Olivia Rodrigo in the music video for her song “good 4 u”. Olivia Rodrigue Seven artists at this year’s Grammys have been revealed. The lineup includes nominees Billie Eilish, Olivia Rodrigo, BTS, Brothers Osborne, Brandi Carlile and Lil Nas X with Jack Harlow. The 2022 Grammy Awards will take place …
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K-pop music as a genre has become well known around the world, but the Japanese market has always been lucrative for Korean music groups. With groups and soloists releasing their music not only in Korean but also in Japanese and Chinese versions, there is a sense of inclusiveness for K-pop …
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Ahead of its UK release, the Japanese filmmaker reflects on his anarchic 1980 cult classic, Crazy thunder road It is called “the holy grail of Japanese movie releases”; founding influence on cyberpunk cinema; and one of the most important works in the history of Japanese independent cinema. But for more …
Read More »LL Cool J Set to Host 2022 iHeartRadio Music Awards – Billboard
LL Cool J will host the 2022 iHeartRadio Music Awards, which will be broadcast live from the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles on Tuesday, March 22. It was also announced on Wednesday (February 23rd) that Jennifer Lopez would receive the 2022 iHeartRadio Icon Award. To explore See the latest videos, …
Read More »K-Pop Group Red Velvet To Unveil New Album Next Month, Agency Informs
Red Velvet is ready to unveil new music to its fans after a hiatus of a few months. The last song of the South Korean group had arrived almost six months ago. Fans have been eagerly awaiting the band’s new music since the release of their Queen. Their new album …
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Boy group Rookie Trendz sat down with Korea JoongAng Daily on January 27 for an interview. [JEON TAE-GYU] A new K-pop boy group has been launched by a major Korean company – but it’s not one of the K-pop powerhouses you might think of. Trendz, pronounced “trend zee,” debuted Jan. …
Read More »K-Pop Star JAMIE Releases Music Video For “Pity Party”
South Korean singer and songwriter JAMIE is releasing her latest single Pity Party today on all digital platforms via Warner Music Korea. For her all-English single, the globally acclaimed artist delivers her most personal and expressive work to date. The single begins with a catchy, disco beat before a dynamic …
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Let’s find out here how K-pop sensation Lisa is delighting Thai fans with a traditional headwear!! ” class=”lazy img-responsive” data-src=”https://www.iwmbuzz.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/blackpink-lisa-the-k-pop-sensation-amazes-thai- fans-with-cultural-attire-920×518.jpg” width=”920″ height=”518″ alt=”Blackpink Lisa: K-pop sensation stuns Thai fans with Cultural Attire” /> Thai-born K-pop singer Lalisa ‘Lisa’ Manoban pleased her lovers in Thailand by wearing the traditional golden …
Read More »New song Friday! Hear new tracks from Franz Ferdinand, Tank and the Bangas, Poo Bear, and more!
