'Ice Cream': Selena Gomez & BLACKPINK Serve a Sugary Treat
"Ice cream, chillin', chillin' / Ice cream chillin'..." When it was first announced that Selena Gomez would be the special guest on BLACKPINK's "Ice Cream," the next single from their upcoming debut, The Album, the response on social media was decidedly, erm...mixed. How would the breathy "Lose…
BoA Celebrates Her 20th Anniversary
Today, August 25 (well, it’s technically already today in South Korea) is a very special day: the 20th anniversary of the debut of the Queen of K-pop™, BoA. On August 25, 2000, at the absurdly young age of 13, Kwon Bo-ah debuted on the South Korean and, immediately after, Japanese scene with…
Gallant Covers BoA's 'Only One' for Her 20th Anniversary
The Our Beloved BoA festivities continue – and this time, we’re going international. As part of SM Entertainment‘s continued celebration of the Queen of K-Pop™ and her two boundary-breaking decades in the music industry this month – did you see their newly launched,…
BLACKPINK's Jisoo Is Going Solo (As an Actress)
View this post on Instagram A post shared by JISOO🤍 (@sooyaaa__) on Aug 12, 2020 at 5:37am PDT BLACKPINK is preparing to give us their new single (a Cold Popsicle, it seems?) with Selena Gomez in mere days, but Jisoo‘s already got additional plans.…
'Not Shy': ITZY Commit Crimes in the Name of Dessert
It’z going down. They’re yelling ITZY. Yeji, Lia, Ryujin, Chaeryeong and Yuna – the sweet angels of ITZY, JYP Entertainment’s relatively brand new “WANNABE” girl group – are back with an end-of-summer banger on Monday (August 17) in the form of “Not…
CLC Are Making a Comeback in September
Red lip? NO. Earrings? NO. High heels? NO. Comeback? Why yes, actually. The girls of CLC – Crystal Clear, if you’re nasty – are returning to us in just a month’s time. News1 reported on Thursday (August 13) that the seven member K-pop girl group was preparing to release a…
BLACKPINK & Selena Gomez In Your Area
You know it, I know it, the world knows it: BLACKPINK‘s back in our areaaa later this month – and they’re officially bringing Selena Gomez along for the ride this time around. As was…
Sunmi Hits the Disco With Her Former Boss J.Y. Park
Sunmi is no stranger to a left-lane, artsy-fartsy kind of career choice – and teaming up with her former boss, J.Y. Park of JYP Entertainment, is certainly no exception. The 28-year-old “Noir” quirk-pop princess and the 48-year-old JYP record executive are starry-eyed,…
TWICE's Online Concert: 'Beyond Live - Twice: World in a Day'
The entire world is adapting to the New Normal™ amid the pandemic – and that includes our South Korean pop favorites as well. With touring no longer an option – for at least the next…
SM Entertainment Launches BoA 20th Anniversary Account
The festivities in celebration of the 20th anniversary of the debut of the Queen of K-pop™ herself, BoA, continue. Ahead of the official debut date of the upside-down walking Girl on Top herself, SM Entertainment has launched an official BoA account (@BoASMTown) that promises to share more of the…
BLACKPINK Keep Teasing Their August Mystery Feature
BLACKPINK? In our area? It’s more likely than you think. The global chart-dominating, record-breaking, ddu-du ddu-duing titans of South Korean girl group pop are promptly returning to us with a follow-up to their summer smash “How You Like That” later this month, and on Monday…
BLACKPINK Announce Their Long, Long Awaited Debut Album
The Album is finally coming. No, really: it's called The Album. (The concept of The Album is, you know, the album.) Almost exactly four long years after first arriving in our area with "Boombayah," the enormously popular quartet known as BLACKPINK - Rosé, Jennie, Jisoo and Lisa - are squaring up…