Currently, former Stellar member Gayoung is one of the cast members of MBN's "Miss Back", a show composed of former girl group members and the struggles they faced. In a recent clip posted by MBN, Gayoung is seen alongside her brother, Kim Sung Pyo, a professional baseball player for the Samsung Lions. There, she sheds tears over the hate he received because of her.
BLINKs, your queen Jennie has just broken another record! As of October 16, Friday, Jennie's debut solo song "SOLO" is the most streamed song by a Korean soloist on Spotify.
On October 15, Thursday, the Billboard Music Awards announced on their social media accounts that BTS had won the Top Social Artist award.
WANNABLES, are you excited? Some of the former Wanna One members will be reuniting for a special performance for KCON: TACT Season 2.
According to numerous media outlets on October 15, Thursday, WINNER's Mino will be releasing his solo album on October 30.
On October 14, Big Hit Entertainment just dropped a teaser for a new piece of BTS merchandise, available for purchase on October 15 at the BTS WeVerse Shop Global. Upon the reveal, people couldn't help but comment on how weird it is.
Following the drop of BLACKPINK's Netflix documentary, "BLACKPINK: Light Up The Sky", the director of the documentary, Caroline Suh, had an exclusive interview with E! Online, in which she reveals more details about the filming and the chances of a sequel.
South Korea is infamous for having one of the world's strictest beauty standards. In the country, there are very specific features that are considered attractive and even the slightest deviation from it can be considered unattractive. While beauty is subjective, most entertainment agencies select trainees and who gets to debut with those standards in mind. Knowing this, here are the top 10 male visuals in K-pop that have visuals in line with South Korea's strict beauty standards.
On October 13, Wednesday, Mnet dropped another teaser for "Show Me The Money 9". There, it was revealed to viewers that PENTAGON member Wooseok would be joining the show as a contestant.
On October 13, the girls of BLACKPINK attended the press conference for their upcoming Netflix documentary, "BLACKPINK: Light Up The Sky", set to premiere on the platform on October 14. During the press conference, Jennie revealed what she would want to tell her past trainee self.
On October 13, Tuesday, it was confirmed that the entire duration of BTS's latest online concert, which was held over the weekend, was illegally downloaded and distributed online in China.
Amidst criticism from China over BTS member RM's speech from the Van Fleet Awards over his usage of the "two nations" phrase, it has been reported that a Chinese netizen who was seen using a BTS phone case was beaten up on the street.
South Korea is known for having one of the strictest beauty standards in the world. In the country, there are very specific features that are considered beautiful and features that are considered unflattering. While having the perfect face is unattainable and beauty is subjective, most entertainment agencies select talents that suit the standards the best. With that in mind, here are the top 10 female visuals in K-pop that have features in line with South Korea's strict beauty standards.
It appears EXO member Kai has snagged himself a cosmetics deal! The idol is reported to be Bobbi Brown's first-ever male muse.
On October 13, Tuesday, it was announced that BLACKPINK has topped the Billboard Artist 100 chart, jumping up 64 spots.
NCT 2020 is on a roll! On October 13, Tuesday, NCT's second full-length album, "RESONANCE Pt.1," topped iTunes Album Charts in 32 different countries upon the album's debut.
BLACKPINK just can't stop breaking records! As of October 13 KST, BLACKPINK's debut music video for "BOOMBAYAH" has surpassed the one million mark on Youtube!
BTS has topped the Billboard Hot 100 once again, this time with the "Savage Love (Laxed - Siren Beat" remix, which they made in collaboration with Jawsh 685 and Jason Derulo.
The Korean Business Research Institute has released its brand reputation rankings for K-Pop girl groups for the month of October. To determine which groups make the list, consumer participation, community awareness, and news coverage were analyzed.
ATINYs, get ready! ATEEZ Worldwide, in collaboration with KpopStarz, is gearing up for an online concert hosted by ATINY themselves!
Pre-orders for NCT 2020's upcoming album "NCT - The 2nd Album RESONANCE Pt.1)", which will be released later today on October 12, have surpassed over one million copies in pre-orders, officially marking NCT as million sellers.
There is just no slowing down for BLACKPINK! On October 12, Monday, it was announced that BLACKPINK has broken a Billboard Charts record.
On October 10, Saturday, BTS held their long-awaited online concert, "BTS Map of the Soul ON:E". During their encore stage, member Jimin couldn't help but shed tears as he was giving his final comments.
On October 12, Monday, at 9 AM KST, it was officially announced that f(x)'s Krystal has parted ways with SM Entertainment and has signed with newly establish actors' agency H& Entertainment.
The Korean Business Research Institute released its brand reputation rankings for K-Pop boy groups for the month of September. To determine which boys groups make the list, they analyzed consumer participation, community awareness, and news coverage.
On October 10, Saturday, it was announced that BLACKPINK's first full-length studio album "THE ALBUM" debuted in the Top 10 of the two world's largest music markets - the United Kingdom and Germany.
Following speculation that BTS could have the chance to be exempted from their mandatory military service, the Military Manpower Association (MMA) announced on October 9, 2020, that they would not be allowing BTS to be exempted.
On October 9, Friday, the Gaon Chart released which digital singles garnered the most point within the month. The Gaon Chart is the most reputable and popular music hart in South Korea and is equivalent to the United States' Billboard charts. Want to know what were the top 10 most popular K-pop songs for September? Then keep on reading.
On October 9, Friday, at 12 NN KST, SM Entertainment unveiled two new remixes of Taemin's hit song "Criminal"!
We have another BTS member making history! On October 8, Thursday, it was announced that Jin's solo song, "Moon", is the longest-charting BTS solo song to chart on the MelOn charts in MelOn history!