Barely a day has passed during the past few weeks without a new K-pop star being accused of bullying when they were young.Seventeen’s Mingyu, Monsta X’s Kihyun, (G)-Idle’s Soojin and Stray Kids’ Hyunjin are just some of the young South Korean celebriti...
Fans of several popular K-pop groups and other South Korean artists have expressed outrage after many of their favourite tunes disappeared suddenly from Spotify on Sunday. Music by K-pop outfits such as Mamamoo, HyunA and Monsta X, as well as popular K...
A German radio show host recently compared K-pop phenomenon BTS to a virus that needed a vaccine because he didn’t appreciate the band covering Coldplay on MTV Unplugged. A day earlier, the Brit Awards and the Mercury Prize announced changes to their r...
With music venues allowed to open again in Hong Kong, an exhibition of photographs of some of the city’s best jazz artists, shot by one of their own, can soon be seen by the public.Singer Elaine Liu is one of the city’s top home-grown jazz vocalists. S...
By Kang Hyun-kyungSinger-actor Kwon Min-a, 27, a former member of the eight-member girl band AOA, returned to the limelight this week. Unveiling several dazzling portraits on Instagram, the singer – best known as Mina – let her fans know that she’s sti...
Members of BTS teamed up with MTV to treat fans to performances from their latest album Be in a special edition of MTV Unplugged. Oh, and smash hit Dynamite, of course.“It’s really an honour to be a part of the MTV Unplugged legacy, where so many legen...
Six K-pop group are preparing to fight to be recognised as the reigning boy band of their generation on an upcoming music competition show. Kingdom: Legendary War launches on April 1 on South Korean cable broadcaster Mnet, bringing together BOTB, iKon,...
The French duo of Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, known worldwide as Daft Punk, were already beloved before they took the stage at the Coachella music festival in 2006. They had three acclaimed studio albums, a decade of semi-regular ...
In normal times, Hong Kong’s only professional Chinese orchestra performs every three or four days on average and embarks on multiple international tours each year. So the past 12 months have required a major adjustment by the 100-plus members of the H...
K-pop reportedly has a new power couple: Jennie and G-Dragon.South Korean media outlet Dispatch reports that the Blackpink and BigBang members have been dating for about a year. The couple have apparently spent most of their time at home, with their re...