Stage names are an essential part of K-Pop performances or any performances for that matter. For as long back as one can remember, artists have used stage names to express their artistic persona better. While some stage names and the story behind them are quite popular, some are not so much.
In a "BANGTAN BOMB" shared with the BANGTANTV YouTube channel on October 5, Monday, fans were able to see BTS call the CEO and founder of Big Hit Entertainment, Bang Si Hyuk, about their song "Dynamite" peaking at number one on the Billboard 100 Chart. Upon hearing the news, Bang Si Hyuk couldn't help but shed tears.
While K-pop usually has a squeaky clean image, with no cursing and innocent lyrics, not all songs fit into that mold. Here are eight K-pop songs that were, and some still are, considered controversial.
Having already broken that many records with “DNA” alone, BTS has done it again as the music video of “DNA” has surpassed 1.1 billion views on Youtube as of October 5, 2020.
Fans of the K-pop group BTS, particularly Filipino ARMYs are fuming in anger following the alleged plagiarism of Pinoy rappers Skusta Clee and Flow G to the K-pop group's track "Ddaeng."
BTS sat down with Variety Magazine back on September 30, 2020, to talk about politics, ARMYs, and the Grammys. Though the interview is a week old, it recently became a popular topic in Korean online community forums due to the member's smart answers.
In K-pop, it is normal for groups to switch different concepts from time to time. This can be done for numerous reasons, such as wanting to try something new or trying a new sound because their old music was not gaining that much attention. While it sometimes has little to no effect, these six groups saw massive success with the sound change. Want to know who they are? Then keep on reading!
ARMY, are you ready to see BTS performing once again? Unfortunately, due to the coronavirus, physical contact is still limited, but no one can stop the world-renown K-pop group from giving the best for their fans and supporters!
The Celebrity genes of these K-pop idols are indeed incredible! On an online Korean community site, K-netizens and K-pop fans collected K-pop idols with amazing family lines!
As a non-Korean speaker, some may have difficulties understanding the lyrics of the song just by listening to it, that’s why fans are always looking at the romanization and English of the song to get and understand the concept deeper.
While some of these idols still show great resemblance, others have outgrown their features. Can you guess these idols just from their baby photos?
On October 2, Friday, the nominations for the 46th People's Choice Awards, one of the United States' biggest entertainment awards shows, have been revealed. As K-pop starts to gain hype and traction in the West, it's no surprise the two biggest groups in the American music market - BLACKPINK and BTS - snagged some nominations for themselves.
On September 22, 2020, Starmometer revealed their finalists for the "Sexiest Man In The World 2020" are. These finalists ranked within the top 10 out of 200 official nominees and were selected through netizens' likes and comments. Surprisingly, all 10 of the finalists are ethnically Asian, with six of them being K-pop idols. Want to know which idols made the finals? Keep on reading!
The Korean Business Research Institute has revealed its brand reputation rankings for K-Pop idols for the month of September. To determine which idols make the list, they analyzed consumer participation, community awareness, and news coverage
With how vast the K-Pop and the K-Entertainment industry are in general, there is a huge flux of interaction between hundreds of artists, either using work or friendship or simply award show gatherings and variety shows. While some are not extroverted to talk with everyone, some others are total social butterflies, talking with whoever crosses their way and forging new friendships with ease.
No two person's ideal types are the same as they differ vastly from person to person. Some may think that an idol's ideal type would be someone drop-dead gorgeous and model-like. However, on the contrary, some of these idols have quite simple tastes, after all.
Korean fans on Ranker revealed which male idols they thought were the hottest. While there were dozens of idols fans could have voted for, these were the 10 idols who topped the list. Want to know who it is? Keep on reading!
Recently, Korean netizens on an online community forum selected which members from some of K-pop's most popular groups would form a "Bermuda Visual Line" - meaning they are the three top visuals in the group. Wondering who they chose? Keep on reading below!
Recently, data concerning K-pop groups and soloists was released concerning how many streams they have on Spotify. Here are the top 10 soloists with the most streams on Spotify, as well as the top three most-streamed songs. Want to know who they are? Keep on reading!
Fans selected which K-pop debuts are the most legendary. From dozens of choices like EXO's "MAMA" and 2NE1's "Fire," these are the songs that made it to the list!#EXO #2NE1 #BIGBANG #BTS #FTISLAND #MONSTAX #SuperM #GirlsGeneration #SNSD #SS501 #SHINee