‘DEJAVU’ Drops at 6 PM on September 3 Singer Kwon Eun-bi is set to release her new single, ‘DEJAVU’, at 6 PM on September 3. This release marks her musical …
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K-pop Ticket Scalper Made $319,000 With a Macro Program. Now Resale Fines Can Reach 50 Times the Price
by J. Haanby J. HaanA 2,600-Ticket Scalping Scheme Involving BTS Concerts The Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency’s cyber investigation unit has referred a woman in her 30s to the prosecution without detention for allegedly using …
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K-pop & Fandom
An Idol Union Reduced to Two: The ‘Broadcast Wall’ Higher Than Contracts
by J. Haanby J. HaanAn Attempt That Started at the National Assembly and Stalled at the Seongnam Branch On September 30, 2024, Bang Min-soo, formerly known as C.A.P from the group Teen Top, attended …
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G-Dragon’s Birthday Becomes an Exhibition Opportunity for 50 Young Artists
by J. Haanby J. HaanA 500 Million Won Birthday Gift for Young Artists G-Dragon’s agency, Galaxy Corporation, donated 500 million won (about $353,000) to the Juspeace Foundation to mark his birthday on August 18. …
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BIGBANG Turns 20: At the Center of K-pop’s August Comeback Rush
by J. Haanby J. HaanA New Song on the Anniversary of Debut BIGBANG debuted on August 19, 2006. Exactly twenty years later, on August 19, 2026, at 6 p.m. KST, the group released a …
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RESCENE Ranks No. 2 in August Idol Brand Reputation, Trailing BTS by Just 60,000 Points
by J. Haanby J. HaanFive-Member Girl Group RESCENE Closes In on BTS RESCENE, the five-member girl group made up of Wonyi, Reev, Minami, May, and Jena, ranked second in the August 2026 idol group …
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15 Million Followers, One Year In — What’s Actually Behind CORTIS’s Record
by J. Haanby J. HaanA Year After the Account Opened, 15 Million CORTIS’s official Instagram account passed 15 million followers on August 5. Big Hit Music, the group’s agency, announced the milestone on August …
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BTS Is Skipping the Grammys’ New ‘Best Asian Pop’ Category. Their Album Is Called ARIRANG Anyway.
by J. Haanby J. HaanA Choice Not to Compete BTS has stirred up the music industry by announcing it won’t submit its fifth studio album, ARIRANG, for consideration at the 69th Grammy Awards. An …
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From ‘Geoje Yaho’ to No. 1 on Melon: How Rescene Rewrote K-Pop’s Comeback Formula
by J. Haanby J. HaanA No. 1 That Arrived One Year and 11 Months Late At 10 p.m. on July 8, Rescene’s “Love Attack” climbed to No. 1 on Melon’s Top 100. It wasn’t …
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BTS Is Skipping the Grammys This Year — Over a New ‘Asian Pop’ Category
by J. Haanby J. HaanSeven Members, One Message, Posted at Once On July 29, the same sentence appeared across the social media accounts of all seven BTS members, almost at once. It was a …
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