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K-pop boy band Stray Kids pose at the Met Gala in New York. Fashion label Tommy Hilfiger’s collaboration with the group is an example of how luxury fashion houses are seeking to benefit from the star power of K-pop idols. Photo: Reuters
K-pop, Mandopop, other Asian pop

Why K-pop idols and luxury fashion are a marriage made in heaven

Tommy Hilfiger’s Met Gala collab with boy band Stray Kids is a reminder of the growing attachment between luxury fashion and K-pop stars.

K-pop, Mandopop, other Asian pop

K-pop chart wars ahead as BTS’ RM, NewJeans, Aespa and more drop new music

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K-pop idols

5 K-pop fashion icons to follow now, from Ive’s Wonyoung to NewJeans’ Hanni

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Drama: 10 of Aespa’s best fashion looks in 2023, from tours to the front row

The K-pop girl group continues to own the music world – fourth mini-album Drama comes out on November 10 – but Karina, Winter, Giselle and Ning Ning are taking on the luxury fashion world too

The girls from Aespa are making their mark as fashionistas. Photo: @aespa_official/Instagram
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‘I will kill’: the murder threats targeting K-pop industry

Winter of aespa girl group, has been targeted, as have staff at SM Entertainment, home to a number of K-pop acts including boy band NCT.

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He ‘wanted to give up on music’ – now he writes songs for major K-pop acts

Kyler Niko nearly gave up on music after a record label passed him over. A chance encounter with the founder of music company InnerV8 Musiq led to a new career – now he is a hit K-pop songwriter.

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Star in your own BTS K-pop video for free at Seoul’s K-Pop Ground studios

K-Pop Ground, part of the HiKR Ground complex, has five studios, with backdrops seen in BTS and Aespa music videos, that allow visitors to choose their music, shoot their own video, and save it on a USB stick, all free of charge.

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The ‘spaceship’ studio looks like the set Aespa used for their “Next Level” music video, at HiKR in Seoul, South Korea, April 18, 2023. In Seoul, there is a place where visitors can film their own K-pop style music videos to the music of their choice, in studios fully equipped with some of the most trendy music video setups in the industry – as seen in music videos of BTS and Aespa. This experience can be done at the second floor of HiKR ground, a cultural complex located in Jongno-gu, Seoul that is run by the Korea Tourism Organization. HiKR is an abbreviation of “Hi from Korea,” according to the government run institution. 

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K-pop girl group Aespa on their record-breaking new EP ‘Welcome to My World’

K-pop girl group Aespa talk about their latest EP, ‘Welcome to My World’, which sold more than 1.37 million copies on its release day, and how they display their ‘young and free-spirited side’.

K-pop, Mandopop, other Asian pop

May 2023 K-pop releases from Le Sserafim, Aespa, (G)-Idle, Shinee and more

New music from K-pop megastars in May includes Le Sserafim’s first full-length album ‘Unforgiven’, Aespa’s third mini-album ‘My World’, and new albums from (G)I-dle and Shinee.

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K-pop idols

5 rookie K-pop groups rocking the luxury fashion world

Fourth generation K-pop groups like NewJeans, Ive, NMixx, Enhypen and Aespa are all representing luxury fashion houses, so how come these youngsters are grabbing all the spotlight?

5 K-pop idol groups with members who are luxury brand ambassadors, including (left to right) NewJeans’ Danielle, Ive’s Wonyoung and NewJean’s Hyein. Photos: @newjeans_official, @for_everyoung10/Instagram
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‘1 tree can change the world’: NCT and Aespa K-pop label’s green movement

SM Entertainment, the label of Exo, Red Velvet and NCT among other K-pop groups, held a YouTube sustainability event in which it pledged to help tackle the climate crisis by planting trees.

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SM Entertainment spearheads K-pop green movement with YouTube sustainability event. NCT (above) were among the performers at the event. Photo: Puma
K-pop idols

Why are these 5 K-pop idols getting the short end of the stick?

From Blackpink’s Lisa and NCT’s Yuta to Aespa’s Giselle, Ive’s Liz and Loona’s Vivi, why have these K-pop idols been seemingly excluded from group activities by their agencies?

Blackpink

Opinion | The summer of 2022 belongs to the girls of K-pop, and we’re all here for it

From Blackpink’s announced world tour to Girls’ Generation getting back together to Twice and Aespa’s new tracks, 2022’s summer belongs to the girl groups and solo artists of K-pop.

