Numerous Chinese idols travel far from their home country to make their debut as K-pop stars. May it be because they wanted to promote themselves back in China or for more personal reasons, many have decided to compete on Chinese survival shows to earn them a chance to debut in a Chinese group.
As K-pop in itself started in Korea, with idols usually being from this country, and music is made for the Korean public, you can expect the leader of K-pop groups to be Korean. But then, the genre broke into the global scene and the number of foreign K-pop idols continues to rise, so it's not unusual to see foreign members and leaders in groups.
With the rising amount of foreign and multiracial idols in the K-Pop industry, the more languages idols learn how to speak. These eleven artists are epecially talented, speaking more than three languages!
The MV teaser for "Recipe" by Seung Youn (Luizy) and Flowsik is out!
UNIQ's Seung Youn, also known as Luizy, will be collaborating with rapper Flowsik! The two artists, who met through "Show Me the Money 5," are teaming up for the song "Recipe," which will be released July 29 at 12 p.m. KST.
Can these three K-pop boy bands fill the One Direction-shaped hole in fans' hearts?
A recap of some K-pop new releases you might have overlooked this past month.