South China Morning Post • 13th June 2021 Rising stars of K-pop: Lightsum talk about debut single Vanilla Lightsum released their debut single on Thursday afternoon, and it had clocked up two million views by Friday morning. Photo: Cube Entertainment
South China Morning Post • 12th June 2021 Rising stars of K-pop: girl group Rocket Punch on new single Ring Ring Rocket Punch. The six-member K-pop group, temporarily down to five talk about their single Ring Ring.
South China Morning Post • 9th June 2021 K-pop’s Twice drop summery song Alcohol-Free from new album K-pop girl group Twice released a single, Alcohol-Free, from their Taste of Love mini album on Wednesday. Photo: JYP Entertainment
South China Morning Post • 8th June 2021 Exo release new album ‘Don’t Fight The Feeling’ as Lay returns Exo released their new album “Don’t Fight The Feeling” on Monday.
South China Morning Post • 5th June 2021 K-pop’s Tri.Be talk Ariana Grande, their goals and defining perfection The seven members of K-pop girl group Tri.Be speak to the Post about their music, careers and aspirations. Photo: Universal Korea
South China Morning Post • 4th June 2021 BTS Meal goes down a treat with K-pop fans in Hong Kong McDonald’s The BTS Meal, a collaboration between McDonald’s and the K-pop superstars, has the approval of the band’s fans in Hong Kong and around the world. Photo: McDonald’s
South China Morning Post • 3rd June 2021 BTS make history again with latest single Butter BTS, who will celebrate their eighth anniversary on June 13, are the first group ever to have their first three singles hot three No 1 hits debut on the Hot 100 singles chart. Photo: Big Hit Music
South China Morning Post • 3rd June 2021 Sound familiar? The K-pop artists who are remaking old tunes K-pop fans are rediscovering old songs through new remakes by groups like Aespa. Photo: SM Entertainment
South China Morning Post • 2nd June 2021 NCT Dream make K-pop history with ‘Hot Sauce’ album sales Seven-member NCT Dream’s new album “Hot Sauce” has sold more than 2 million copies. Only one other K-pop band have sold that many copies of an album.
South China Morning Post • 1st June 2021 K-pop group TXT drop rockish new album ‘The Chaos Chapter: Freeze’ The songs on Tomorrow X Together’s second full-length studio LP explore a wide variety of genres but mainly lean into rock. Photo: HYBE
South China Morning Post • 1st June 2021 K-pop’s June releases: new music from Twice, Seventeen, Exo, NCT 127 Monsta X release their ninth mini-album, “One of a Kind”, this month. They are among a slew of major K-pop acts dropping new singles, EPs and albums in June.
South China Morning Post • 31st May 2021 The best of K-pop releases in May 2021, from BTS, Everglow, Aespa K-pop superstars BTS have broken all kinds of records this month with their latest single ‘Butter’.
South China Morning Post • 29th May 2021 K-pop girl group Bling Bling talk music, mums and their hobbies Six months after the release of their first single, G.G.B., rising K-pop girl group Bling Bling’s members share their thoughts on the band’s music and reveal what inspired them to pursue a career on stage. Photo: Major9
South China Morning Post • 28th May 2021 BTS drop spicy smooth Hotter Remix music video of Butter single BTS have released a new music video of their second all-English single, “Butter” – get ready for “Butter (Hotter Remix)”. Photo: Big Hit Music
South China Morning Post • 27th May 2021 All the ways BTS single Butter has made history since its release BTS have been breaking world records again, this time with their new single, Butter. Photo: Hybe
South China Morning Post • 26th May 2021 Blackpink’s Lisa and Ryan Reynolds boost K-pop TV show Marvel star Ryan Reynolds gave a shout out to the show, and Lisa had a cameo role in iKon’s recreation of Blackpink’s 2020 song ‘Pretty Savage’ on ‘Kingdom: Legendary War’, the hot new reality TV series.
South China Morning Post • 25th May 2021 K-pop and BTS are so popular, even world leaders love them US President Joe Biden spoke about BTS and K-pop in a meeting with South Korean President Moon Jae-in at the White House. Photo: DPA
South China Morning Post • 21st May 2021 BTS spread the good news with their new single Butter BTS have dropped a new single ‘Butter’. IT is their second English language release and they are hopeful of a Grammy award. Photo: Hybe
South China Morning Post • 21st May 2021 K-pop, Indian and Middle Eastern artist collaborations break new ground The cover of Echo, the single released on Friday by (from left) India’s Armaan Malik, Indian-American Kshmr and Korean-American Eric Nam. The cross-cultural collaboration, and another by Korean-American soloist Alexa and Kuwaiti-Saudi Bader AlShuaibi, shows the music industry’s intention to widen fan bases. Photo: Dharma
South China Morning Post • 20th May 2021 Aespa’s single Next Level seeks to add a new dimension to K-pop K-pop girl group Aespa have released a new single, Next Level. Photo: The Sports Seoul via Getty Images
