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Several K-pop idols were listed as “twins” by netizens and media due to their uncanny similarities in facial features, but do you know that there actually K-pop idols who are twins in the entertainment industry? In fact, there are also K-pop idols who have their twin outside the music scene, but they are popular among fans!
It's important to remember that idols are humans with feelings. Though they do their best to entertain their fans, they too get hurt by mean and unnecessary comments made about them or towards them. Here are some times "fans" crossed the line and ended up hurting idols' feelings.
On August 17, BLACKPINK is officially crowned as the "Most Subscribed Female Artist on YouTube"! According to the official announcement made by YG Entertainment, the numbers of subscribers on the official YouTube channel of BLACKPINK surpassed 44 million on August 16, 9:00 a.m. KST.
[Trigger Warning/Content Warning: Bullying, Suicide] Haena, a rookie girl group idol who is part of ANS, revealed in a series of now-deleted Instagram posts that she is being bullied by her members. This has led her to develop a panic disorder and has even caused her to try to end her own life.
On August 14, Friday, Cupid took to Twitter, accusing SEVENTEEN of plagiarizing his most famous song, "Cupid Shuffle". He tweeted that he believed SEVENTEEN used parts of the 2007 hit song for their latest title track, "Left & Right".
[Trigger Warning/Content Warning: Bullying, Self-Harm] Luckily, trainees got other trainees' shoulder to lean on and get through with hardships, eventually forming a "family" within them, until they can finally debut together. However, this is not the scenario for some K-pop idols, for aside from the harsh life in the music world, their co-members allegedly added to their traumatic experience as K-pop idols.
Nigerian singer Lyta is under fire with K-Pop fans around the world following the release of his newly released music video for "Hold Me Down". After watching the music video, it appears the majority of the scenes are nearly identical to GOT7's "Just Right" music video, which was released in 2016.
The Korean Business Research Institute released its brand reputation rankings for K-Pop girl group members for the month of August. To determine which idols make the list, they analyzed trends such as consumer participation, community awareness, and news coverage.
On August 15, Saturday, H1GHR Music Records announced a special invitation for K-Hip-hop fans: You can score a chance of being a part of an audiovisual production for one of the songs of the "BLUE TAPE", the second album to celebrate H1GHR Music Records' third anniversary.
While most idols who leave their groups tend to do so due to scandals, health concerns, and personal reasons, these idols were forced out of their company and their groups, some of which were for no justifiable reason.
Wonho is finally back! On August 14, K-pop singer Wonho returned in the music scene after debuting as a solo artist with his pre-release song, "Losing You," which kicked off both in Korea and America.
Netizens discussed in an online communite platform which enterainment agency between two of the "Big 3" - SM and JYP - is the "girl group master".