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K-pop group ENHYPEN have made a comeback with their new single ‘Sweet Venom’.On November 17, the seven-member act unveiled the music video for ‘Sweet Venom’, the title track of their new mini-album ‘Orange Blood’. The new visual follows ENHYPEN on a night out in a party district when time stops for everybody else.

The Kid LAROI has opened up about his love for BTS and their music in a new interview, saying he “[wished he] had gotten into them a little sooner”.The Australian rapper recently came on the Zach Sang Show to speak about his recent collaboration with BTS member Jungkook. Last month, LAROI had Jungkook feature on his track ‘Too Much’ alongside British rapper Central Cee, and spoke about how they ended up joining forces and his relationship with the group.LAROI shared that he had started getting into BTS before he collaborated with Jungkook, who was originally not a part of the project.

BTS member Jungkook recently hold a surprise concert in the heart of Times Square in New York City.Yesterday (November 9), Jungkook took to the stage at TSX Entertainment, located in the heart of New York City’s Times Square, for a surprise mini-concert featuring songs from his debut studio album, ‘Golden’.The BTS singer performed his hit singles ‘Standing Next to You’, ‘3D’ and ‘Seven’, as well as album cuts ‘Yes or No’ and ‘Please Don’t Change’. According to Rolling Stone, fans had been given a 30-minute notice prior to the concert’s start.“This place is amazing.

NewJeans singer Minji was apparently “not desperate” to debut as a K-pop idol, according to the casting agent who discovered her.South Korean casting director Darren Won recently recalled the story of how he found and casted NewJeans’ Minji in a new interview withThe Korea Times. “I invested a lot of time and effort to cast Minji, who was not so desperate about becoming a K-pop star at first,” he said, recalling first seeing her outside “a music academy in the city of Chuncheon, Gangwon Province, when she was 13”.“Back then, I was urgently looking for some idol trainees and the academy’s director told me she had two students to recommend,” he added. One of the students was Minji, however Won noted that she had not “set her sights” on making a debut at the time, despite having aspirations of becoming a singer.“Yet, I clearly saw the potential in her as soon as I met her, so I kept persuading her and ended up bringing her to Source Music, a K-pop label that I worked for at the time,” Won added.

Pledis Entertainment, home to K-pop group SEVENTEEN, has announced the upcoming debut of a brand-new boyband in early-January 2024.South Korean media outlet JTBC reported on November 7 that Pledis Entertainment is planning to debut their first boyband in nine years in early January 2024. The report claimed that the group will consist of five to six members, including some who are not native Korean.Shortly after speculations surfaced, the company confirmed the news in an official statement to SPOTV News.

Tomorrow X Together and more.‘Tiny Desk Korea’, a joint venture between NPR and LG U+, is the first international version of the iconic NPR series. It first launched in August 2023, after originally being announced in July this year.New performance episodes of ‘Tiny Desk Korea’ are usually released every Friday, with interview episodes coming out on the following Monday.‘Tiny Desk Korea’ has since announced its line-up of November guests, with alt-rock band Jaurim set to appear on the November 10 episode.

Coldplay recently performed a cover of ‘The Astronaut’ by Jin of K-pop boyband BTS during their Tokyo concert on November 6.The new acoustic cover is the first time Coldplay have performed the song without Jin on their ongoing ‘Music of the Spheres’ world tour, which kicked off in March 2022.“We’re going to play a song that we gave to Jin. We’ve never played this before on our own, maybe we’ll never play this again,” teased Coldplay frontman Chris Martin.“This is Jin’s song.

Jungkook of K-pop boyband BTS has revealed that microwaves are still one of his biggest fears.The K-pop idol recently made a guest appearance on the late-night NBC talk show, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, where he touched on the success of his debut solo album, ‘Golden’.“Frankly speaking, I was confident, but this is beyond my imagination,” Jungkook said. “And I am very grateful to [BTS’ fanbase] ARMY.

ENHYPEN have released a music video for their new song, ‘Keep Swimmin’ Through’, which will appear in the upcoming Baby Shark movie.ENHYPEN star in the new music video as a boyband of animated beluga whales. The clip features the K-pop group perform alongside their cartoon counterparts, as well as scenes from the upcoming film, Baby Shark’s Big Movie!.The K-pop boyband are also set to perform ‘Keep Swimmin’ Through’ live during the 97th Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade on November 23, as part of Nickelodeon and Pinkfong’s Baby Shark float.Aside from ENHYPEN, Baby Shark’s Big Movie! will also feature the voices of Cardi B, her husband Offset and their daughter Kulture, all three of whom will be reprising their roles from the TV show.

