BLACKPINK member Jisoo made her first appearance on the Billboard Hot 100 as a solo artist, enabling BLACKPINK to become the first K-pop girl group in history whose entire lineup has individually entered the chart.…
K-pop and Hallyu culture are making their way onto Europe’s mainstream artistic stages. The “K-Street Festival 2025,” held over the first weekend of September in Parc André Citroën in Paris’ 15th arrondissement, demonstr…
As K-pop and Hallyu take center stage in European culture, one country has rapidly emerged as its core hub: France.…
Hearts2Hearts, the new girl group under SM Entertainment, is set to make a Comeback in October with their first mini-album titled ‘FOCUS’.…
Park Jin-young, CCO and lead producer at JYP Entertainment, has been appointed as the first co-chair (ministerial level) of the President’s directly-appointed Popular Culture Exchange Committee.…
K-POP entertainment company HYBE has partnered with the U.S. professional soccer team LA Football Club (LAFC) to introduce K-POP culture to American sports fans.…
aespa’s “Rich Man” secured the top position for the fourth straight week on the Soompi Music Chart for the third week of October 2025.…
Netflix’s animated film “KPOP Demon Hunters” has achieved the best results in its history. Produced in collaboration with Sony Pictures Animation, the film reached 325 million views just 91 days after its release in June…
The Sony-produced and Netflix-distributed animated series “KPop Demon Hunters” has set a new record for the highest number of views in Netflix’s history, establishing itself as a global cultural phenomenon.…
The success of 'KPop Demon Hunters' was driven by the contributions of voice actor and composer EJAE. Songs including the film’s main theme "Golden" dominated global music charts, and EJAE secured her entry into the inte…
The Sony-produced and Netflix-distributed animated film “KPOP Demon Hunters” has recorded the largest global success in history.…
New groups are achieving success at an accelerating pace in the K-pop market. The five-member mixed-gender group ALLDAY PROJECT, which made its debut in June, reached number one on Melon’s Top 100 just four days after re…
A male fan in Japan paid approximately 5.7 million won to date his favorite idol, but a major controversy erupted when it was revealed the man who accompanied him as a “bodyguard” was actually the idol’s husband.…
Netflix’s animated film “KPOP Demon Hunters” has accumulated 325 million views worldwide 91 days after its release in June, establishing itself as Netflix’s most popular film to date.…
BuzzFeed Celeb has launched a new podcast titled “Phone A Fangirl” that directly links fans with K-POP idols. Announced on October 16, 2025, this program focuses on K-POP culture and features idols answering fans’ questi…
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Group NewJeans suffered a total defeat in its legal battle over the validity of its exclusive contract with ADOR, a subsidiary of HYBE.…
The OST for Netflix’s animated film “KPop Demon Hunters” is taking over global music charts. The film’s title track, “Golden,” has appeared on the Billboard 200 chart for 17 consecutive weeks, maintaining its position at…
K-pop idol groups and solo artists continue to dominate global music charts, further solidifying K-pop’s international influence. TWICE has secured top positions on Billboard charts for both singles and albums.…
Korean composers have faced incidents where their music tracks were arranged and reregistered by Chinese companies, resulting in those tracks being removed from Meta platforms.…
Jin, a member of BTS, has achieved Spotify’s 2025 record for the most streamed K-pop song through his solo track “Don’t Say You Love Me.” His agency, HYBE, announced that this song has accumulated over 564 million stream…
Nongshim conducted a large-scale global marketing campaign in New York Times Square to celebrate the release of Shin Ramyun in collaboration with Netflix’s animated series KPop Demon Hunters.…
A car rental business owner in South Korea was found guilty of extorting money by using dashcam footage from a K-pop idol couple.…
EJAE, who created the global sensation with “Golden,” the OST for Netflix’s animation *KPop Demon Hunters*, appeared as a special guest on JTBC’s *Newsroom* on October 19 to detail the song’s creation process and signifi…
JYP announced on the 30th that Park Jin-young will hold his solo concert “HAPPY HOUR” at the Peace Hall of Kyung Hee University in Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul, from December 13 to 14.…
K-pop’s leading entertainment company HYBE has established its first partnership with Major League Soccer. By becoming the official sponsor for LAFC’s 2025 MLS Cup playoffs, it marks HYBE’s inaugural official partnership…