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Brave Girls will break up following the expiration of their contracts with Brave Entertainment – hear their final single titled ‘Goodbye’.Earlier today (February 16), South Korean media outlet XSports News reported that the four members of Brave Girls – Yuna, Minyoung, Yujeong and Eunji – have opted not to renew their contracts with longtime label Brave Entertainment following their expiration.The company subsequently issued its own statement to the band’s fan café page officially announcing the four-piece’s disbandment and the release of final single ‘Goodbye’ from the group today. Listen to it below.“The Brave Girls members and agency decided on a beautiful farewell after an in-depth discussion over a long period of time.
We will not forget the support we have for each other, and [the members] will repay the fans’ love, each from their own place,” the notice read, per translations by Soompi. “We are sincerely grateful to Minyoung, Yujeong, Eunji, and Yuna, who worked passionately while sharing the joys and sorrows as Brave Girls for the past seven years, and we give them a big round of applause.
We will always be cheering on the members’ future activities.”Brave Entertainment also went on to express its “gratitude to the fans Fearless [Brave Girls’ official fanbase] who were always by Brave Girls’ side without fear” and ask “for your endless love and warm interest for Minyoung, Yujeong, Eunji, and Yuna going forward”.“Brave Girls started as ‘yeokjoohaeng [referring to an older song’s resurgence on the charts] icons’ and they quickly grew as a girl group with unrivaled power on the digital music [charts],” the agency added, referring to the four-piece’s resurgence after their 2017 track ‘Rollin” went viral in 2021. “We
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RM, the leader of K-pop boyband BTS, has opened up about how he’s getting to know himself again now that the group is on an extended break.BTS have been forced to go on a temporary break due to South Korea’s mandatory military service for all able-bodied males. But RM has taken advantage of this pause for the boyband to release his debut studio album ‘Indigo’ and travel the world.RM was recently in Spain in search for inspiration for a possible follow-up record.
Prince Harry has admitted that he "felt free" following the release of his memoir, Spare.The 38 year old made the revelation as he sat down with trauma expert Dr. Gabor Maté, a renowned speaker and bestselling author, for what was billed as an '"intimate conversation" about "living with loss and personal healing'" on Saturday, March 4.The £17 tickets for the livestream also included a hardback copy of Harry's memoir, which was published on 10 January this year and is the fastest selling nonfiction book of all time.
Fred Again.. has released a new track featuring a verse from The Streets‘ Mike Skinner and original vocals from singer Dermot Kennedy. Listen to ‘Mike (Desert Island Duvet)’ below.The new release is a club-reworking of ‘Berwyn (All That I Got Is You)’ from Fred Again..’s album ‘Actual Life 3’, updated with Skinner and Kennedy’s contributions.
Jazz Tangcay Artisans Editor Netflix’s “All Quiet on the Western Front” has surpassed over 150 million hours viewed since its release on Oct. 14, 2022. The film, which dominated the BAFTA Awards in London with a record-breaking seven wins, including best film, director (Edward Berger), adapted screenplay, cinematography, sound, original score and non-English language film, climbed up to No. 2 on the global list, according to numbers released by Netflix. Berger’s World War I epic tells Paul’s (Felix Kammerer ) journey from being a young, enthusiastic school boy wanting to join the army to a tired, worn soldier. It has been on the global Top 10 Non-English Film list for 14 weeks and has reached the Top 10 Films in 91 countries, including Germany, the U.K., U.S., Australia, France, Mexico and South Korea.
School trips to the fire station were once the norm before the Covid pandemic and have since struggled to make a full return, until now.
BTS’ J-Hope is about to release his dream collaboration with his childhood idol.
Tomorrow X Together (TXT) have unveiled a special new version of their ‘The Name Chapter: Temptation’ B-side ‘Happy Fools’.On February 28, the K-pop quintet dropped the new version of ‘Happy Fools’ via their official YouTube channel alongside a special clip of the group performing the track.The new version of ‘Happy Fools’, which was first released as part of their January mini-album ‘The Name Chapter: Temptation’ and originally featured Coi Leray trades the American rapper’s verse for a new self-written rap by member Yeonjun.“Don’t wanna do my thing, I won’t regret it / I’ll be the laziest Superman so follow me / The pleasant taste of laziness / Is very sweet / A dream-like guilty pleasure is right in front of me,” they sing in the chorus.The new video is part of TXT’s ongoing ‘2023 Dream Week’ event, which will lead up to their upcoming fourth anniversary as a group on March 4. The boyband have already released a string of special content, including rehearsal videos from their 2022 ‘Act: Love Sick’ world tour.Last week, TXT released a re-make of the 1990s song ‘Goodbye Now’ by South Korean music duo 015B in collaboration with Naver Webtoons for the upcoming finale of Love Revolution, an original comic series on the platform.The new collaboration arrived just a month after the release of ‘The Name Chapter: Temptation’, which was led by the title track ‘Sugar Rush Ride’.
