SEOUL — The lights inside the National Museum of Korea in central Seoul had already gone out for the night Thursday, but the marble-floored lobby still buzzed with quiet excitement. Dozens of BLACKPINK fans, phones raised and faces lit by a soft pink light, walked toward the end of the main corridor where an exclusive prelistening of the girl group's new album was about to begin. The event, co-hosted by the K-pop quartet and the museum in partnership with Spotify, offered about 300 selected fans a rare preview of "Deadline," a day before the album's release. It marks the quartet's first album involving all members in four years since "Born Pink." In the corridor known as the "path of history," a giant carpet reading "BLACKPINK WILL MAKE YOU" led visitors to a seating zone surrounding the digitally restored Gwanggaeto the Great Stele. The memorial stele for the tomb of Gwanggaeto the Great, the 19th monarch of the ancient Korean kingdom of Goguryeo (37 B.C.-A.D. 668), is an iconic national heritage of ancient Korean history. As the opening beats of last year's prerelease track "Jump" rev

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The identity of the man who stood beside former Ador CEO Min Hee-jin at her recent press conference has sparked online interest — and fans quickly identified him as Black Q, the choreographer widely known as a key creative force behind K-pop group NewJeans. Min, now head of the newly launched label Ooak Records, held a press conference in Seoul on Wednesday to announce her legal victory in a stock payment lawsuit and outline future plans. During the brief appearance, she read a prepared statement proposing that she would forgo the 25.6 billion won ($19.2 million) awarded in the ruling if HYBE agreed to halt all ongoing legal disputes with her. She entered, read the statement in under 10 minutes without taking questions and exited — but attention shifted to the man who escorted and assisted her offstage. He was later identified as choreographer Black Q (Kim Young-hoo). ‘Father of NewJeans’ choreography Black Q gained public recognition in 2022 through Mnet’s dance competition show “Street Man Fighter” as part of the crew Eoddae. He later worked as a performance director at Ad

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Exo has added another milestone to its career with its eighth million-selling album. The group’s eighth LP, “Reverxe,” released on Jan. 19, surpassed 1 million cumulative copies sold as of the morning of Jan. 26, making it the group's eighth album to do so. Since first reaching the milestone with its 2013 first LP “XOXO (Kiss & Hug),” the group has consistently delivered strong album sales, solidifying its status as one of K-pop’s leading acts. The main track “Crown” drew attention for its signa