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There’s definitely something charming about Momoland. The South Korean group brought the K-Pop fever to the UAE in the new year, much to the excitement of their UAE-based fans. The nine-piece act will kick off 2019 and their world tour by making their Middle East …
Last year was a game-changing one for K-Pop in the UAE. Following a domestic growing interest in the Korean global phenomenon, Dubai rang in the new year with a new K-Pop act. Rookie boy band Lucente is in town as the opening act for the …
It probably goes without saying that Momoland has been one of the most talked-about K-Pop acts in last year. The all-female act had a breakout year in 2018 and garnered international recognition for their catchy pop music and fun choreographies. Now, UAE fans can get a glimpse of the rising group.
The South Korean girls will kick off their world tour, ‘Momoland Live in Concert’, on January 4 at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Stadium, before heading to the Philippines, Vietnam, South America and United States.
Ahead of their first-ever performance in the Middle East on Friday, here are 10 things you need to know about the energetic girl group Momoland:
In June 2016, the South Korean girls came together after competing on Mnet’s survival program, ‘Finding Momoland’, that was created by MLD Entertainment (formerly known as Duble Kick Entertainment), where the group members were hand-picked from 10 trainees.
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K-Pop was the centre of conversation in 2018. There were multiple breakthrough moments and a spike in attention to Korean music in the highly-competitive American market. Record-breaking group BTS no doubt opened doors for Korean artists and played a role in K-Pop’s rise as a …
Some K-Pop groups are masters when it comes to dark concepts while others have had a hand in it in some of their discographies and never fail to produce infectious songs and visually aesthetic music videos. Get into the spooky mood with these K-Pop songs …
Fashion, colourful hair and make-up has always been part of the K-Pop package and no one does it better than the multitalented acts. Finding a K-Pop-inspired Halloween costume can be a bit daunting. No Halloween is perfect without dressing up as your favourite K-Pop idol. So, here’s a round-up of fun and easy Halloween costume ideas inspired by K-Pop idols that will surely stand you out from the crowd:
Red Velvet donned a powerful, girl scout-style outfits for their summer mini-album and you can too. Their rendition is filled with heavily badged sashes. To complete the look, make sure to accessorise with your skirt and top lots of patches, badges and pins.
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BTS’s first feature-length film Burn the Stage: The Movie is set to premiere at Roxy Cinemas on November 15. The K-Pop sensation’s cinematic debut follows the 300-day journey and struggles of the septet’s sold out tour, 2017 BTS Live Trilogy Episode III: The Wings Tour, which sold more …
K-Pop girl group Momoland will be coming to Dubai at the beginning of January for a concert titled Momoland Live In Concert, Gulf News tabloid! can reveal. On Sunday, Dubai-based event management company DJMC Events teased fans with a picture of the group on their official Facebook page. …
K-pop superstars Exo will be taking over the world’s tallest tower this weekend! The record-breaking South Korean boy band are set to be featured on Burj Khalifa’s giant LED show on July 14.
Group of Exo fans from China, who go by China Baidu Exo Bar on Twitter, announced their successful project on their social media platforms, confirming in a translated post online that “Exo BAR will put in the light-and-sound show with Exo theme in Burj Khalifa” and that they are “very honored” to put in the project for their favorite boy band in Dubai.
They shared with Gulf News tabloid! via email that the “idea of this light show stemmed from the event that POWER, a song of Exo, was being selected as the background music for the fountain show in Dubai.”
“At the time when Exo paid a visit to Dubai, we were amazed by the significance of Burj Khalifa as the world’s tallest tower. We started the planning of this project since then.”
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South Korean boy group BTS may seem like most other K-pop groups with multi-coloured hair, flawless complexion, colour-coordinated fashion and charismatic visuals. However, underneath the perfectly-packaged group of seven is a rising act breaking the mold in the highly manufactured K-pop industry, turning them into …