Jungkook of K-pop boyband BTS has released a music video for his new single, ‘Standing Next to You’.The new music video for ‘Standing Next to You’ features a loose storyline about the Jungkook chasing after a mysterious femme fatale, but largely features the K-pop idol showcasing his dance skills through elaborate choreography.“Standing next to you / Standing in the fire next to you / You know it’s deeper than the train / it’s deeper than the pain / When it’s deep like DNA / Something they can’t take away,” he sings on the chorus of the song.‘Standing Next to You’ is the third single from Jungkook’s debut solo album, ‘Golden’, which was released alongside his new music video. The record also includes the hit singles ‘3D’ featuring Jack Harlow and ‘Seven’ featuring Latto.‘Golden’ also includes a number of high-profile collaborations, such as with DJ Snake on ‘Please Don’t Change’ and Major Lazer on ‘Closer to You’.

HYBE founder and chairman Bang Si-hyuk has revealed that his company was “on the verge of closing down” before BTS.Bang Si-hyuk recently made a guest appearance on the tvN talk show You Quiz on the Block, alongside fellow record executive J.Y. Park, the founder of JYP Entertainment.During his appearance on the programme, the HYBE chairman opened up about how the company (then known as Big Hit Entertainment) was “pretty much drowning in debt” before the boyband’s debut, saying that they had owed about ₩10billion (US$7.4millon) at the time.“We were seriously on the verge of closing down the business.

LE SSERAFIM singer Yunjin recently performed an acoustic cover of SZA‘s hit single ‘Kill Bill’ on talk show The Seasons. The K-pop girl group made a guest appearance on the October 27 episode of South Korean talk show The Seasons, currently hosted by sibling duo AKMU.

Jungkook, a member of K-pop boyband BTS, has broken the record for the fastest song to reach 1billion streams on Spotify.Today (October 31), Spotify announced on Twitter that Jungkook’s debut solo single, ‘Seven’ featuring Latto, became the fastest song to reach 1billion streams on the streaming platform on Monday (October 30).On October 30, Jung Kook's "Seven (feat. Latto)" became the fastest song to reach 1 Billion streams in Spotify history.

BTS member Suga has revealed that he thought the boyband’s 2015 album ‘The Most Beautiful Moment in Life’ would be their last.Suga recently released the latest episode of this online talk show, Suchwita, which featured guest appearances from SHINee‘s Taemin and BTS bandmate Jimin.During the episode, Suga asked Taemin to name what he believes to be Jimin’s most memorable performance. “For me, it’s ‘I Need U’,” said the SHINee singer.

Soobin of K-pop boyband Tomorrow X Together (TXT) has opened up about why he became a K-pop idol.Soobin revealed the fact in a new YouTube video uploaded onto TXT’s official channel, where the quintet spoke about their journeys as K-pop idols and their hopes for the future.“To be completely honest, I first started dreaming of becoming a singer just because I wanted to meet KARA,” Soobin said in the video. Unfortunately for the singer, TXT debuted in 2019, three years after KARA disbanded in 2016.However, the iconic K-pop girl group would later reunite in 2022 and release the album ‘Move Again’.

Jungkook of K-pop boyband BTS has released a new David Guetta remix of his hit single ‘Seven’.The new David Guetta remix of ‘Seven’ uses the explicit version of the song and retains the verse by guest artist, Latto. For the rework, the French DJ transforms the UK garage song into a dancefloor-ready banger.This is the second high-profile remix of ‘Seven’, following a progressive house remix by Swedish DJ Alesso that was released in August.

V of K-pop boyband BTS has assured fans that he is “all good” after a recent stalking incident.Earlier today (October 27), South Korean news outlet KBS reported that a woman in her twenties had been arrested for allegedly violating the East Asian country’s anti-stalking act.According to the publication, the woman had reportedly waited for BTS’ V outside of the apartment building where he lives on October 26, before subsequently following the K-pop idol into the residence’s parking lot as he drove in.KBS also alleges that the woman later entered the same elevator V was taking, before attempting to speak with the singer and handing him a marriage certificate with her name on it.The woman was arrested on the morning of October 27, after police tracked her down using the information on the marriage certificate. The alleged perpetrator is also said to have a history of stalking V in the past.Big Hit Music, which represents BTS and V, has released a statement about the incident to TV Report.