Hello and welcome to our weekly series where we share with you some of our favorite tracks that have popped up this week. In our new episode, we’ll dive into new tracks from artists like Japanese Breakfast, Poo Bear, Tank and the Bangas, and many more. So, without further ado, …
Read More »Omega X releases new “LOVE ME LIKE” EP
Hangyeom, Jaehan, Hwichan, Sebin, Taedong, Xen, Jehyun, Kevin, Junghoon, Hyuk and Yechan debuted in Omega X in June 2021. On January 5, Omega X released an EP titled LOVE ME LIKE. The mini album features five songs and is the K-pop group’s second EP. Omega X | Arrow entertainment Omega …
Read More »From Relief Efforts to Kpop Craze to Reopening of Live Events and Theaters – 2021 in Malaysian Entertainment Industry | Show biz
It was a bumpy road for Malaysia’s entertainment industry in 2021. – Photos via Instagram / TA Nam Ron / Naim Daniel / Altimet / Aleena Murang KUALA LUMPUR, December 31 – Covid-19 crippled the entertainment industry in 2020, and while many hoped 2021 would be better – it was …
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South Korean boy band, The Rose officially made their comeback after two years with their latest single, The beauty and the Beast. The comeback single was released on Wednesday, accompanied by a dark music video. In the clip, the K-pop group can be seen in a hall with a chandelier, …
Read More »Dress like BTS: outfits worn by K-pop group go under the hammer in January
BTS. Image: AFP / Julien auctions via ETX Daily Up Ever dreamed of dressing like RM or Jungkook from BTS? Here is your chance. The outfits worn by the Korean boy band at the last Grammy Awards will go under the hammer in January at Julien’s Auctions. They could make …
Read More »HIKARU UTADA announces new album and launches new music video
World J-pop Superstar HIKARU UTADA announces today the upcoming release of a new album BAD FASHION, available Wednesday, January 19, 2022. BAD FASHION marks Hikaru Utada’s eighth studio album and follows a string of recent chart-topping hits including “One last kissâThe theme song at EVANGELION: 3.0 + 1.0 ONCE UPON …
Read More »Full list of 2022 Grammy nominees: Japanese breakfast, St. Vincent, Foo Fighters and more
Full 2022 Grammy Nominees List: Japanese Breakfast, St. Vincent, Arlo Parks and more The 2022 Grammys air January 31 on CBS 23 November 2021 By Joey Arnone Nominations for the 2022 Grammy Awards have just been announced. Below is a list of nominations in the larger categories, which includes nods …
Read More »‘Goosebumps’: NFB plans final comeback album before K-pop group enlists
K-pop group ONF made a very successful comeback with ‘Popping’ but also left fans heartbroken with a surprise announcement on November 9. The group’s two sub-unit leaders got together and informed their fan base that the five Korean members of the six-member group would be enlisting in the military together. …
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With another month of debut, another group of girl idols. But this time it’s someone with a powerful performance. SM Entertainment’s Mystic Story subgroup have launched their very first girl group, ‘Billlie’. And the fans have already fallen in love with them. Debuting on November 10, 2021, the six-member group …
Read More »Mondo Grosso and KLKTN unveil the NFT “SMPLR” audio rod player, a one-of-a-kind experience
LOS ANGELES, November 15, 2021 / PRNewswire / – Shinichi Osawa, world-renowned musician, songwriter and producer, best known by his stage name Mondo Grosso, and KLKTN, an organized platform connecting artists with fans, today unveiled “SMPLR”, an NFT audio rod player. The project is part of a series of collectible …
Read More »BLACKPINK’s ‘BOOMBAYAH’ Becomes First K-Pop Track to Surpass 1.3 Billion Views on YT
South Korean girl group BLACKPINK added another feather to their crown with the group that made YouTube history with their debut music video. BLACKPINK’s first track on November 1 BOOMBAYAH surpassed 1.3 billion views on YouTube. This ultimately makes the MV the first K-pop music video in history to achieve …
Read More »Blaster Silonga shares Tagalog version of debut solo single “Disko Forever”
Filipino musician Blaster Silonga shared a Tagalog version of his solo single “Disko Forever”. The IV Of Spades guitarist released the new version on Friday October 29th via Island Records Philippines. Combining elements of bedroom electronica and funk, ‘Disko Forever’ was initially released, sung entirely in Japanese, in late September …
Read More »Here are your nominees for the 2021 J Awards! – Music news
November is Ausmusic Month, which means it’s time to celebrate the best in Australian music! Now in their 17th year, the J Awards celebrate originality, creativity, technical excellence and Australian music that has blown our minds and ears throughout 2021. There are 30 nominees divided into five categories: Australian Album …
Read More »K-pop star CL completes what she started on her debut album ‘ALPHA’: NPR
