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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 …
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 series will be on August 3.
Though he dropped a teaser schedule in the lead up to the album’s release, previous reports revealed that rapper Simon Dominic will be featured artist.
“I’ve recorded all the songs. I’m now working on the post recording stage,” he revealed to fans on ‘voice-only’ V Live, Naver’s real-time broadcasting app.
Without revealing any details, he shared that the choreography is finalized and that his 2019 EP ‘Color of Me’ was made in the shortest possible time compared to his upcoming musical offering.
“I had a lot of time preparing for the album. It took longer than I thought. I had a lot of meetings. We [company] had a lot of meetings about the album concept and direction of the album,” he explained. “I personally think that this album is well-made.”
His summer comeback comes after March’s EP, ‘Cyan’ and title track, ‘2U’ as well as releasing his first-ever Korean TV drama OST for ‘Backstreet Rookie’.
To celebrate his one-year anniversary since his solo debut, the soloist will host his first ever online fan meeting, titled ‘DAN1TYST’, on July 25.
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(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 …
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 Mina first took to Instagram to share various posts with lengthy captions on Friday, initially detailing that she’d been continuously bullied and tormented by a member of AOA.
Mina also shared that she didn’t want to leave the all-female K-Pop group and alleged that she tried taking her own life during her time promoting with the act.
“Because we were in the same car, she just [forced] me to take mood stabilizers and sleeping pills, and I fell asleep. I could feel that I was breaking down bit by bit even though I had a busy schedule. I even attempted suicide because of her,” she wrote according to news outlet Korea JoonAang daily.
In response to this, Jimin later reportedly wrote the word “novel” in Korean with a black screen on her Instagram story seemingly dismissing Mina’s bullying allegations but took it down.
It was after this that Mina called out the AOA leader and then posted a picture of self-inflicted scars on her left wrist asking Jimin to apologise and admit what she had done.
Mina later posted another caption accompanied by a black image, encouraging her fans to not stay silent if they are ever being bullied.
Following the allegations, she shared in an Instagram post that Jimin and the other AOA members and managers came to her home on Saturday to discuss.
Though she decided to accept former bandmate’s apology and not to speak on the matter moving forward, Mina went to expose her in a now-deleted post in response to Jimin’s personal apology on Instagram, leading the AOA member to reportedly step down for the group and the entertainment industry.
Mina made her K-Pop debut as a member of AOA in 2012 before deciding not to renew her contract with FNC Entertainment in 2018 to pursue a different path. She later signed with Woori Actors Entertainment to venture into a career in acting.
Her agency, Woori Actors Entertainment, released a statement on her well-being in light of the bullying controversy, reportedly stating she is resting and will keep an eye on her to regain her health.
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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 …
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 …
Zico is set to heat up this summer with new music.
Last week, his agency KOZ Entertainment made the surprising announcement, revealing that the chart-topping hip-hop hitmaker’s upcoming EP ‘Random Box’ is slated for July 1 release.
This comes just six months after conquering the charts with fun and whimsical hit track ‘Any Song’ that soon turned into a viral dance challenge.
Much like all his discographies, the prolific artist is heavily involved in his refreshing six-track musical offering, which includes songstress BIBI and veteran singer Rain as featured artists.
Prior to the EP’s release, Zico, whose real name is Woo Ji-ho, is busy appearing as a mentor and judge alongside Rain and Big Hit Entertainment’s founder and chairman Bang Si Hyuk on Mnet’s competition show ‘I-Land’.
However, he will be facing some stiff competition against a high-profile line-up of comebacks this summer.
Red Velvet’s Irene and Seulgi are set to debut as a duo on July 6 with first mini-album ‘Monster’. Their labelmates and EXO’s subunit EXO-SC featuring Sehun and Chanyeol are also confirmed for a comeback on July 13.
K-Pop groups SF9 and GFriend are among names also slated to drop new music next month.
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CIX has postponed their upcoming EP release after member Bae Jin-young reinjured his ankle, agency CP Entertainment said last Wednesday. “Since we put highest priorities on the artist’s health and condition, we decide to postpone the upcoming new album [CIX 3rd EP Album ‘Hello ‘Chapter …