K-Pop Journalist. Online Editor.
As soon as a member from each SM Entertainment group stepped up on stage at the press conference before their concert in Dubai, the audience instantly filled with excitement and cheers, proving that K-Pop has indeed reached UAE’s shores ….
South Korea is best known for its smartphones, cars and cosmetics exports, but its most notable cultural export may be its $4.7 billion (Dh17.2 billion) pop music industry, which has successfully extended far beyond the country’s shores to become a global phenomenon. When K-pop boyband …
Hundreds of dedicated EXO fans, who go by EXO-L or EXO-LOVE, were eagerly waiting to watch the launch of EXO’s Korean song Power at the Dubai Fountain Show on January 16.
Fans of all ages were seen holding EXO’s official fandom light sticks and banners, which read ‘EXO are our POWER’ and ‘We waited too long, Because That’s Love’ to show their support for the record-breaking K-pop group.
As soon as the clock struck 5.30pm, fans couldn’t hold their excitement and were found screaming and singing along with EXO’s EDM track from their fourth album, The War, while Power played at the world’s largest choreographed fountain system.
“We wanted to see EXO because it’s rare for K-pop to go here and EXO introduced me to K-pop,” said fan Louaine Gicano.
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Korean pop group Exo aren’t your average boy band. Their well-mannered personality, preternaturally good looks and talents catapulted them into superstar status in Korea and across Asia. Since 2013, they’re the first K-pop group to sell more than one million physical copies with each album, …