At ALPHA, her debut album, K-pop artist CL seems determined and confident despite years of industry setbacks. Very cherry / Courtesy the artist hide caption toggle legend Very cherry / Courtesy the artist At ALPHA, her debut album, K-pop artist CL seems determined and confident despite years of industry setbacks. …
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SM Entertainment CEO Sung Su Lee doesn’t do interviews often. So when he speaks in public, it is worth listening very carefully to find out what spins the wheels of the K-pop giant he is responsible for, whose roster includes stars like EXO, Girls. Generation and Shinee. Lee appeared as …
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PLASTIC LOVE ‘, eill’s 4th digital single, released on September 8, had very good reviews. This song is the source of Mariya Takeuchi’s album “VARIETY” which was first released in 1984. This cover is available for listening through major music streaming services. The arrangement is performed by producer Yaffle, who …
Read More »Doc Talk: on the record, under the sea, in search of roots, beyond the track
It also marked an emotional crisis in his life – his 20-year break-up from his wife and his subsequent addiction to heroin. Wharton does not address the latter, although she interviews Petty’s daughter Adria Petty (who provided the lost film) about the breakup, which is briefly discussed. She also interviews …
Read More »K-Pop Girl Group Ferry Blue’s Explosive First MV in Real-World Metaverse
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Read More »On Korea’s March to Global Cultural Domination, plus a K-pop playlist
Thursday October 7, 2021, 12:18 p.m.Article: Gordon Campbell So far, South Korea’s cultural industries appear to be pandemic-proof. They are also gaining huge global audiences, not just large national audiences. In recent years, the South Korean television series (Squid Game, Descendants of the Sun) and movies (Parasite, Oldboy, The Maid) …
Read More »BTS Wins 5 Big Trophies at 2021 Fact Music Awards; The ARMY floods Twitter with congratulatory tweets
K-pop group BTS is all the rage again on social media and this time because of their massive victory at the 2021 Fact Music Awards. The group made up of RM, Jugkook, Suga, V, Jimin, Jin and J- Hope won Daesang (Grand Prize), Artist of the Year (Bonsang), Listener’s Choice, …
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The new game Sable features an original soundtrack by Michelle Zauner, best known as the indie rock star behind the group Japanese Breakfast. Hangars hide caption toggle legend Hangars The new game Sable features an original soundtrack by Michelle Zauner, best known as the indie rock star behind the group …
Read More »Amaal Mallik opens up about BTS and what makes K-Pop boys so successful
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Read More »Seasoned K-pop star CL releases second single, ‘Lover Like Me’ from upcoming new album, ‘Alpha’
South Korean rapper CL has just released her second single, “Lover Like Me” with her stunning music video. The song is part of her upcoming full album, “Alpha”, which will be released in October 2021. The album’s first single named “Spicy” was released on August 24th. The second soundtrack was …
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Remember the viral âStan Loonaâ moment on social media the past few years? Well, Orbits (Loona’s fandom) may be set to show off their online presence once again to help the iconic girl group. And this time they have the âSave Loonaâ trend. On September 28, a Korean news agency …
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Dancehall’s love affair with cars is closely linked to superficial ideas of success or failure, which is also marked by its closeness to the most beautiful and exclusive women. The prestige cars serve as inspiration for dancehall artists and their songs are interwoven with those they consider to be the …
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“Hell is a teenage girl.” These are the first words spoken by Anita “Needy” Lesnicky, played by Amanda Seyfried, in the 2009 horror comedy Jennifer’s body. As Needy relates, titular cheerleader Jennifer Check (Megan Fox) is lying in bed, staring out the window with blood-stained eyes. Somewhere, beyond the windows …
Read More »China vs Kpop: new laws target fandoms and “effeminate image of men” in repression
The Chinese Cyberspace Administration has announced that it is implementing additional measures to curb the “fandom chaos.” As part of the announcement, China’s largest social networking platform, Weibo, conducted a regulated cleanup of the thousands of fan cafes and spam accounts on its platform. Weibo also closed toxic accounts that …
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As I have said over and over again, 2021 is the year of GOT7 and every member seems to be thriving. From a whopping 52 articles and magazine covers and counting to the successful solo debuts of Bambam, Yugyeom and Jay B, the boys have been busy. And what better …
