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Stray Kids, Enhypen mark fourth-generation K-pop takeover

K-pop’s landscape is shifting. Stray Kids and Enhypen, two of the genre’s most prominent fourth-generation boy groups, claimed two of the four grand prizes at the 2025 Mnet Asian Music Awards in Hong Kong, signaling a generational handover in an industry long dominated by third-generation acts such as BTS and Seventeen. While generational definitions in K-pop vary, groups that debuted around 2020 are widely recognized as the fourth generation. The global success of BTS’ “Dynamite” in August 2020

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'Demon Hunters' soundtrack ranks No. 2 on Spotify's 2025 most streamed albums

SEOUL, Dec. 4 (Yonhap) -- The soundtrack of the Netflix hit animation "KPop Demo...

'Price of Confession' promises 12 episodes of unrelenting suspense

SEOUL, Dec. 3 (Yonhap) -- Crafting "The Price of Confession" felt less like maki...

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Former Ador CEO preparing to launch new group?

Min Hee-jin, former CEO of Ador and now head of the newly established K-pop agency Ooak Records, is holding closed-door auditions at a major dance academy in Songpa-gu, Seoul, Sunday. The move is widely seen as the first concrete step toward creating a new idol group following her split from NewJeans. Min founded Ooak Records in October and completed corporate registration soon after. The company, registered near Sinsa-dong in southern Seoul, has listed artist management, music and album product

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‘Robot idols’ may debut within 5 years, G-Dragon’s agency CEO says

Galaxy Corp. CEO Choi Yong-ho said artificial intelligence will accelerate virtual content production and could lead to the emergence of “robot idols” within the next five years, during an appearance with CNBC on Monday. Galaxy Corp., an AI-driven entertainment tech company, is known for managing K-pop star G-Dragon and producing Netflix series “Physical: 100.” “I take a lot of interest in robotics and AI and what I’ve learned so far is that robots are next,” Choi said. “We have physical idols a

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Rose's 'APT.' tops Apple Music's 2025 year-end charts

SEOUL, Dec. 3 (Yonhap) -- Girl group BLACKPINK's Rose has swept Apple Music's 20...

Le Sserafim, 'Demon Hunters' singers to join ABC's New Year's Eve show

SEOUL, Dec. 3 (Yonhap) -- K-pop girl group Le Sserafim and the singers behind Ne...

Blackpink’s Rose dominates Apple Music's year-end chart

Rose of Blackpink claimed the honor of the most-streamed song globally on Apple Music in 2025 with her Bruno Mars collaboration, “APT.” The music platform published its year-end charts, with the smash hit topping four of them — Top Songs of 2025: Global, Top 100: Shazam, Top 100: Global Radio and Top 100: Lyrics. “‘APT.’ was the biggest track of 2025,” Apple Music said, adding: “In a year that featured high-profile releases from Bad Bunny, Taylor Swift, Morgan Wallen, and Drake, 2025 belonged to

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How a Shinsegae heiress became K-pop’s most-watched rookie

When Allday Project debuted in June, it immediately captured the attention of K-pop fans not only because it was the first coed group introduced in nine years, but also because of the distinct and unconventional profiles of its members. One member who especially drew attention was Annie, the group’s rapper, whose transition from chaebol heiress to rookie idol quickly became one of the most discussed narratives in this year’s K-pop rookie scene. Born into the Shinsegae family, which controls one

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Katseye makes NME’s best songs of 2025, logs record run on Billboard chart

Katseye’s breakout hit “Gnarly” ranked No. 5 on British music publication NME's 50 Best Songs of 2025. The song fronted its second EP, the June release “Beautiful Chaos,” but was put out in advance in April. “They unceremoniously booted all sweetness out of the picture with the attitude and divisive edge of ‘Gnarly,’” the magazine said. “Taking us on a mind-bending journey.” The experimental dance tune tallied 11 weeks on Billboard’s Hot 100 peaking at No. 90, and ranked as high as No. 52 on UK

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Seventeen to return to Hong Kong next year for tour

Seventeen will host another show in Hong Kong on Feb. 28 and March 1, agency Pledis Entertainment announced Wednesday. The 13-piece act will return to Kai Tak Stadium, where it drew an audience of over 70,000 at a two-day show in September. Following the news that the group is set to perform in Singapore and Bulacan, Philippines, in March, there was a surge in requests for another show in Hong Kong, and the management company decided to meet the fans' demands. This expands the group’s ongoing wo

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NewJeans hits 200m Spotify streams with ‘Supernatural’

NewJeans' "Supernatural" surpassed 200 million streams on Spotify as of Monday, agency Ador said Wednesday. “Supernatural” is the group’s 12th song to reach the milestone. It is the title track from its debut single in Japan, released in June last year. It was the group's last release before it halted activities in a legal dispute with its agency. “Supernatural” was the only K-pop entry on the Best Songs of 2024 list by The New York Times. The physical single sold over 1 million copies and becam

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