Singer Moon Bin of the K-Pop group Astro has died at 25. The musician was found dead in his Seoul, South Korea, home on Wednesday evening. When efforts to communicate with the star were not returned, his manager reportedly found him at home.
03.04.2023 - 10:25 / nme.com
Source Music girl group LE SSERAFIM have announced their upcoming return with their first-ever studio album next month.On April 3 at Midnight KST, the K-pop girl group dropped a powerful trailer officially announcing the title and release date for their debut studio album ‘Unforgiven’. LE SSERAFIM’s new music is set to arrive on May 1 at 6pm KST.In a later notice, Source Music shared that while the new music will be released on May 1, the physical release of the album will take place a day later due to Labour Day (May 1).
May 2 will also coincide with the first anniversary of LE SSERAFIM’s debut release ‘Fearless’.In the new clip, a soaring instrumental plays as words flash across a white background, reading: “Do you want to be forgiven? You don’t have to. I’m unforgiven too.” It is followed by another quote in Korean, which translates to “alone we meander, but together we adventure”.The announcement comes just weeks after LE SSERAFIM held their first fan meeting concert ‘FEARNADA’ in Seoul.
During the concert, the quintet performed an unreleased track ‘No Return (Into the Unknown)’, which they shared would be part of their next record.The upcoming album will be the girl group’s first studio album and third domestic release overall, following 2022’s ‘Fearless’ and ‘ANTIFRAGILE’. In a four-star review of the latter, NME wrote that it “showcases the best of LE SSERAFIM’s abilities while remaining faithful to their core value of fearlessly forging ahead in all they do”.One of the group’s vocalists, Huh Yun-jin, also recently dropped her third solo self-written and -produced song ‘love you twice’, following this January’s ‘I ≠ DOLL’ and ‘Raise y_our glass’ in August 2022.
.Singer Moon Bin of the K-Pop group Astro has died at 25. The musician was found dead in his Seoul, South Korea, home on Wednesday evening. When efforts to communicate with the star were not returned, his manager reportedly found him at home.
A singer from South Korean boyband Astro was found dead at his Seoul home, according to his management agency.
Paramount+ is expanding its global Korean originals slate with two new series, A Bloody Lucky Day and Queen Woo, which the streamer will launch exclusively on its global platform. In South Korea, the series will be available on TVing, the streaming service launched by Korean powerhouse CJ ENM.
Marta Balaga There was no escaping K-content in Cannes this year, with South Korea delivering well-received Canneseries competition title “Bargain,” MIPTV’s showcase of new formats, all hoping to dethrone “The Masked Singer,” Kortop Media’s “Midnight Horror: Different Nights,” “Pale Moon,” sold by KT Studiogenie and, finally, CJ ENM’s “Island.” Co-created by Bae Jong and Jang Jeong Do, the show – produced by Studio Dragon and YLAB – is based on a popular comic book, first published in 1997. It has since been turned into webtoons, web novels and dramas, always combining the fantastical with the ordinary.
The popular K-pop group ASTRO is mourning the loss of one of its members.
Moonbin, a member of the South Korean boy band Astro, died by suicide today at his residence in the Gangnam district of Seoul. He was 25.
NCT members Doyoung, Jaehyun and Jungwoo have made their debut under a new sub-unit, NCT DOJAEJUNG, with their mini-album ‘Perfume’.On April 17 at 6pm KST, the NCT trio released their first mini-album ‘Perfume’ as well as the music video for its title track of the same name.In the new visual, Doyoung, Jaehyun and Jungwoo formulate scents in a flower-filled mansion, later bottling them in three perfume bottles. Placing them in a gift box, they leave it on the doorstep of a fan as a gift.“Leaving ‘em on your wrist / On your collar / Gonna let ‘em hover / So you can’t forget me / Mixed in with the smallest sigh,” NCT DOJAEJUNG sing on the chorus.
Boygenius spoke out for trans rights last night (April 15) as they made their second appearance at Coachella 2023.The trio featuring – Phoebe Bridgers, Lucy Dacus and Julien Baker – previously teamed up with MUNA the previous day (April 14) at the festival to perform the track ‘Silk Chiffon’.Arriving onstage to Thin Lizzy‘s ‘The Boys Are Back In Town’, the band played a host of tracks from their debut album ‘The Record’ including ‘$20’, ‘Salt In The Wound’, ‘Me & My Dog’ and ‘Anti-Curse’.During the set, at one point Baker spoke up for trans rights. “I don’t know if you’ve been checking the news and seeing what’s been going on in Florida and Missouri and some of the other places, but trans lives matter, trans kids matter.
