South China Morning Post • 17th October 2021

Ex-fans grapple with loving stars-turned-criminals in documentary Fanatic

South Korean film student Oh Se-yeon. Her documentary Fanatic looks at how K-pop fans react when the object of their affections is accused of crimes. Photo: Busan International Film Festival

South China Morning Post • 15th October 2021

The next Squid Game? Disney+ teases Korean content for Asia markets launch

The Walt Disney Company has shared Disney+’s upcoming roster of Asia-focused content, including Outrun by Running Man, a spin-off of the popular reality-TV show Running Man. Photo: The Walt Disney Company Asia Pacific

South China Morning Post • 14th October 2021

K-pop boys of Enhypen show they’ve grown on Dimension: Dilemma album

K-pop boy band Enhypen released their new album Dimension: Dilemma in October 12. Photo: Belift Lab

South China Morning Post • 13th October 2021

Can K-pop’s Twice follow success of their single The Feels with new album?

Twice promote their recent EP Taste of Love. The release of the group’s first formal English-language track The Feels, which charted in the US and UK, suggests the K-pop group’s career has entered a new phase.

South China Morning Post • 12th October 2021

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

BTS and Coldplay’s My Universe is another example of the blurring lines between Western pop and K-pop. Photo: Instagram /@coldplay

South China Morning Post • 11th October 2021

BTS fans frustrated over ticketing issues as live US concerts sell out

BTS are set to return to the stage and perform four live shows, in Los Angeles, the US, during the last week of November and first week of December. Photo: GC Images

South China Morning Post • 9th October 2021

K-pop concerts with live audience back for BTS, Winner, Verivery and Twice

BTS are hoping to return to playing to live audiences in the US as Covid-19 restrictions ease. Photo: @_unside0901/Twitter

South China Morning Post • 8th October 2021

Blackpink’s Lisa on ‘shining like a star’, confidence and her solo work

Blackpink’s Lisa talks to the Post about confidence, what she’d tell her past self and being a singer that fans can be proud of.

South China Morning Post • 7th October 2021

K-pop girl group Aespa take things to the next level with first EP ‘Savage’

Aespa, who dropped their long-awaited first album on October 5, have quickly become one of the K-pop industry’s most prominent female acts. Photo: SM Entertainment

South China Morning Post • 6th October 2021

Why are people still surprised that Korean pop culture is good?

Why is the popularity of Netflix’s Squid Game such a surprise when Korean entertainment content has been popular for so long? Photo: Reuters

South China Morning Post • 6th October 2021

Eunha, SinB and Umji of disbanded K-pop group Gfriend to form new trio

SinB, Eunha, and Umji, previously of K-pop group Gfriend, have formed a new trio under new management.

South China Morning Post • 1st October 2021

Best of K-pop in September 2021: Lisa from Blackpink, Coldplay X BTS

BTS and Coldplay (above) are releasing My Universe, Blackpink’s Lisa has a solo single Lalisa. and NCT are dropping their third album, Sticker, this September.

South China Morning Post • 30th September 2021

K-pop October releases for Twice, Seventeen, Aespa and more

Rising rookie girl group Aespa will release their first EP, Savage, in October. Photo: SM Entertainment

South China Morning Post • 27th September 2021

It’s a boy! K-pop star Bobby of iKon welcomes first child with fiancée

K-pop rapper Bobby, a member of boy band iKon and a popular soloist in his own right, welcomed his first child on September 27.

South China Morning Post • 27th September 2021

BTS and Blackpink appear at UN assembly as special South Korean envoys

Members of South Korean K-pop band BTS speak at the United Nations meeting on Sustainable Development Goals during the 76th session of the U.N. General Assembly at U.N. headquarters on Monday, Sept. 20, 2021. (John Angelillo/Pool Photo via AP)

South China Morning Post • 24th September 2021

Coldplay and BTS release their single collaboration My Universe

Coldplay frontman Chris Martin harmonises with BTS vocalists on the track, sung in English and Korean – the latest collaboration by the K-pop superstars with a Western music act.

South China Morning Post • 22nd September 2021

NCT 127’s latest K-pop LP, Sticker, has something for everyone

K-pop stars NCT 127 have released their third album, Sticker. Photo: SM Entertainment

South China Morning Post • 19th September 2021

Romance no longer ends careers in K-pop – look at HyunA and Dawn

HyunA and Dawn, who released their album, and single Ping Pong, in September. They are a rare example of a K-pop star couple making their romance public, and putting it at the centre of their musical careers. Photo: @hyunah_aa/Instagram

South China Morning Post • 16th September 2021

BTS, Blackpink and other K-pop acts collaborate with Western artists

BTS collaborated with British band Coldplay on a single, My Universe, which is out on September 24. Photo: Twitter

South China Morning Post • 14th September 2021

Most popular Spotify K-pop playlist celebrates 7-year milestone

Blackpink’s Lisa is currently the cover of the “K-pop Daebak” playlist following the release of her single Lalisa last week.