Entertainment
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State regulator reviews NewJeans' performance amid iPhone advertising controversy
SEOUL -- South Korea's media regulation body is currently reviewing K-pop girl band NewJeans' performance regarding its indirect iPhone advertising controversy. The state regulator has received a complaint after group members performed their dance song "ETA" on a weekly live music ranking show where they took photos and videos using a new iPhone product on the stage. The five-member band was embroiled in controversy for showcasing their song at SBS's "Inkigay
10 August 2023
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Girl band aespa completes two-day concert in Tokyo
SEOUL -- K-pop girl band aespa has completed its concert at Tokyo Dome, an indoor stadium regarded as the "dream stage" among Japanese artists. About 94,000 audience attended the two-day event. The four-member band will continue its world tour in the United States and other countries in South America and Europe. "aespa sets the record for holding a concert at Tokyo Dome the fastest since debut among foreign artists," the band's agency said on Twitter after group
8 August 2023
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BLACKPINK's 'Pink Venom' surpasses 700 mln views on YouTube
SEOUL -- The music video for BLACKPINK's dance song Pink Venom has garnered more than 700 million views on YouTube, 350 days after its release on August 19, 2022. The song, which incorporated various genres including hip-hop and electronic dance music (EDM), entered the Billboard Hot 100 chart and topped the charts of major domestic online music streaming services in 2022. The music video exceeded 700 million views at 4:27 p.m. (0727 GMT) on August 4. The number of music vide
4 August 2023
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NewJeans tops Billboard's top 200 popular albums chart with 'Get Up'
SEOUL -- K-pop super rookie band NewJeans has topped Billboard's top 200 popular albums chart with its mini-album "Get Up." The five-member band topped the Billboard chart about a year after its debut in July 2022. The album, released on January 21, arrived atop the list on Billboard 200 chart with 126,500 equivalent album units sold in the United States in the week ending July 27. The ranking is confirmed based on the number of album sales, track equivalent album (TEA),
3 August 2023
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V to be seventh BTS member to release solo album
SEOUL -- V, a member of BTS, will become the boy band's seventh member to roll out his first solo album, followed by J-Hope, Jin, RM, Suga, and Jungkook. The 27-year-old will work with Min Hee-jin, a genius idol incubator who has planned concepts for K-pop superstar band NewJeans. Min is currently nurturing rookie artists and overseeing music production at ADOR, a subsidiary label of Big Hit, the agency of BTS. During her time at SM Entertainment, she designed costumes, styling, an
2 August 2023
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BLACKPINK's 'DDU-DU DDU-DU' surpasses 2.1 bln views on YouTube
SEOUL -- The music video for BLACKPINK's dance song DDU-DU DDU-DU has garnered more than 2.1 billion views on YouTube about five years and a month after its release. The song features a catchy chorus and a unique choreography of shooting handguns. The music video exceeded 2.1 billion views at 4:27 p.m. (0727 GMT) on July 30, the band's agency said. The dance song released in June 2018 set a record for the most-viewed K-pop music video in less than 24 hours, gaining some 36 mill
31 July 2023
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New Zealand's governor-general visits SM Entertainment to explore Korean Wave
SEOUL -- New Zealand's governor-general Dame Cindy Kiro visited the office of South Korea's entertainment powerhouse SM Entertainment to explore the country's music industry. During the meeting with the agency, the New Zealand delegate of Maori descent suggested discussing collaboration methods with artists of traditional Maori music performance "kapa haka." Kapa haka is a traditional Maori performing art that involves singing, dancing, and chanting. It is
26 July 2023
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Virtual model Lucy to make foray into Thailand's live commerce market
SEOUL -- Lucy, a 29-year-old virtual model created by the home shopping channel of South Korea's conglomerate Lotte, will make her make a foray into Thiland's live commerce market through Lazada, one of the leading e-commerce platforms in Southeast Asia. The virtual influencer with more than 175,000 Instagram followers will promote various fashion items in Thai targeting young consumers in the Southeast Asian country. The virtual human was created by synthesizing a face with an
26 July 2023
