MAMAMOO Maintains Top Spot With “Egotistic”; Soompi’s K-Pop Music Chart 2018, August Week 2

The top three songs remain the same as last week with MAMAMOO’s “Egotistic” barely edging out TWICE’s “Dance the Night Away” for the second straight week. “Egotistic” won on “M!Countdown” last week while “Dance the Night Away” was already off that chart. That becomes the difference this week despite the latter song winning on “Inkigayo,”… Continue reading MAMAMOO Maintains Top Spot With “Egotistic”; Soompi’s K-Pop Music Chart 2018, August Week 2

August Girl Group Brand Reputation Rankings Announced

The Korean Business Research Institute has released the brand reputation rankings among girl groups for the month of August. To get their rankings, the Institute looked at data from July 9 to August 10 through an analysis of the consumer participation, media coverage, interaction, and community indexes of various girl groups. The amount of data… Continue reading August Girl Group Brand Reputation Rankings Announced

Girls’ Generation’s Hyoyeon Shares Her First Clubbing Experience And Advice With Apink’s Hayoung

Girls’ Generation’s Hyoyeon and Apink’s Hayoung talked about clubbing on “Secret Sister.” During the August 10 broadcast, Hayoung revealed she had never been clubbing before and asked Hyoyeon for advice about it. Hyoyeon talked about her first clubbing experience, saying, “When I first went, I went with my members when I was 20 years old [by… Continue reading Girls’ Generation’s Hyoyeon Shares Her First Clubbing Experience And Advice With Apink’s Hayoung

Apink’s Namjoo, Ahn Hyeong Seop, And Yoo Seon Ho Go Back In Time For “Rebel Detectives 2”

The cast of “Rebel Detectives 2” shows off their costumes for their historical storyline in new photos! Apink’s Namjoo, Ahn Hyeong Seop, and Yoo Seon Ho are reuniting once again after they first appeared together in the first season of the web drama “Rebel Detectives” last fall. In “Rebel Detectives 2,” one of their three storylines will… Continue reading Apink’s Namjoo, Ahn Hyeong Seop, And Yoo Seon Ho Go Back In Time For “Rebel Detectives 2”

BLACKPINK, SEVENTEEN, And TWICE Top Gaon Monthly Charts

Gaon Chart has revealed its latest monthly and weekly chart rankings! BLACKPINK and TWICE dominated the digital charts this month, while SEVENTEEN topped the physical album chart with their latest release. BLACKPINK’s “DDU-DU DDU-DU” took No. 1 on both the overall digital chart and the streaming chart for July, followed by TWICE’s “Dance the Night… Continue reading BLACKPINK, SEVENTEEN, And TWICE Top Gaon Monthly Charts

MAMAMOO Prevails With “Egotistic”; Soompi’s K-Pop Music Chart 2018, August Week 1

There was a lot of changes on the chart this week as we have four new songs in the top five, and the battle for No. 1 was very competitive! In the end, MAMAMOO prevailed with their new song “Egotistic,” moving up 10 spots to become our new No. 1 song. Despite only winning on “The Show,”… Continue reading MAMAMOO Prevails With “Egotistic”; Soompi’s K-Pop Music Chart 2018, August Week 1

Watch: Apink’s Bomi Hilariously Struggles To Imitate A Shark

Apink’s Bomi tried her best at a game of charades on MBC’s “Unexpected Q”! On the August 4 episode of the music game show, Bomi teamed up with SEVENTEEN’s Seungkwan, Jun Hyun Moo, and Yoo Se Yoon to guess song titles. In order to act out the popular children’s song “Shark Family” (literal title), Bomi made scary facial expressions… Continue reading Watch: Apink’s Bomi Hilariously Struggles To Imitate A Shark

Apink’s Hayoung Is An Adorable Girls’ Generation Fan With Endless Stream Of Questions For Hyoyeon

Apink’s Hayoung is one lucky SONE! On the August 3 broadcast of JTBC4’s “Secret Sister,” Hayoung and Girls’ Generation’s Hyoyeon finally met. The variety show is follows two female celebrities, one older and one younger, as they bond, share their daily lives, and confide in each other while staying at an apartment together. While on the… Continue reading Apink’s Hayoung Is An Adorable Girls’ Generation Fan With Endless Stream Of Questions For Hyoyeon

Shaun, Seungri, And TWICE Top Weekly Gaon Charts

On August 2, Gaon revealed chart results for the week from July 22 through 28. Shaun’s “Way Back Home,” which has been swept in chart manipulation accusations, maintained on top of the digital chart and also rose to the top of the download and streaming charts. The top five of the digital chart remained the same since… Continue reading Shaun, Seungri, And TWICE Top Weekly Gaon Charts

Apink’s Son Naeun Shares Why She Feels Drawn To TWICE’s Tzuyu

Apink’s Son Naeun talked about TWICE member Tzuyu on the August 1 episode of “Radio Star”! During the episode, the hosts asked Son Naeun if it was true that there’s an idol that she has a “crush” on, and she laughed and said it’s TWICE’s Tzuyu. She explained that she saw Tzuyu while watching junior groups. “She’s so… Continue reading Apink’s Son Naeun Shares Why She Feels Drawn To TWICE’s Tzuyu