Read More »[Today’s K-pop] TXT gives a taste of the reconditioning to come
(Credit: Big Hit Music) Tomorrow X Together shared a preview of the repackaging of their second studio album on Wednesday. The video clip included samples of three songs from the repackaged album titled “The Chaos Chapter: Fight or Escape” – the title track “LO $ ER = LO â¡ ER”, …
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2PM returns with its first new album in five years. SINGAPORE – Over the past month, K-pop has hosted the return of beloved second-generation boy group 2PM as well as two solo debuts from the members of Got7, while girl groups and other artists like the Japanese singer Nissy have …
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BTS’s latest music video, Permission to Dance, reached over 20 million views in its first three hours of airing. Promotional photos saw the Bangtan Boys washing cars in a 1950s American-inspired setting. With a classic car wash and draped in denim, they cleaned two buckets of rust at a gas …
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“Success has many fathers, failure is an orphan.” This saying (often wrongly attributed to John F. Kennedy) echoed in my head as I listened to The Beat Bach Symphonies, the new hip-hop mashup featuring world and classical music, designed by Grammy winner Secret Agent 23 Skidoo. The project presents the …
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Anime has developed many weird and original abilities for its characters over the years. Whether it’s shonen fighting characters showing authentic (albeit impractical) personality on the battlefield or sporting characters just using weird moves to win at basketball, the anime has even made life part of it. comical in its …
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Despite being created by much of the same team as 2019’s Code Vein, Scarlet Nexus – also a melee-focused third-person anime game – is certainly not Soulslike. Instead, it’s an intense character action game with psychic powers and absurd monster designs that would make Hidetaka Miyazaki blush – and if …
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Brave Girls, a girl group that caught the celebrity on the brink of disbandment, have said they want to become the new summer queen of the K-pop scene with their latest outing. “We would like to become a band that people think about when summer comes,” the band said at …
Read More »Kim Jong-Un calls K-pop ‘vicious cancer’
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North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un may angrily denounce K-pop as “vicious cancer“whatever he wants. It’s not only that pop music has become one of its neighbor’s most beloved exports to the south, but so has pretty much all of culture. popular South Korean – from movies to music and TV …
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As the first boy group to debut under Big Hit Music since BTS, the guys from Tomorrow X Together (TXT for short) know they have their work cut out for them. But rather than following in the footsteps of their label mates, Soobin, Yeonjun, Beomgyu, Taehyun and Hueningkai say they …
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Lightsum (Twitter) Cube Entertainment has unveiled their new K-pop girl group Lightsum, which debuted with the single “Vanilla” on June 10. Lightsum is made up of eight members. Chown, Nayoung, and Yujeong were on Mnet’s survival audition television show “Produce 48”, which spawned IZ * ONE while Juhyeon appeared on …
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BTS’s popularity knows no bounds. In addition to making music history and breaking chart records, K-Pop stars have also garnered massive brand promotion deals. Their latest collaboration with a fast food burger chain has only added to the hype around the seven-member group. RM, V, J-Hope, JungKook, Jimin, Jin and …
Read More »South Korean rapper BI breaks YouTube record for first music video of KPOP’s first male soloist in 24 hours
On June 1, South Korean rapper, singer / songwriter and record producer BI released his debut album as a solo artist. The album is called ‘Waterfall’. It was a highly anticipated album. With the release of a music video for the title track ‘Illa Illa’. We think the album as …
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When fans say BTS paved the way for K-pop, they really mean it! Of course, there have been a lot of outstanding senior groups like Shinee & EXO, but no one has garnered the same global attention as BTS. While it seems like BTS barely popped up just a few …
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Singer and actress Olivia Rodrigo’s single “Driver’s License” broke streaming records and even inspired a Saturday Night Live sketch earlier this year. This month, she released her second No. 1 hit, “Good 4 U”, and her debut album, Sour, made its strong debut on streaming services. The opening of the …