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The next HoYeon Jung? Meet Jang Yoon-ju of Netflix’s Money Heist Korea

Netflix’s Money Heist: Korea – Joint Economic Era stars the model and 41-year-old mum – here’s what to know about the fashion veteran

Jang Yoon-ju is a renowned fashion model. Photo: @yoonjujang/Instagram
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Is Aespa the new Blackpink? The K-pop supergroups, compared

From performing at Coachella to landing prestigious brand deals and much more … we chart the similar paths of the K-pop supergroups

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Sexual comments about K-pop girl group Aespa prompt all-boys school’s apology

The school said it would take action to educate its students after reports surfaced of Aespa being sexual harassed during a performance at the Seoul-based institution.

K-pop idols

6 K-pop fans who became stars, debuting in the same agencies as their idols

From Aespa’s Karina and Winter to Shinee’s Key, these K-pop superfans-turned-idols are now living the dream by working in the same agency or even the same group as their favourite stars

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5 K-pop idols dubbed the ‘secret weapons’ of their groups, from V to Jennie

Despite featuring on songs by G-Dragon and Lee Hi, Jennie was a ‘mystery’ to many before her Blackpink debut, but now her talents are clear for all to see …

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Winter, Jennie, Yeji, Seulgi and V are so explosively good, they’ve been nicknamed “secret weapons” of their respective K-pop groups. Photos: @aespa_official, @jennierubyjane, @itzy.all.in.us, @hi_sseulgi, @thv/Instagram
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Asian acts from Jackson Wang to 2NE1 front and centre at Coachella 2022

At this year’s Coachella Music & Arts Festival, Asian acts have been wowing the fans, from K-pop stars Jackson Wang, 2NE1 and Aespa to Thai artist Milli, Asian-American singer Raveena and others.

K-pop scandals

4 K-pop idols who love Jay Park – despite his scandals

Netizens claim Park ‘forced’ idols such as Jackson Wang and Ateez’ Mingi to do a challenge promoting his song Gandara featuring IU – but many K-pop stars are actually his fans

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Stylist’s revenge? 5 worst dressed K-pop group members

From Twice’s Jeongyeon to Blackpink’s Lisa, these five K-pop stars always seem to get the worst outfits when compared to their bandmates … so do their stylists really hate them?

Which popular K-pop girl group members get the short end of the stick when it comes to their outfits? Photos: @aespa_official, @twice_jeongyeon, @lalalalisa_m, @yerimiese, @ryujin__itzy/Instagram
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Who’s the richest member of Girls on Top, K-pop’s new supergroup?

Even before being recruited for one of the biggest K-pop girl groups of all time, Boa, Taeyeon, Winter, Wendy, Seulgi, Karina and Hyoyeon were raking in the cash – but who’s the wealthiest?

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SM Entertainment’s newest group, Girls on Top, includes seven K-pop heavy hitters. Photo: @GirlsOnTop_SM/Twitter
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K-pop girl supergroup to feature stars from Aespa members to BoA

Girls on Top, the female equivalent of boy band SuperM, features some of the biggest K-pop stars of the past 20 years, from Aespa’s Winter and Karina to solo artist BoA and Taeyeon of Girls’ Generation.

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The 20 best K-pop songs of 2021: from BTS’ Butter to Aespa’s Next Level

BTS, Twice, Seventeen, NCT, Aespa and many others have given us plenty of K-pop earworms and optimistic sounds this year. Here are our top 20 favourites.

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K-pop scandals

5 K-pop idol pet scandals, from Blackpink’s Lisa to G-Dragon

While some K-stars are praised for their treatment of animals, Blackpink’s Lisa was accused of ‘animal hoarding’ while G-Dragon seemingly neglected his dogs ...

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K-pop idols G-Dragon, Blackpink’s Lisa and Super Junior’s Heechul all faced controversy over their pets. Photos: GDTV; @lalalalisa_m, @kimheenim/Instagram
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Best K-pop releases of October 2021 from Twice, NCT, Aespa and more

October 2021 saw releases from NCT 127, Twice, Aespa, Seventeen and Enhypen among others. Infinite’s Nam Woo Hyun returned from military service in South Korea with his new EP, With.

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K-pop group Enhypen have released a new EP, Dimension : Dilemma. Photo: Belift Lab
K-pop scandals

K-pop star Giselle of Aespa apologises for mouthing along to racist slur

The singer says she ‘got carried away when one of my favourite artist’s song was played’ in a series of tweets prompted by a fan backlash.

Blackpink

The Western artists wooing fans in the home of K-pop, South Korea

While BTS, Blackpink and other K-pop bands are taking the West by storm, Western bands and English-language K-pop songs are topping the South Korean charts.

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