Rookie boyband RIIZE return with dreamy ‘Love 119’ music video

NCT rapper Taeyong will release new solo music next month, his label SM Entertainment has announced.Today (January 25), SM Entertainment confirmed in a statement to Sports Chosun that NCT member Taeyong will be dropping new solo music on February 26.The upcoming release will be his first since his debut solo mini-album ‘SHALALA’, which dropped in June 2023. The project was led by a single of the same title, and also notably featured the song ‘Move Mood Mode’ featuring Red Velvet singer Wendy.Aside from new music, Taeyong will also be holding his first-ever solo concert next month.

CIX have released their first ever single album ‘0 or 1’, featuring title track ‘Lovers or Enemies’.The single album, alongside the video treatment for ‘Lovers to Enemies’, dropped today (January 24) at 6pm KST, portraying the five members of CIX in some sort of cybernetic universe as they struggle to figure out where they stand with the girl of their dreams.“Now, either embrace me / Or become my enemy / It has to be one of the two / It can’t get simpler, right?” CIX belt on the chorus. Apart from ‘Lovers to Enemies’, ‘0 or 1’ only includes one other track, titled ‘My Name Is Shadow’.‘0 or 1’ marks CIX’s first music of 2024.

Before making Past Lives, writer-director Celina Song says with a laugh, she didn’t even know how to read a call sheet. Flash forward a year, though, from the A24 romantic drama’s world premiere at Sundance, and she’s landed an Original Screenplay nom for her debut feature.

KISS OF LIFE have said that they would love to collaborate with Sabrina Carpenter and Usher.KISS OF LIFE recently made a guest appearance on the DIVE Studios talk show The Daebak Show, hosted by Korean-American singer Eric Nam. During their time on the episode, the quartet revealed the artists that would love to collaborate with, including Sabrina Carpenter and Usher.Member Belle mentioned Carpenter as her “dream collaborator”, citing her love for songs such as ‘Because I like a boy’, ‘feather’, ‘Mona Lisa’ and more, before giving the singer a personal shout-out.Nam then echoed Belle’s sentiments, saying that he especially likes Carpenter’s hit song ‘Nonsense’.

The thriller premiered its first season in December 2022 and was renewed for another season in early 2023.

Cignature has addressed plans for its future with member Belle set to join the upcoming girl group, UNIS.Earlier this week, Belle won a spot on the upcoming K-pop girl group UNIS after ranking eighth on the South Korean reality TV singing competition, Universe Ticket. The group are expected to be active for two-and-a-half years.In response to her spot in the new group, her agency C9 Entertainment has addressed the future of Cignature, saying that the act have been “reorganised into a 6-member system” for the duration of Belle’s tenure in UNIS, as translated by Soompi.“They released their fourth mini-album in August 2023, achieving their best performance since debut, while diversifying individual activities for each member,” the agency added.

NCT, will make their debut next month.Today (January 18), NCT’s agency SM Entertainment announced that NCT WISH will make their long-awaited debut in February 2024. The new group will feature six members – Sion, Riku, Yushi, Jaehee, Ryo and Sakuya – who were previously confirmed through the reality show NCT Universe: Lastart.According to reports by Korea JoongAng Daily and Yonhap News Agency, NCT WISH will be based in both South Korea and Japan, through which they’ll conduct their global activates.

The Family Stallone is accepting guests again into their home. All 10 episodes of the second season of the docuseries featuring Sylvester Stallone, Jennifer Flavin Stallone and their daughters Sophia, Sistine and Scarlet will premiere February 21 on the streamer.

The Berlinale has announced the full line-ups of its Panorama, Forum and Generation sidebars for the 74th edition running from February 15 to 24. (scroll down for full list)

SISTAR19 have made their long-awaited return with a music video for ‘No More (Ma Boy)’.‘No More (Ma Boy)’ comes 11 years after SISTAR19’s last project, their 2013 mini-album ‘Gone Not Around Any Longer’. The new release features two songs, title track ‘No More (Ma Boy)’ and B-side ‘Saucy’, both co-written by Hyolyn.“With this new album, we wanted to show how much we have changed,” Hyolyn told The Korea Herald.

K-pop boy band RIIZE recently performed covers of songs by SHINee and Lee Hyo-ri.RIIZE recently made an appearance on veteran singer Lee Hyo-ri’s music talk show The Seasons: Lee Hyo-ri’s Red Carpet. During their episode, the K-pop boyband serenaded Lee with a performance of fellow SM Entertainment group SHINee’s 2008 debut single ‘Replay’.“Noona, you’re so pretty (Looking at her I go) / Crazy (Ha, but she’s tired of me now) / Replay, replay, replay,” they sang during the chorus, with some of the members getting up to dance to the choreography.Elsewhere in the episode, members Anton and Sungchan also took a moment to pay homage to Lee with a cover of her debut single ‘10 Minutes’.

Faye Webster has announced her new album and shared its first single ‘Lego Ring’ with Lil Yachty – watch the video below.On Friday (January 12), Webster took to social media to reveal the title of her fifth studio album, ‘Underdressed At The Symphony’. It will arrive on March 1 via Secretly Canadian.The singer has previously shared snippets of the album; last June, she hinted at new music with ‘But Not Kiss‘, and teased further with September’s ‘Lifetime‘.Now, Webster has unveiled her highly-anticipated collaboration with Lil Yachty. The Atlanta duo have teamed up after a years-long friendship beginning in middle school.

EXCLUSIVE: Amazon Prime Video Southeast Asia is cutting its originals team in Singapore and moving to a “leaner operating model,” as part of the globe wave of redundancies announced earlier this week.

Kali Uchis is pregnant!

After what feels like myriad delays and setbacks, “Mr. & Mrs.

NewJeans taking home the most accolades during the ceremony – view the full list of winners below.On January 10, the 13th Circle Chart Music Awards was held at the at Busan Exhibition and Convention Center in Busan, South Korea. Hosted by SUPER JUNIOR‘s Leeteuk, STAYC‘s Sieun and ZEROBASEONE‘s Seok Matthew, the awards ceremony honoured the best South Korean music released from December 2022 to November 2023.NewJeans were the biggest winners of the night, bringing home four awards for Artist of the Year (Digital), Artist of the Year (Global Streaming), Artist of the Year (Unique Listeners) and Music Steady Seller of the Year.Other girl groups to take home multiple trophies include (G)I-DLE (three awards), IVE (three awards), NiziU (two awards) and LE SSERAFIM (two awards).NCT Dream, SEVENTEEN and BTS‘ Jungkook also took home three awards each.

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K-pop girl group (G)I-DLE have teased their upcoming return with their second full-length studio record, ‘[2]’.Today (January 8) at midnight KST, the five-member act released a mysterious poster and a new logo animation video for their upcoming full-length studio album. Titled ‘[2]’, the record will arrive on January 29 at 6pm KST.(여자)아이들 2nd Full Album [2]2024.01.29.

LE SSERAFIM member Yunjin has opened up about the subject matter of her next solo single, which she says is “about loving all the past versions” of herself.The Korean-American K-pop idol recently sat for an interview with NYLON, during which she opened up about her songwriting process, her inspirations and what is next for her growing solo discography.Yunjin revealed that her next song came about after “candid conversations” with HYBE founder and chairman Bang Si-hyuk, who suggested that she consider writing music about how she feels in the present.“A lot of music that I’ve written is about my past experiences. So when he was like, ‘What about talking about how you feel now?’ that was a really big question for me,” she told the outlet.

It’s Sunday, December 31, the last day of 2023, and there’s been so much K-pop excellence this year!