connects to HYBE, Weverse, memberships, merch, and tickets.
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&TEAM
&TEAM is HYBE's first homegrown Japanese boy group -- a localization play that plants the HYBE system directly inside the world's second-biggest music market rather than exporting Korean acts into it.
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2PM
2PM invented the 'beast idol' -- JYP's masculine, acrobatic counter-brand that opened the Japanese arena market for K-pop boy groups and made Thai member Nichkhun one of the first non-Korean idols engineered as a pan-Asian sales asset.
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aespa
SM's flagship 4th-gen group turned streaming dominance into arena-scale global touring — the clearest sign K-pop's next tier can headline, not just chart.
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AKMU
AKMU are the sibling duo who won K-Pop Star and picked YG on their own terms -- 'The Nation's Siblings' whose songwriting-first model gave YG a rare non-idol prestige asset that outlasted a full 12-year label run.
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BABYMONSTER
YG built BABYMONSTER as its designated BLACKPINK successor, and the pressure is the point -- the label bet its next decade of revenue on a seven-member group that had to shatter rookie sales records just to justify the comparison.
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BIGBANG
BigBang were the original architects of K-pop as a global export business -- the first mainstream Korean hip-hop idols whose stadium tours and merch empire proved a Korean act could out-earn Western pop stars and became the template YG monetized for a decade.
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BLACKPINK
The genre's biggest girl group returned as a group after years of solo dominance — testing whether K-pop's Western peak was a moment or a plateau. 'GO' answered.
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BOYNEXTDOOR
BOYNEXTDOOR is rapper Zico's KOZ Entertainment absorbed into the HYBE machine -- an artist-founded label that HYBE bought and turned into a hit factory, showing how HYBE grows by acquiring creative shops, not just building them.
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BTS
BTS didn't just come back — they re-coronated K-pop's top tier. 'Arirang' fuses Korean folk roots with global pop, and the tour proved the machine HYBE built scales to stadiums worldwide.
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BTS
BTS connects to HYBE, the company behind BTS, Weverse, albums, merch, memberships, tickets, and concerts.
Company · Korea · KOSDAQ:035760
CJ ENM
CJ ENM is behind TV, music, film, award shows, and major cultural exports that shape what people watch.
Company · Korea · KRX:352820
HYBE
One of the layers behind BTS, SEVENTEEN, TXT.
Company · Korea · KOSDAQ:035900
JYP Entertainment
JYP is tied to groups that drive albums, tours, subscriptions, merch, and international fan activity.
Company · Korea · KOSDAQ:041510
SM Entertainment
SM is tied to idol groups, tours, fan clubs, and the long-running system behind some of K-pop's most recognizable acts.
Company · Korea · KOSDAQ:122870
YG Entertainment
YG connects global K-pop attention to touring, brand deals, fan demand, and artist-centered entertainment revenue.
Company · Korea · KRX:251270
Netmarble
Netmarble is Korea's mobile-game powerhouse that turns pop-culture IP into games — from BTS titles to Marvel — and is one of HYBE's largest shareholders, linking K-pop and gamin...
HYBE · K-pop · KRX:352820
A BTS comeback is not just songs. It’s albums, merch, tickets, and Weverse.
A BTS comeback can start with one stream on your phone, then turn into a fan-club sign-up, merch order, livestream ticket, and more time spent inside Weverse.