2015 was an explosive year for K-pop. With countless comebacks and collaborations dropping left and right, our music libraries have definitely expanded since the start of the year. Although we may be ending the year with softer ballads fit for the winter, we can’t start 2016 without first reflecting on the powerful songs that many female… Continue reading 10 Fierce Female Anthems From 2015
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GFRIEND to Join EXO, BTS, and More at 5th Annual Gaon K-Pop Awards
The six-member girl group GFRIEND will be taking part in the 5th Gaon K-Pop Awards in February! They will be joined by many of their seniors, such as EXO, BIGBANG, BTS, and Girls’ Generation‘s Taeyeon, as well as their fellow rookie group iKON. The Gaon K-Pop Awards are hosted by Gaon, a major domestic music chart,… Continue reading GFRIEND to Join EXO, BTS, and More at 5th Annual Gaon K-Pop Awards
Billboard Names its Top K-Pop Picks of 2015
American music chart Billboard has wrapped up 2015 with a list of their top 20 K-pop songs, and top 10 K-pop albums of 2015! The top 20 songs list names some of the usual suspects, as well as some new faces and indie groups. At No. 20 was B1A4 with “Sweet Girl,” followed by Brown… Continue reading Billboard Names its Top K-Pop Picks of 2015
AOA Shares Plans for New Album in 2016 and AOA Black Comeback
AOA is planning to make a big comeback this year! A representative of AOA told Star News on January 1, “The members of AOA are all very busy, but whenever they have time they get together to work on recording their new album.” They add, “They are preparing for a comeback in the first half… Continue reading AOA Shares Plans for New Album in 2016 and AOA Black Comeback
Weekly Music Chart 2015 Top 50 Songs
This is the top 50 songs of 2015 according to our Soompi Weekly Chart. Artists with multiple hit songs in 2015 will be represented by their highest charted song. Female groups dominated the top 10, including the top three. Girls’ Generation’s “Lion Heart” is our 2015 No. 1 song. This song spent 17 weeks on… Continue reading Weekly Music Chart 2015 Top 50 Songs
EXO’s Baekhyun and miss A’s Suzy to Release a Duet Track
miss A‘s Suzy and EXO‘s Baekhyun will be teaming up for a duet! Their collaboration song “Dream” will be released on Januaury 7 at 12:00 a.m. Suzy and Baekhyun’s collaboration is quite special since they have each earned the title as representative stars of JYP Entertainment and SM Entertainment respectively. Producer Park Geun Tae have… Continue reading EXO’s Baekhyun and miss A’s Suzy to Release a Duet Track
Performances from the MBC Gayo Daejejun
Capping off the year end music festivals, MBC’s Gayo Daejejun (Song Festival) rang in the new year with many of K-Pop’s biggest acts. We live recapped the show here. This year many groups covered past hit songs as special stages: B1A4 did g.o.d‘s “Lies,” Red Velvet did S.E.S.‘ “I Love You”, UP10TION with H.O.T‘s “Candy, ” A Pink did… Continue reading Performances from the MBC Gayo Daejejun
How Many Times Has EXID Sang “Up And Down”?
It’s safe to hazard a guess that EXID might just be a little tired of singing the song that catapulted them to fame, and for good reason: according to member Solji, they’ve sang the song more than 3,000 times! On the December 31 broadcast of SBS PowerFM‘s “Cultwo Show,” Solji confessed that between performances, practices,… Continue reading How Many Times Has EXID Sang “Up And Down”?
Live Blog – 2015 MBC Gayo Daejejun
QUIZ: Name the 2015 K-Pop Music Video From a Single Screenshot
Featuring huge budgets, awesome visuals, and sometimes crazy storylines, K-pop music videos are always fun to watch. A unique video can always make a song much more memorable for fans. Featuring the nominees from the Soompi Awards 2015 Best Music Video category, can you guess the music video from a single screenshot? The quiz is temporarily unavailable,… Continue reading QUIZ: Name the 2015 K-Pop Music Video From a Single Screenshot