South China Morning Post • 3rd August 2021 K-pop must-listen releases in August from Blackpink, TXT and more Red Velvet are one of the K-pop acts to listen out for this summer. They will release Queendom, an album celebrating seven years together.
South China Morning Post • 2nd August 2021 K-pop’s Red Velvet to release ‘Queendom’ album celebrating seven years Red Velvet celebrate their seventh anniversary with the release of their new album, Queendom. Photo: Twitter/RVsmtown
South China Morning Post • 2nd August 2021 K-pop new releases in July from BTS, Taeyeon, SF9, AKMU and more K-pop star Taeyeon’s latest release “Weekend” is breezy, guitar-fuelled escapism at its finest.
South China Morning Post • 1st August 2021 Tiger JK takes on anti-Asian hate with new song Love Peace Korean-American hip-hop artist Tiger JK is taking on anti-Asian hate with new song “Love Peace”.
South China Morning Post • 31st July 2021 K-pop singer Minzy on new song Teamo, going solo and feeling lonely Ex-2NE1 member and now solo K-pop singer Minzy launched her own company, MZ Entertainment, in 2020. Photo: MZ Entertainment
South China Morning Post • 28th July 2021 BTS make more history with songs Butter and Permission to Dance K-pop superstars BTS made history again as their songs Butter and Permission to Dance dominated No. 1 spot on Billboard’s Hot 100 chart. Photo: @bts.bighitofficial/Instagram
South China Morning Post • 27th July 2021 Singer-songwriter NIve on his first album, ‘Broken Kaleidoscope’ NIve made his name in the K-pop world by writing songs for BTS and Exo. This week he released his first album “Broken Kaleidoscope”.
South China Morning Post • 27th July 2021 D.O. drops his first EP, continuing Exo members’ solo releases K-pop star D.O. from Exo has dropped his first solo EP. Photo: @kyungsoosofficial/Instagram
South China Morning Post • 25th July 2021 BTS aren’t selling out by singing in English, just as Abba weren’t Tamar joined SCMP in 2020 after years of covering K-pop and related content for outlets such as Billboard, Forbes, and NBC News. She released her first book, "BTS: Blood, Sweat & Tears," in August 2020, and can be seen in the K-pop episode of Vox’s Explained on Netflix.
South China Morning Post • 24th July 2021 Suran talks new song ‘Blanket’ and seeking fans beyond Korea South Korean singer-songwriter Suran (left) joined forces with rapper Wonstein (right) for her new song “Blanket”.
South China Morning Post • 23rd July 2021 K-pop group Aespa sign with Hollywood talent agency CAA Aespa have signed with a US media and talent agency. Photo: @aespa_official/Instagram
South China Morning Post • 22nd July 2021 K-pop label SM Entertainment tackles obsessive, invasive fans K-pop label SM Entertainment, home to NCT and Exo has vowed to take action against invasive fans, known as ‘sasaeng’. Photo: Stephanie Keith/Getty Images
South China Morning Post • 19th July 2021 K-pop group Seventeen to perform together for several more years K-pop group Seventeen have re-signed with Pledis Entertainment and will perform together for another seven years.
South China Morning Post • 19th July 2021 More K-pop singers get coronavirus amid surge in South Korea During the latest wave of Covid-19 infections in South Korea, some K-pop performers, including two from Treasure (above), have tested positive for Covid-19.
South China Morning Post • 17th July 2021 How hard work and self-belief brought K-pop’s A.C.E success K-pop boy band A.C.E have gone from strength to strength, and last month released their latest album, “Siren:Dawn”.
South China Morning Post • 13th July 2021 The bestselling K-pop artists and groups of 2021 so far NCT Dream are the best selling K-pop group so far this year, with ‘Hot Sauce’ selling three million copies. Photo: SM Entertainment
South China Morning Post • 12th July 2021 Reality-TV show K-pop Goes Hollywood to create American NCT star The 23 members of NCT. A new member from America will be chosen through a reality-TV competition series called K-pop Goes Hollywood. Photo: SM Entertainment
South China Morning Post • 11th July 2021 Korean singer Seori on TXT collab and being inspired by Avril Lavigne Seori says Avril Lavigne inspired her to become a singer – but that the power of manifestation made her a success. Photo: Facebook
South China Morning Post • 10th July 2021 K-pop group NCT 127 talk new album at anniversary fan-meet K-pop stars NCT 127 are celebrating five years since they released their first album and, at a recent fan-meet, they talked about their time together and their upcoming album.
South China Morning Post • 9th July 2021 BTS don’t need permission to dance on their latest single BTS give themselves “permission to dance” on their single released on Friday. Their third English-language song, it was co-written by Ed Sheeran. Photo: Hybe
