SM Entertainment rookie girl group Hearts2Hearts released the dance practice video for title track "Lemon Tang" on June 23, showcasing all eight members' tight synchronization and clean formations from their new mini album of the same name
JYP Entertainment boy group Nexz's single "Hypeman" reimagines the Swedish drinking song "Helan Går," the result of Swedish songwriters collaborating in K-pop songwriting camps and illustrating how the genre absorbs and repackages melodies from other cultures
Monsta X member Joohoney joins Netflix's new reality dating series The Love Lab as a studio commentator, while creator Lee Jin-ju says the show will experiment with short-form, provocative scenarios (like blind dates in a bed) to test fresh dating-show concepts
BTS member Jung Kook's solo single "Seven" has surpassed 3 billion Spotify streams — the first time a Korean artist's single has hit that milestone — BigHit Music said. The 2023 track also debuted at No.1 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and its music video has over 600M views
Love Class 3 episodes 7–8 heighten the drama as an entertainment company merger forces four leads into one debut team, igniting trainee clashes, a near-kiss between Soo An and Hyun Jae, and the arrival of a mysterious woman named Stella
BTS member Jungkook’s solo single “Seven” has surpassed 3 billion Spotify streams — the first single by a Korean artist to do so — after topping the Billboard Hot 100 and earning over 600 million YouTube views
All or Nothing, a travel survival variety show set in Egypt, confirmed its cast: SUPER JUNIOR's Leeteuk and Shindong, DAWN, WEi's Kim Yo Han, and NCT's Johnny and Jisung. The weeklong mission-based series premieres July 27 at 11:15 p.m. KST and will stream on Disney+
The Korea Herald says nostalgia-driven demand is fueling a K-pop reunion wave, highlighting recent returns from I.O.I, Secret and SeeYa and reunion activities from acts including Wanna One, Baby V.O.X, S.E.S. and H.O.T. industry sources link the trend to older fans' greater purchasing power
SM's rookie girl group Hearts2Hearts dropped their second EP Lemon Tang, a six-track summer-themed release led by the dance-pop title song; members (Jiwoo, Yuha, A-na, Juun) highlighted the group's bright chemistry and the Okinawa-shot MV underscores the single's sunlit visuals
Singer-actor Ivy will make her Broadway debut as Roxie Hart in Chicago at the Ambassador Theatre from Aug. 17–Sept. 6; after performing the role in Korea since 2012, she’s taking intensive English lessons and hopes to introduce American audiences to Korean musicals
BTS member Jungkook's solo single 'Seven' has surpassed 3 billion Spotify streams, the first song by a Korean artist to do so; the track also topped the Billboard Hot 100 and its music video passed 600 million YouTube views
2026 MyK Festa opens in Goyang as a four-day K-culture showcase. The MyK Live concert spans two nights with TREASURE, P1Harmony, tripleS, Riize and Evnne on night one, and Highlight, Red Velvet’s Wendy, EPEX and Zerobaseone on night two, plus booths, talks and B2B sessions