Luminate, a provider of music and entertainment data, the Top 100 K-pop artists globally have racked up a total of 90.4billion streams across audio and video services so far this year.The figure is a 42.2 per cent increase as compared to the same period in 2022, with Japan having the high number of on-demand streams at 9.7billion, up from 8.6billion from the year prior.The US came in second with 9.2billion, a marked increase from 6.6billion in 2022. Rounding out the Top Five in terms of most on-demand streams are Indonesia (7.4billion), South Korea (7.3billion) and India (6.2billion).In its report, Luminate also broke down the regional composition of streams for a number of top K-pop groups.

Epik High have teased their new single, ‘Screen Time’, a collaboration with Hoshi of K-pop boyband SEVENTEEN.Epik High dropped a brand-new teaser for ‘Screen Time’ yesterday, revealing that SEVENTEEN’s Hoshi will feature on the upcoming single. It’ll be the first collaboration between the K-hip-hop trio and the K-pop idol.‘Screen Time’ will be released on November 1 at 6pm KST.

BTS, (G)I-DLE and LE SSERAFIM, have denied any rumours of links to a recent spate of drug-related investigations in the Korean entertainment industry.In the past week, popular South Korean actor Lee Sun-kyun and Big Bang member G-Dragon were booked on suspicion of drug use. The two cases are said to be unrelated to one another.Soon after the news broke, rumours that other high-profile K-pop stars were also being investigated for drug use started circulating online, according to SBS Star.Among them were LE SSERAFIM’s Kim Chaewon, (G)I-DLE’s Jeon Soyeon and K-pop boyband BTS.

Soobin of K-pop boyband Tomorrow X Together (TXT) has opened up about the group’s dynamics in a new interview.Speaking to Weverse Magazine, TXT’s Soobin touched on how the boyband had gone through what he described as “a rough patch” at some point in 2022.While the singer did not delve into the details of the rough patch or what might have caused it, he revealed that they overcame it by the end of that year. “I felt our companionship was particularly strong while we practiced for the year-end awards shows,” he said.“We were having a lot of honest conversations about our innermost feelings.

SHINee’s Taemin has been teased as the next guest on Suchwita, a YouTube talk show hosted by BTS‘ Suga.A preview for the upcoming 20th episode of Suga’s YouTube series was uploaded to the BANGTANTV YouTube channel yesterday (October 24), teasing the upcoming episode’s guest in a brief one-minute clip.The preview starts with Suga introducing the guest as someone who is “much more of a senior artist than I am”. Taemin – whose face is obscured by close-up shots or censors, but still recognisable – tells Suga that it’s nice to sit down for a chat with Suga, who is similarly born in the year 1993.“There weren’t many singers who were born in 1993,” Suga notes in the teaser, before Taemin adds that he has always “had this yearning for a friend born in 1993”.Taemin also tells Suga that he has heard a lot about him through BTS bandmate Jimin, who has been known to be a close personal friend of Taemin’s.

SEVENTEEN member Mingyu has spoken out about concerns surrounding the group’s line distribution in their recently released single ‘God of Music’.SEVENTEEN released ‘God of Music’ and an accompanying music video on October 23. The song is the title track to the K-pop boyband’s 11th mini-album ‘Seventeenth Album’, which dropped on the same day.Shortly after the single and album’s official release, the SEVENTEEN rapper took to fan community platform Weverse to host a live broadcast, where he spoke out the release and interacted with viewers.However, after reading some comments he was receiving, Mingyu took it upon himself to address concerns over what fans have perceived as an unfair line distribution observed in ‘God of Music’, particularly with Mingyu.“It’s my first time seeing this question from CARATs (SEVENTEEN’s fanbase): ‘Aren’t you upset that you don’t have many parts in the ‘God of Music’ music video?'” he he said, as translated by Koreaboo. “No, never, never.

