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Girls’ Generation’s Hyoyeon is gearing up to release new single ‘Dessert’ this week under the persona DJ HYO. The K-Pop star has recruited rapper Loopy and (G)-IDLE’s Soyeon, who both participated in the rap, for her fourth single slated to drop July 22, record label …
South Korean actor Hyun Bin has landed in Jordan to shoot movie ‘The Negotiations’. Following the film production team’s arrival at Queen Alia International Airport on Saturday to prepare for the shoot, the ‘Crash Landing On You’ actor alongside co-stars including Hwang Jung-min reportedly took …
K-Pop boy group Spectrum has parted ways after only two years for reasons including COVID-19 concerns as the result of their disbandment.
WYNN Entertainment announced the news on its official website, stating the label’s worsening situation can no longer support Spectrum. Therefore, the band’s six members — Minjae, Dongkyu, Eunjun, Jaehan, Hwarang, and Villain — have terminated their contracts as of July 10.
This is not the first time a K-Pop group has parted ways due to coronavirus concerns. On April 24, Roots Entertainment reportedly announced its artists Girls’ Alert’s album has been pushed back due to the financial repercussions of the pandemic and it allowed its members to end their exclusive contracts and promote freely.
However, Girls’ Alert was reported to not have disbanded and will continue with members Seulbi, Jisung, and Gooseul.
The South Korean entertainment industry has been affected as a result of the COVID-19 crisis. Senior executives from leading music companies — that includes Big Hit Entertainment, S.M. Entertainment, JYP Entertainment, FNC Entertainment and Starship Entertainment — participated in a roundtable meeting with Culture Minister Park Yang-woo last month, seeking support to help spread Korean pop culture overseas amid the outbreak.
Spectrum initially debuted with eight members in May 2018 with ‘Be Born’. Just two months following their debut, main rapper Kim Dong-yoon, who was a popular contestant on reality show ‘MIXNINE’ hosted by YG Entertainment, passed away.
Their last comeback as a six-member group was with second mini-album, ‘Timeless Moment’, before their disbandment.
BTS’s record-breaking streak shows no signs of stopping, claiming a new record within the region this time, for becoming the first K-Pop band to achieve 100 million streams on Anghami. MENA’s largest music streaming service tweeted the news and confirmed with Gulf News via email, …
Kang Daniel excited fans with the release of a teaser clip — revealing colours transforming from cyan to magenta — announcing his comeback with second mini-album titled ‘Magenta’ last week. The K-Pop soloist confirmed the official release of the forthcoming second installment of his colour-themed …
(G)I-DLE released their digital single ‘i’M THE TREND’ and a fun, summer-themed special clip last week.
On July 5, the six-member performed the upbeat, infectious song co-composed by members Minnie and Yuqi at their first online concert ‘I-LAND: WHO AM I’ for the very first time, following the cancellation of their world tour due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Featuring lyrics referencing their other songs such as ‘LATATA’, Oh my god’, ‘Uh-Oh’, ‘Blow Your Mind’, and ‘LION’, it was made its way within the top 10 on the UAE iTunes songs chart.
Prior to its release, Cube Entertainment’s rising rookies dropped an English version of ‘LATATA’ and dropped EP ‘I trust’.
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K-Pop queens Hwasa and Sunmi wrapped up the month of June with powerful comebacks. Last Monday, the former member of now-defunct girl group Wonder Girls dropped a K-Pop summer anthem ‘pporappippam’, 10 months after her hit ‘Lalalay’. Written and co-composed by Sunmi herself with the …
FNC Entertainment reportedly disclosed that AOA’s Jimin has decided to depart from the K-Pop group and the entertainment industry after former member Mina revealed allegations detailing her ex-bandmate of bullying her for a decade in a series of Instagram posts. Her departure all started when …
EXO’s Kai reportedly preparing for a solo debut.
A representative from his agency SM Entertainment reportedly confirmed that its artist is preparing for his forthcoming solo debut, without disclosing any further details.
This will make him the fifth member of the prominent boy group to make a solo debut following Baekhyun, Lay, Chen, and Suho.
His bandmates Chanyeol and Sehun are already prepared to release first album ‘1 Billion Views’ as subunit EXO-Sc on July 13.
As for Baekhyun, the EXO vocalist made a remarkable return as a soloist in May, setting an all-time record for becoming the first soloist to hit the million mark with second mini-album ‘Delight’.
Following his debut as an EXO member, he has also promoted in project boy group SuperM and starred in various television dramas.
Back in March, Kai became the first Korean global ambassador for Gucci for two years in a row, his agency confirmed.
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Much to excitement of their fans, K-Pop rising rookie group Ateez is dropping new music July 29. KQ Entertainment’s act posted a teaser poster featuring a green background and members’ faces blurred out on their Twitter, confirming the comeback date and name of album, entitled …