J-Hope, a member of K-pop supergroup BTS, has cancelled his request to delay enlistment in Korea’s mandatory military service, according to the group’s agency Big Hit Music.
Lily Allen has announced she will be taking a break from social media.The 37-year-old singer and actress is set to star in West End show The Pillowman later this year. Lily shared that she will be taking time away from social media with a post on Instagram on Saturday evening, writing: “I am going dark for a bit. “I have been finding it harder and harder to focus lately, because phone.
Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” held on to top spot at the South Korean box office. But the overall market continued to soften despite a slew of new release titles. Nationwide theatrical grosses totaled just $7.26 million. That made it the slowest box office weekend in over three months. “Quantumania” collected $2.0 million between Friday and Sunday, according to data from Kobis, the tracking service operated by the Korean Film Council (Kofic), and enjoyed a 27% market share. The second weekend increment lifted its 12-day total to $10.6 million. Long-running Japanese animation title, “The First Slam Dunk” earned $1.36 million in its eighth weekend on release. Since Jan. 4 it has accumulated $28.0 million.
Thania Garcia J-hope of BTS has become the second member of the K-pop group to begin his mandatory military service in South Korea. The 29-year-old singer had previously applied for an enlistment postponement but a new statement from Big Hit Music (the band’s label) explains that he has since pulled that request and will enlist in the military. “We would like to inform our fans that j-hope has initiated the military enlistment process by applying for the termination of his enlistment postponement,” said the note posted to Weverse, Hybe’s global fan community platform.
BTS‘ J-hope is set to release a new solo single, with ‘on the street’ coming later this week.The news was confirmed by Big Hit in a note published to fans on Weverse. The post also revealed that the single is set to drop on Friday (March 3) at 2pm Korean time.“J-hope wrote the track wrote the track to share his candid feelings towards his fans,” the post read.
Selena Gomez is stepping back from social media. Gomez, who hopped on TikTok Live Thursday, announced that she'll be taking a second break from social media after coming to Taylor Swift's defense on the app.«I'm very happy. I'm so blessed.
(G)I-DLE‘s Minnie and Anne-Marie have joined forces on a new single titled ‘Expectations’, due out for release next month.The announcement was made earlier today (February 23) via both (G)I-DLE’s and Anne-Marie’s official Twitter pages, where a title and release date were revealed alongside what appears to be track art for the new song. ‘Expectations’ is set to be released on March 9 at 6pm KST / 9am GMT.It comes after reports from South Korean media last week (February 15) claiming that the two singers had recently wrapped up work on an upcoming collaborative single, which included the filming of its accompanying video treatment.
A huge criminal counterfeit goods operation 'worth up to £65m a year' has been smashed. Investigations by Rochdale council trading standards led to the discovery of a trader at the heart of a huge distribution network of counterfeit goods across the UK.
Tomorrow X Together (TXT) have shared their rendition of ‘Goodbye Now’ as part of the soundtrack for ongoing webtoon series Love Revolution.The song was officially released today (February 22) at 6pm KST in collaboration with Naver Webtoons, a South Korean platform hosting original webcomics. ‘Goodbye Now’ was originally released in the 1990s by South Korean music duo 015B, and has since become a staple in South Korea for graduations.TXT remade the song for Love Revolution as a tie-in to the comic series’ impending finale this April, which will see its main characters graduate from high school. “Goodbye doesn’t mean that we’re parting forever / It’s a promise that we’ll meet again / The times that we spent together are all left as memories now / We have to leave to find the path that we’ll embark on,” the five-piece croon on the chorus.TXT recently released the EP ‘The Name Chapter: Temptation’, led by title track ‘Sugar Rush Ride’.
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania,” Disney/20th Century’s “Avatar: The Way of Water” has reached one last box office milestone in its tenth weekend in theaters by passing the lifetime gross of “Titanic” with a global total of $2.24 billion. This means that the Best Picture Oscar-nominated sequel sits only behind the first “Avatar” and “Avengers: Endgame” in third on the all-time global box office list before inflation adjustment.
Chloë Bailey has some explaining to do.
The 3x Oscar-nominated Damien Chazelle directed early Hollywood epic, Babylon, will hit Paramount+ on Feb. 21 in U.S and Canada, which is 61 days after its theatrical window.