K-pop superstars Aespa are gearing up for their big comeback with a new label deal, new single and a new album due out this summer. Fresh off their surprise set at Coachella last month, the four-piece girl group are dropping their second mini album on July 8. Titled Girls, the …
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The Korean word yeoyu (여유) doesn’t have a direct translation in English. It’s essentially a sense of ease — and onstage, the idea that there’s an inherent freedom in an artist’s every movement that allows the entire performance to breathe. It’s one of those concepts that you have to see …
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South Korean singer Park Ji-min — better known as Jamie — rose to fame at 14 after winning the Korean competition show K-Pop Star, and the precocious talent quickly earned the nickname “Korean Adele” thanks to her impressive vocal chops. But after a couple of artistic shifts and time spent …
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Wildly popular K-pop group BTS released a teaser for their new video “Boy With Luv,” featuring Halsey. The clip shows Halsey, decked in a flowing orange wig, leaving her job at the box office of a candy-colored movie palace. She passes by the seven BTS members, who are all dressed …
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On a humid summer afternoon in New Jersey, several thousand people are screaming their hearts out in a language they don’t speak. American devotees of Korean pop music have taken over Newark’s Prudential Center for the weekend; in the parking lot, the crowd sings along to a series of Korean-pop …
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