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In 2014, singer, songwriter and songwriter Michelle Zauner lost her mother to pancreatic cancer. Working through her grief, she captured the experience in a powerful New Yorker personal test called “Crying in H Mart”, named after the Korean grocery chain where she selected ingredients to recreate the meals she and …
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For decades Stefani has been ridiculed for enveloping Japanese culture in her career. Now she says, “All of these rules just divide us.” She has long been accused of cultural appropriation, but that hasn’t stopped Gwen Stefani’s career. The singer entered the music scene as the lead singer of rock …
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Singer Jung Seung-hwan [ANTENNA MUSIC] Jung Seung-hwan is back. On Wednesday, the singer released his first physical album in two years – an EP titled âFive Words Left Unsaidâ. âI felt like I had waited so long for a new release so I can’t imagine what my fans must have …
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– Publicity – Seoul – Korean girl group BLACKPINK just set another YouTube record with their music video for Kill this love. BLACKPINK’s music video for their 2019 hit Kill this love surpassed 1.3 billion views on YouTube on May 22, at approximately 1:40 p.m. KST. The song was originally …
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Rookie girl group Rocket Punch marked the start of summer with the retro-inspired Ding dong. Eight months after the six-piece group released their third mini album, Blue hallmark, he held a press conference in Seoul on Monday before the new album’s release at 6 p.m. that day. The album is …
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Image source: TWITTER BTS Popular K-Pop group BTS have announced an online live streaming event, BTS 2021 Muster SOWOOZOO, to celebrate the eighth anniversary of the group and their fandom, known as ARMY. The two-day event will take place on June 13-14. June 14 will see the âWorld Tour Versionâ …
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When CHAI performs live again, “FINISHCould be their reintroduction. One of the best manifestations of their buzzing energy, sometimes banana, on all WINK, the Japanese group’s third and final album, it is confident and overflowing with shameless challenge, animated by a sonic rhythm with a purpose to dance. The unexpected …
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Two new concept clips of Butter, the upcoming single from K-pop boy group BTS, have been shared online. They feature singer Jin and rapper Suga. In the clips, shared on Twitter Tuesday, the duo are seen posing in a dimly-lit room as several colored lights flash. In one of them, …
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JY Park However, right after the release of JYP’s recent song for ITZY titled “Mafia In The Morning”, she received mixed reactions from fans. âAsian Soulâ was in the spotlight after fans complained and shared their disappointment for the song which credits JY Park with the lyrics, music and arrangements. …
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Fresh out of their single ‘The light’, FAKY just dropped a new track! Entitled ‘Happy until the end of time’, J-pop group explores life after heartache and the path forward. In a member’s statement Taki, she shares, âHappyEverAfterâ is all about finding happiness after heartache. When I shared my feelings …
Read More »If BTS’s J-Hope Was A Fruit, Here’s His Sweet Take On That He Would Be
He is your hope and you are his hope. As for the fruit that rapper and songwriter J-Hope would become, this BTS member’s response makes sense. Here’s what J-Hope said during his seven-second interview, about the K-pop group’s album, Be (Deluxe Edition.) BTS’s J-Hope at press conference for “BE (Deluxe …
Read More »[Today’s K-pop] TXT will return with the 2nd LP on May 31
(Credit: Big Hit Music) Tomorrow X Together will release their second full album on May 31, according to an announcement made on Friday. The album is called “The Chaos Chapter: Freeze” and welcomes the start of a new story. The boy group woven their story through the concept of dreaming, …
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BTS’s latest music video reached 100 million views in one month! Keep reading to find out. Written by Anwaya mane 10,833 readings Bombay Posted: April 29, 2021 8:16 PM BTS members pose on the 2021 Grammy Awards red carpet (Pic News1) ARMY, it’s party time! BTS “latest music video Movie …
Read More »[Today’s K-pop] Japanese IZ * ONE Members Say Goodbye
(Credit: Off The Record Entertainment) On Thursday, members of the IZ * ONE group from Japan returned home on a plane. Miyawaki Sakura, Honda Hitomi and Yabuki Nako enthusiastically greeted the fans gathered at the airport, but upon hearing their warm farewell words, they became solemn. Hitomi began to cry …
Read More »WATCH: K-pop girl group STAYC opens up about their first comeback
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