Joanna Gaines took her family on a very meaningful trip. The 44-year-old Magnolia Network star and interior decorator shared touching footage from her family's recent visit to Seoul, Korea, where her mom, Nan Stevens, is from.«For years, my mother has talked about taking her three daughters to Seoul, Korea when the cherry blossoms are in full bloom.
On April 21, BTS' Suga will release D-DAY, his new album and third full-length project under his rap alias of Agust D. The tracklist emerged this weekend, and an unexpected featured artist pops up on "Snooze," the ninth song: Ryuichi Sakamoto, the Japanese composer who died on March 28.
Michaela Zee editor Hoyeon and Donald Glover were among the honorees at the inaugural GQ Global Creativity Awards on Thursday at the WSA, a new cultural center in downtown Manhattan. Hosted by musical artist Ian Isiah, the black tie gala spotlighted several multidisciplinary creatives that encompass such industries as fashion, film, television, music, tech and design. The inaugural class of honorees included Glover, Hoyeon, Apple CEO Tim Cook, fashion designer Yohji Yamamoto, singer-songwriter Karol G, architect Gaetano Pesce, fashion designer Grace Wales Bonner, skateboarder Tyshawn Jones and filmmaker William Strobek.
Harry Styles is enjoying his time in Japan with old and new flames. Last month on March 25th the “Watermelon Sugar” singer was spotted making out with Emily Ratajkowski on the streets of Tokyo. Hours later in the wee morning hours of March 26, he was spotted on a live webcam strolling down the street with his ‘old flame’ Kiko Mizuhara. The Sun posted the footage, where Styles can be seen wearing the same white shirt he rocked with Gonzalez, reporting that the pink-wigged woman was Mizuhara.
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Ana Cabrera has been named the new host of MSNBC’s 10 a.m. hour as part of network president Rashida Jones’ ongoing effort to focus on hard news programming.
Ana Cabrera is joining MSNBC’s daytime lineup, with the launch of Ana Cabrera Reports on April 10.
Thania Garcia Jimin of BTS has become the first South Korean soloist to lead the singles chart with “Like Crazy” off his debut solo album “Face,” which starts at No. 2 on Billboard’s albums chart. The six-song EP, which incorporates songs in English and Korean, scored the second-biggest opening week for an album this year with the equivalent of 164,000 sales in the U.S., according to data by Luminate. It follows Morgan Wallen’s “One Thing at a Time,” which broke through with half a million units in mid-March and remains at the top of the Billboard 200 for a fourth week on the chart dated April 8. “Face” debuts with 124,000 copies sold as a complete package and nearly 20 million streams. It was preceded by Jimin’s first top 40-charting song as a soloist on the songs list, “Set Me Free, Pt. 2″ (debuted at No. 30). Meanwhile, “Like Crazy” tops this week’s Hot 100 chart, sliding Miley Cyrus’s “Flowers” to a No. 2 slot.
Thania Garcia Jimin of BTS has become the first South Korean soloist to lead the singles chart with “Like Crazy” off his debut solo album “Face,” which starts at No. 2 on Billboard’s albums chart. The six-song EP, which incorporates songs in English and Korean, debuts with the equivalent of 164,000 sales in the U.S., including 124,000 copies sold as a complete package and nearly 20 million streams. The new release scored the second-biggest opening week for an album this year after Morgan Wallen’s “One Thing at a Time” broke through with half a million units. “Face” was preceded by Jimin’s first top 40-charting song as a soloist on the songs list, “Set Me Free, Pt. 2″ (debuted at No. 30). Meanwhile, “Like Crazy” tops this week’s Hot 100 chart, sliding Miley Cyrus’s “Flowers” to a No. 2 slot.
Suga of K-pop boyband BTS has announced his debut solo album under his alias Agust D.Big Hit confirmed in a tweet today that the album will be called ‘D-Day’ and is set to land on April 21 at 1pm Korean time and at midnight Eastern time.Solo music from Suga had been anticipated for some time following BTS’ hiatus. He had already announced back in February that he will be the first member of BTS to go on a solo world tour.
It’s been seven years since “The Light Between Oceans” debuted and saw Alicia Vikander act opposite Michael Fassbender. Since then, the duo has married in real life, but they have yet to reconnect on screen.
The Night Agent snuck its way to the top of Netflix’s English-language TV charts for the week of March 20.