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‘We are showing how we are’: HYBE’s ILLIT impresses with ‘whimsical’ debut

“Witty and whimsical” and “music suitable for our age” are cliché phrases for many debuting K-pop bands. But ILLIT, HYBE’s latest girl group, demonstrates...

‘aespa: World Tour in cinemas’ to hit Korean, Japanese theaters on April 10

  Girl group aespa’s concert film “aespa: World Tour in cinemas” will hit local and Japanese theaters on April 10, the film’s distributor CJ 4DPlex...

Blackpink’s Jennie and BTS’s Jungkook maintain Billboard Hot 100 streak

Blackpink’s Jennie and BTS’s Jungkook continued their long streak on Billboard’s Hot 100 with their solo endeavors. Billboard released its weekly chart of the most popular songs in...

Super Junior-D&E cancels performances after ‘derogatory’ song sparks backlash

K-pop duo Super Junior-D&E will not be performing its upcoming song “GGB” on television music shows following claims that the song's title is derogatory toward women. The...

TWICE dominates Billboard 10 years after debut: JYP’s triumph following Wonder Girls’ setback

TWICE hit a career-high with their 13th mini-album "With YOU-th," released on February 23, which sold more than 1 million copies in the first...

Reasons why some K-pop fans are outraged by their idols’ love scandals

https://www.tiktok.com/@katchup_news/video/7345602432585436458 On March 5, Karina of SM Entertainment's popular girl group Aespa wrote a handwritten apology and posted it on her Instagram. The apology was...

Verivery to hold fan meeting tour in Korea, United States

Verivery will hold fan meetings in Korea and the United States, the band’s agency, Jellyfish Entertainment, said Monday. Titled “2024 Verivery Fan-meeting tour ” the band...

Blackpink’s Jennie teams up with Matt Champion for solo single ‘Slow Motion’

  Girl group Blackpink’s Jennie will release her new single “Slow Motion” at 2 p.m. on Friday. The upcoming single is a collaboration with Matt Champion, an American...

IVE, Monsta X YouTube channels hacked and renamed ‘SpaceX’

The official YouTube channels of IVE, Monsta X, Cravity and Starship Entertainment, the agency that represents all three groups, were hacked on Monday afternoon. The names of the...

BTS’s Jungkook is named Billboard’s best K-pop artist

Billboard crowned BTS’s Jungkook as 2024’s best K-pop artist in its first-ever ranking of the top 100 K-pop stars, released in celebration of Billboard Korea's launch...