The Kid Laroi has tricked BTS‘ Jungkook into trying Vegemite, a classic Australian food spread.In a new video on Twitter, The Kid Laroi introduces Vegemite to Jungkook as part of a ‘Let’s Cook’ segment, where the Australian singer shows the BTS member “something that I used to eat for breakfast”.“It’s just like toasted bread, butter [and] Vegemite, which is basically this Australian ‘chocolate’ spread,” The Kid Laroi falsely tells Jungkook, before letting the BTS singer smell the spread.“It’s fully chocolate,” the Aussie singer says, before taking a big scoop of Vegemite for a piece of toast for Jungkook, which is met by a giant side eye from the BTS singer. “Now, I want you to take one big bite for me.”“It’s salty,” Jungkook says after tasting the Vegemite, with Laroi then finally admitting: “It’s not chocolate.

SEVENTEEN leader S.Coups will be absent from promotional activities for the group’s upcoming album, ‘Seventeenth Heaven’, in order to focus on post-surgery recovery.The announcement was made by Pledis Entertainment yesterday (October 19), who wrote in an official statement to fan community platform Weverse that it would be “difficult for S.Coups to participate in most of his official activities, including SEVENTEEN’s promotional activities for their 11th mini-album ‘Seventeeth Heaven'”.“S.Coups sustained a tear in his left anterior cruciate ligament and underwent anterior cruciate ligament and anterolateral ligament reconstruction surgery. He is currently receiving post-surgery care and is focusing on his recovery,” the company explained in the post.It added that although two months has passed since the surgery, the idol is still in a state of recovery.

Jimin of K-pop boyband BTS has opened up about how the superstar group managed to overcome language barriers with their music.In a new interview with GQ Korea, BTS’ Jimin spoke about how the boyband were able to transcend languages with their music. Notably, BTS have topped the Billboard Hot 100 with songs in both English and Korean.“To get to where we are now, our team has faced considerable struggles,” Jimin said, “occasionally losing our way and experiencing conflict, but always supporting each other.”“The joy, sorrow, pain, delight, and love we’ve felt along the way – we’ve been candid about it all.

Blizzard Entertainment has announced an upcoming Overwatch 2 event in collaboration with K-pop girl group LE SSERAFIM.Today (October 19 KST), the Overwatch 2 developer announced the upcoming crossover event with LE SSERAFIM. It’ll kick off with the release of the girl group’s upcoming English-language single, ‘Perfect Night’, on October 26 at 9pm PDT.The collaboration will also feature a new game mode, inspired by LE SSERAFIM, as well as exclusive in-game items and Legendary hero skins.

Yeonjun of boyband Tomorrow X Together (TXT) has opened up about the realities of the current K-pop landscape.TXT member Yeonjun recently made an appearance on the online talk show Bam House, hosted by GOT7‘s BamBam. During his appearance on the programme, the K-pop idol opened up about the difficulties he and his group face as a boyband as compared to girl groups.During their conversation, BamBam spoke about how “it took quite a while for the K-pop generation to switch from the second generation to the third”, while pointing out that this wasn’t the case for newer generations of K-pop groups.“It definitely wasn’t like that from the third generation to the fourth.

BTS have announced the release date and availability for their February 2023 concert film, BTS: Yet to Come.Today (October 17), the group announced through its official Twitter account that BTS: Yet to Come will be available to stream on November 9 via Prime Video globally, as well as Coupang Play in South Korea.BTS: Yet to Come was originally released in February 2023 in movie theatres worldwide.

K-pop boyband ENHYPEN will be making a comeback this November with the mini-album ‘Orange Blood’.Today (October 16), ENHYPEN’s label Belift Lab announced on fan community platform Weverse that the boyband would be dropping their fifth mini-album ‘Orange Blood’ on November 17 at 2pm KST.ENHYPEN also released a logo trailer for the upcoming release, which largely features clips of solar eclipses and the sun turning orange as it sets. The phrase “you and I are connected through blood” also briefly flashes on screen.‘Orange Blood’ will be the second instalment of the boy band’s ‘Blood’ series, which they kicked off in May with their fourth mini-album ‘Dark Blood’ and its lead single ‘Bite Me’.In a four-star review of the release, NME’s Tássia Assis praised it as ENHYPEN’s “most cohesive work so far”, adding that it “leaves enough open threads for the upcoming chapters to develop”.The boy band are currently on the US leg of their ongoing ‘Fate’ tour, which marks the second world tour of their career.