K-Pop News Weekly Top 3: 2NE1 Pass On Year-End Award Shows, Lee Hoo ZE:A Hiatus, Crayon Pop On US Primetime TV

2NE1 Causes Worries For Fans After Forgoing Attendance At Year-End Award Ceremonies

YG Entertainment revealed that 2NE1 will not be attending any year-end music award ceremonies, where idol groups often put in appearances and perform.

The girl group's leader, CL, will appear at least once on her own, at the CJ E&M Style Icon Awards, where she will perform with American DJ Diplo.

This is one of several news pieces that have made 2NE1's fans, known as Blackjacks, worry about the future of the group. In 2014, 2NE1's Park Bom was embroiled in a drug scandal, and the lack of cohesive group activities and promotions have led fans to worry.

YG Entertainment also recently announced that CL will be embarking on a solo career in the US.

ZE:A's Leader Lee Hoo Goes On Hiatus

Moon Junyoung, known as idol group ZE:A's Lee Hoo, deleted his social media accounts following an announcement that he would be going on hiatus from the group following his actions of the past month.

Lee Hoo had taken to Twitter to threaten ZE:A's company, Star Empire Entertainment, to create fairer conditions for the idol group. After reevaluating ZE:A's contract with the company, Lee Hoo announced the success for the group. Afterwards, however, he confused and worried fans by continuing to write on Twitter about further problems.

Lee Hoo shared the news on October 21, and it is not known when he will rejoin the idol group for promotions.

Crayon Pop's "Bar Bar Bar" Appeared On American Network Television Sitcom

The 2013 hit, "Bar Bar Bar" was heard on an episode of ABC's Selfie, starring John Cho and Karen Gillan. The two actors danced to the song after Cho mentioned that not all Koreans like K-Pop, also giving the genre a shout-out on the show.

"Bar Bar Bar" was featured on The Ellen DeGeneres Show previously, but this is the first time the song was featured on American primetime. K-Pop has been featured on other American primetime shows, including Glee.

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